China gains top spot by building fastest super computer: Xi - Business Standard

China's success in developing the world's fastest super computer has helped the country gain a top spot in the hi-tech field, Chinese President Xi-Jinping said today. Congratulating computer engineers for the success of Tianhe-2, the world's fastest supercomputer, Xi encouraged them to make further contributions and achievements in a bid to help build an innovative country, In a statement Xi extended greetings to all the staff who took part in the development of Tianhe-2, which has a peak performance speed of 54.9 quadrillion operations per second. He said that the success showed that China has gained a leading place in the world in this field, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The semiannual Top 500 listing of the world's fastest supercomputers was rel eased yesterday. Tianhe-2 is almost twice as fast as the second computer, Titan from the United States, the official media said. Tianhe-2 was designed and built by China's National University of Defence Technology. The computer matched home-grown Feiteng-1500 CPUs as well as Intel Xeon and Xeon Phi processors. This is the second time China has made it to first place in the Top 500 list. Tianhe-2's predecessor, Tianhe-1A, was the world's fastest supercomputer from November 2010 to June 2011. via Science - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGtwUF3K8ygXfoYxTca6kkan8ZItQ&url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/china-gains-top-spot-by-building-fastest-super-computer-xi-113061800817_1.html

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