The National Supercomputing Center in
Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major Sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city and one of the Special economic zones of China, special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pea ...
houses the second fastest machine in
China, and the third fastest in the world. In May 2010 the
Nebulae
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computer in
Shenzhen
Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major Sub-provincial division, sub-provincial city and one of the Special economic zones of China, special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pea ...
placed second on the
TOP500
The TOP500 project ranks and details the 500 most powerful non- distributed computer systems in the world. The project was started in 1993 and publishes an updated list of the supercomputers twice a year. The first of these updates always coinc ...
supercomputer list, after the Cray computer at the
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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in Tennessee.
See also
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Supercomputer centers in China
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 TOP500 list.
In the November 2019 list, China dominated the gl ...
References
Bibliography
External links
National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Computer science institutes in China
Science and technology in China
Supercomputer sites
Supercomputing in China
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