China Bumps US Out of First Place For Fastest Supercomptuer

An anonymous reader writes "China's Tianhe-2 is the world's fastest supercomputer, according to the latest semiannual Top 500 list of the 500 most powerful computer systems in the world. Developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, the system appeared two years ahead of schedule and will be deployed at the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzho, China, before the end of the year."

Re:BUT...

[ArcadeMan]

it will probably crash at least three times a week

So we know it runs Microsoft Windows. U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

We must close the supercomputer gap!

[Anonymous Coward]

Quickly before they sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!

Re:BUT...

[rullywowr]

The second place computer was from Redmond, Washington and almost clinched the title but it had to be connected to the internet at least once every 24 hours, had a camera connected 24/7, and was not able to share its programs with other computers.

33.86 petaflops? Impressive!

[Anonymous Coward]

That's almost enough to run Vista

Re:Supercomputers are pretty useless

[Anonymous Coward]

You seem to think

Aha, I've identified the error in your logic!

Re:Supercomputers are pretty useless

[Anonymous Coward]

You get stuck in a five hour meeting and see if you can visualize anything other than a doughnut afterward.

Re:Clueless

[Anonymous Coward]

Wait. I thought PETAFlops was a measure of how many times PETA have launched an idiotic campaign. As in, "I read that PETA is campaigning that we should call fishes 'sea kittens'. That's 7 PETAFlops so far this year".