​Linux totally dominates supercomputers

Interesting quote:

"Overall, China now leads the supercomputing race with 202 computers to the US' 144. China also leads the US in aggregate performance. China's supercomputers represent 35.4 percent of the Top500's flops, while the US trails with 29.6 percent."

I also recommend the following keynote: https://youtu.be/VceKNiRxDBc?t=1h3m5s

China is putting massive investments into scientific projects. While they've completed the now largest radio telescope [1], the US has decided not to spend any money on SKA [2].

[1] http://theconversation.com/china-completes-worlds-largest-ra...

[2] http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/15/no-us-role-for-no...