China now possesses fastest supercomputer of globe

The Tianhe-2 was ranked number 1 on the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

This marks China’s first return to the top position since November 2010, when the Tianhe-1A was named top dog.Also known as Milky Way-2, the system was developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology. Most of the features were developed in China although TOP500 editor Jack Dongarra said it uses Intel products for the main computing part.

Tianhe-2 has 16,000 nodes, each with two Intel Xeon IvyBridge processors and three Xeon Phi processors for a combined total of 3,120,000 computing cores. It will call the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzho, China its home.


/The Washington Post/