TOP500 Supercomputers by Country June 2016

China operates a number of supercomputer centers which, altogether, hold 29.3% performance share of world's fastest 500 supercomputers. China's Sunway TaihuLight ranks third in the

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list. In the November 2019 list, China dominated the globe's highest performance machines list with 228 out of the top 500 fastest supercomputers in the world, exceeding the second placing (United States) which had 117.

History

The origins of these centers go back to 1980s, when the State Planning Commission, the State Science and Technology Commission and the

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jointly launched a project to develop

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ing and supercomputer facilities in China. In addition to network facilities, the project included three supercomputer centers. The progress of supercomputing in China has been rapid; the country's most powerful supercomputer placed 43rd in November 2002 (DeepComp 1800), 11th by November 2003 (DeepComp 6800), 10th by June 2004 (Dawning 4000A), and by November 2010 (Tianhe-1A) held top spot. China would go on to fall behind Japan in June 2011 until June 2013 when the country's most powerful supercomputer once again clocked in as the world record. Prior to the Sunway TaihuLight, Chinese supercomputers have used "off the shelf" processors, e.g