With China Kicking the FLOP Out of Us, the Gold Medal Prize is Future Prosperity

"Achieving the No. 1 ranking is significant for China's economic and energy security, not to mention national security. With 125 petaFLOP/s (peak), China's supercomputer is firmly on the path toward applying incredible modeling and simulation capabilities enabling them to spur innovations in the fields of clean energy, manufacturing, and yes, nuclear weapons and other military applications. The strong probability of China gaining advantages in these areas should be setting off loud alarms, but it is hard to see what the U.S. is going to do differently to respond."

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