Iran says it has two new supercomputers powerful enough to earn rankings on the Top500 list. The larger of the two systems is far, far behind the current top ranked system in China. U.S. embargo means Iran has to buy many of components from the black market. The country is also in the crosshairs of a cyberwar, as the Stuxnet worm illustrated. Expert says Iran’s announcement may be a reaction to malware attack on its nuclear systems, to demonstrate to world that “we are in control””]
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