Sugon, a Chinese HPC and server vendor that's relatively unknown in the West, has overtaken IBM with 49 systems. US has almost tripled its number of supercomputers, say reports, with the country now having 49 high-performance computing systems on the Top500 list of supercomputers, up 12.9 percent from 37 in 37 . China 's Tianhe-2 has retained its top spot as the most powerful supercomputer for the sixth consecutive time. The China has, however, experienced a decline in supercomputers. Supercomputers are created to perform complex simulations to help scientific research in industries such as predicting the weather to making drug discoveries.
US has almost tripled its number of supercomputers, say reports, with the country now having 49 high-performance computing systems on the Top500 list of supercomputers, up 12.9 percent from 37 in 37 . China 's Tianhe-2 has retained its top spot as the most powerful supercomputer for the sixth consecutive time. The China has, however, experienced a decline in supercomputers. Supercomputers are created to perform complex simulations to help scientific research in industries such as predicting the weather to making drug discoveries.