SUPERCOMPUTERSSome 202 of the world's fastest supercomputers are in China — compared with 143 in the US — according to Top500, a site that has tracked supercomputer development for more than two decades. "It is the largest number of supercomputers China has ever claimed on the Top500 ranking," the survey said on Monday, "with the US presence shrinking to its lowest level since the list's inception." Two of the fastest machines on the list — the Sunway TaihuLight and Tianhe-2 (Milkyway-2) — are in China. Taking the third and fourth slots on the performance list are supercomputers from Switzerland and Japan, respectively, while the American "Titan" sits at fifth. China surpassed the US in the Top500 list for the first time in 2016.

Source: Daily Nation November 14, 2017 12:00 UTC