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Tianhe-1A: China and the world’s fastest supercomputer

News: Computer Power    October 28, 2010
It takes a coordinated team, in fact, a very large team of talented, schooled, adequately funded and dedicated people to develop a supercomputer to the pinnacle of ‘fastest in the world.’ This is the point that should not be overlooked in the headlines about China’s Tianhe-1A supercomputer – soon to be anointed as the top [...]
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A tale of two coastal wind farm plans

Impact: Alternative Energy    April 6, 2010
One of these exists: A wind farm along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States or a wind farm at the mouth of the Yangtze River in China. If you can figure that out, then it should be easy to figure out which country aims to be a leader in wind-based energy production that includes [...]
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