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Re:China Tops U.S. in Supercomputers by toomanybeersies on Monday June 20, 2016 @06:37PM (#11942149)
Your idea of a small number and my idea of a small number are evidently very different.
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Re:China Tops U.S. in Supercomputers by yvdriess on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @08:04AM (#11945046)
If you look at supercomputing as a national strategic asset, that is a small number. The K-computer was around the price of a battleship: 1b USD
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