The Japanese had, for the first time, created the fastest supercomputer -- the NEC Earth Simulator -- taking the primary from the U.S., and about two years later -- this, by the way, is measuring the trillion floating-point operations per second that the computer's capable of running -- sigh of relief: IBM [Blue Gene] has just edged ahead of the NEC Earth Simulator.
Jaapanlased olid esimest korda loonud kiireima superarvuti NEC Earth Simulatori, võttes eeskuju USAst ning umbes kaks aastat hiljem... muide, on mõõdetud, et see arvuti on võimeline teostama triljon ujukoma arvutust sekundis. Lohutuseks - IBMi Blue Gene edestas just hiljuti NECi Earth Simulatorit.