China has built the world’s largest super computer. Named as Tianhe – 1A the super computer is almost 1.5 times faster then its nearest rival Jaguar of US.

Tianhe-1A, gives China the edge over the United States, whose fastest machine, the Jaguar, is housed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The Tianhe-1A sits at the National University of Defence Technology in Tianjin.


China is investing in supercomputers to improve research climate modelling, genetic research, seismic imaging and defence.

The computer, though constructed in China, still uses materials sourced from Intel and Nvidia, two California-based companies.

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