China has almost tripled its number of supercomputers, say reports, with the country now having 109 high-performance computing systems on the Top500 list of supercomputers, up 196% from 37 in just six months. China's Tianhe-2 has retained its top spot as the most powerful supercomputer for the sixth consecutive time. The US is still a distant second to China, but it has been steadily improving since last year. Supercomputers are created to perform complex simulations to help scientific research in industries such as predicting the weather to making drug discoveries.
China has almost tripled its number of supercomputers, say reports, with the country now having 109 high-performance computing systems on the Top500 list of supercomputers, up 196% from 37 in just six months. China's Tianhe-2 has retained its top spot as the most powerful supercomputer for the sixth consecutive time. The US 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.