America's fastest supercomputer is Titan, a beast that lives up to its name thanks to its ability to perform 17.6 quadrillion calculations per second.
But its computing power is now only the fourth strongest in the world. As it did in 2016, the title goes to China's TaihuLight, which can spit out 93 quadrillion calculations per second, or five times what Titan can.
It's almost three times faster than the second fastest supercomputer, Tianhe-2, which China also claims. Titan's fall to fourth place came at the hands of Piz Dain in Switzerland. But the MIT Technology Review cites two brag-worthy figures: Of the top 10, the US occupies five slots, and of the top 500, the US beats China 169 to 160.
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