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Chinese scientists have once again built the world''s fastest supercomputer, capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the US Titan supercomputer.

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The Tianhe-2, or Milkyway-2, has a peak performance speed of 54.9 quadrillion operations per second, according to the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), which built the computer.

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This is the second time China has made it to the first place in the Top 500 list of the world''s most powerful supercomputers.

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Tianhe-2''s predecessor, Tianhe-1A, was the world''s fastest supercomputer from November 2010 to June 2011, when it was surpassed by Japan''s K computer.

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Matching home-grown Feiteng-1500 CPUs as well as Intel Xeon and Xeon Phi processors, Tianhe-2 was almost twice as fast as the second computer, Titan, which is capable of running at 17.6 quadrillion operations per second.

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