A partially built supercomputer has kept its spot at the top of the list of most powerful machines on the planet.
The BlueGene/L machine currently under construction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US was crowned top number-cruncher.
Its current processing peak of 136.8 teraflops will be doubled by time construction work is completed.
As a result, the organisation drawing up the list expect it to dominate the rankings for some time to come.
The Top 500 list is drawn up every six months and is a snapshot of the most powerful machines on Earth.
The speed at which computing power is growing coupled with advances in nanotechnology are proving exciting new avenues of discovery for scientists.
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