TOP500 supercomputers: China loses 10 systems, Taiwan falls behind Spain, Malaysia and Norway
15th Nov 2006, 11:01 GMT
With only two systems in the 28th edition of the TOP500 List of World's Fastest Supercomputers that was released on November 14 at the SC2006 conference, Taiwan is now ranked 18th in the world, sharing a position with Israel, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the Netherlands. China, after almost catching up with Japan in the 27th edition published in June (28 versus 29), lost 10 systems on the list and slipped one place in the global ranking.
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