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China Supercomputer’s Were Shutdown After Twin Blasts In Tianjin

China on Thursday shut down one of the world’s fastest supercomputer Tianhe-1A due to the twin blasts in Tianjin city that killed 44 people. The office building housing Tianhe-1, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, suffered damage, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Tianhe-1 has not been damaged but some of its operations were shutdown as a precaution, officials said.

The office building housing Chinese supercomputer Tianhe-1, one of the world’s fastest supercomputers, suffered damage, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Tianhe-1 has not been damaged but some of its operations were shutdown as a precaution, officials said. Tianhe-1 provides data services to more than 300 organisations across China, including several universities and banks.

It was developed by the Changsha-based National University of Defense Technology in 2009, and China thus became the world’s second country capable of developing petaflop supercomputers after the United States.

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