China's Tianhe-2 retakes fastest supercomputer crown
A China-based supercomputer has leapfrogged rivals to be named the world's most powerful system.
Tianhe-2, developed by the government-run National University of Defence Technology, topped the latest list of the fastest 500 supercomputers, by a team of international researchers.
They said the news was a "surprise" since the system had not been expected to be ready until 2015.
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