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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is the world’s fastest supercomputer
A
Tianhe-2
B
PARAM
C
CRAY-1
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Heavenriver-2’, i.e. ‘Milky Way 2’) is a 33.86-petaflops supercomputer located in the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou, China.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology, retains its position as the world’s No.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tianhe achieved a speed of 563 teraflops in its first Top 500 test and had a peak performance of 1.2 petaflops.

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