"China builds the world's fastest supercomputer"
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20101028/china-supercomputer-101028/
Though it has not been verified, a Chinese computer research website announced last week that they now have the fastest supercomputer in the world. The current title holder is a supercomputer in Tennessee in the United States. The Chinese proclaimed fastest supercomputer is said have the capability to compute things in 2.507 petaflops, or 2,507 trillion calculations per second. The name of this supercomputer is Tianhe-1. The article states that this shows how China is beginning to rise as a science and technology powerhouse.
One of the main reasons why this article caught my attention is because it was about China. I had the opportunity to go there this past summer, but from what I observed, some kind of technology advancement was not evident in the average every day life. The Internet cafes had slow connection to the internet but housed computers built mainly for gaming. Even though this Chinese supercomputer has not been verified, a United States State Department representative claims that, even if the report is true, the United States could regain the lead. This recent development was compared to the race to space between Russia and the United States, in which Russia was the first to put a satellite in orbit around the Earth. These talks have been simmered a lot though and really has no comparison to that race to space. I believe that if this supercomputer is true, than that it really benefits China’s economy. Overall this new rumored supercomputer sets the bar as to what to expect in the future in the world of technology.
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