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China's Sunway Taihulight wins fastest supercomputer title
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China's Sunway Taihulight has won the fastest supercomputer title in the recently released 48th edition of Top500 list of supercomputers. With this, Chinese supercomputer has retained the top spot in the list of the world's fastest supercomputers for the eighth consecutive year. In this list, the number of systems installed in China had increased to 171 from 168 on last list released in June 2016. United States also now has 171 systems up from 165 in previous list. the number of systems installed in China had increased to 171 from 168 on last list released in June 2016. United States also now has 171 systems up from 165 in previous list.
About Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer
Sunway TaihuLight is built entirely using processors designed and made in China. It had made its first public appearance in June 2016. It was developed by the ChinaТs National Research Centre of Parallel Computer Engineering and Technology (NRCPC). It can perform 93 quadrillions calculations per second (petaflop/s) almost three times as fast as Tianhe-2. In June 2016, TaihuLight had dethroned the former fastest supercomputer Tianhe-2, also a Chinese system but built based on Intel chips. Prior to its introduction, Tianhe-2 had claimed top spot in Top500 list for past three years. TaihuLight is intended for use in research and engineering including climate, weather, life sciences, advanced manufacturing and data analytics.
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