BBC:
A China-based supercomputer has leapfrogged rivals to be named the world’s most powerful system.
Tianhe-2, developed by the government-run National University of Defence Technology, topped the latest list of the fastest 500 supercomputers, by a team of international researchers.
They said the news was a “surprise” since the system had not been expected to be ready until 2015.
China last held the top rank between November 2010 and June 2011.
Tianhe-2 is twice as fast the second fastest supercomputer in the world, which is located in the country whose once mighty science program was crippled by a delusion that has persisted for over 30 years. This delusion sees the market rather than the state as the source of technological and scientific innovation. A society that has no illusions about the importance of the state is a society that will rule the near and far future.
