Intel's Supercomputer Chips Get KO-ed By China and IBM

Intel’s Supercomputer Chips Get KO-ed By China and IBM

The world’s top chipmaker gets left in the dust in the supercomputer race. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) likely won’t power the world’s top supercomputers anymore, following two stunning announcements from the Chinese government and IBM (NYSE:IBM). The Chinese government unveiled Sunway TaihuLight, a supercomputer which has theoretical peak performance of 124.5 petaflops, making it the first supercomputer to break the 100 petaflop …