<p>China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer, stated to be twice faster than its competitor in US has retained its status as the world's most powerful computer for the third time, according to a report.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Tianhe-2, which means "Milky Way-2" in Chinese, can operate at 33.86 petaflops per second, equivalent to 33,860 trillion calculations per second.<br /><br />One hour of calculation by the machine equals 1,000 years of difficult sums by 1.3 billion people, coincidentally China's current population on a calculator.<br /><br />It is the third time Tianhe-2 has topped the list according to a biannual Top500 list of supercomputers.<br /><br />Developed by China's National University of Defence Technology, the supercomputer is a product of China's 863 high technology program, which aims to reduce reliance on foreign technology, state run Xinhua-news agency reported.<br /><br />According to a statement from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Tianhe-2 has provided computing support for more than 120 clients at the National Supercomputer Centre in Guangzhou in south China.<br /><br />The development of the C919 airliner and drug testing in the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica were both helped by Tianhe-2's super powers.<br /><br />The supercomputer also came to the help of Guangzhou's e-government database and cloud computing storage. <br /></p>
<p>China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer, stated to be twice faster than its competitor in US has retained its status as the world's most powerful computer for the third time, according to a report.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Tianhe-2, which means "Milky Way-2" in Chinese, can operate at 33.86 petaflops per second, equivalent to 33,860 trillion calculations per second.<br /><br />One hour of calculation by the machine equals 1,000 years of difficult sums by 1.3 billion people, coincidentally China's current population on a calculator.<br /><br />It is the third time Tianhe-2 has topped the list according to a biannual Top500 list of supercomputers.<br /><br />Developed by China's National University of Defence Technology, the supercomputer is a product of China's 863 high technology program, which aims to reduce reliance on foreign technology, state run Xinhua-news agency reported.<br /><br />According to a statement from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Tianhe-2 has provided computing support for more than 120 clients at the National Supercomputer Centre in Guangzhou in south China.<br /><br />The development of the C919 airliner and drug testing in the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica were both helped by Tianhe-2's super powers.<br /><br />The supercomputer also came to the help of Guangzhou's e-government database and cloud computing storage. <br /></p>