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Re:China suddenly has way more of the world’s most powerful ... by fspeech on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @01:58AM (#15701948)
If you go down the list https://www.top500.org/list/2017/11/?page=2, after about 100th place, many are listed as "web service providers" or "service providers" or "internet companies".
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Re:China suddenly has way more of the world’s most powerful ... by alvis on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @02:55AM (#15702161)
probably many of them are bit coin miners.
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Re:China suddenly has way more of the world’s most powerful ... by generalizethis on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @03:21AM (#15702255)
Bitcoin is one word, but you are definitely on point about China's mining prowess, those are asic miners, so not that super unless the figures are swarmed based.
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