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National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou

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Established
  
2014 (2014)

Budget
  
400 million USD

Research type
  
Multiprogram

National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Address
  
Sun Yat-sen University East Campus, 132 East Outer Ring Rd., Higher Education Mega Centre.

Location
  
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Campus
  
42,332 square metres (455,660 sq ft)

Operating agency
  
The government of Guangdong province and Guangzhou city, Sun Yat-sen University and National University of Defense Technology

Operating agencies
  
Sun Yat-sen University, National University of Defense Technology

Similar
  
CITIC Plaza, Canton Tower, Guangzhou Opera House, Pearl River, Pazhou

The National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou houses Tianhe-2, which is currently the second fastest supercomputer in the world, with a measured 33.86 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second). Tianhe-2 is operated by the National University of Defence Technology, and owned by the Chinese government.

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National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou Wikipedia
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