China has built the world's fastestsupercomputer using locally made microchips, a survey says

一个调查称中国使用自主制造的芯片建造了世界上性能最强大的超级计算机。

China has builtthe world's fastest supercomputer using locally made microchips, a survey saidMonday, the first time the country has taken the top spot without using UStechnology.

周一的一个调查称，中国使用自主制造的芯片建造了世界上性能最强大的超级计算机，这是该国第一次在没有使用美国技术的情况下坐上头把交椅。

The SunwayTaihuLight machine is twice as fast as the previous number one, which was builtin China with chips from US firm Intel, the Top500 survey of supercomputerssaid on its website www.top500.org.

超算500强调查机构在它的网站www.top500.org上说，神威·太湖之光比之前的冠军的性能高一倍，那台超算是中国使用美国的英特尔公司的芯片制造的。

China also hasmore top-ranked supercomputers than the US for the first time since the surveybegan, with 167 compared to 165.

中国也以167台的上榜超算数量，超越美国的165台，实现有史以来的第一次超越。

It plans toopen the world's largest radio telescope in southeastern China this year,state-media reported.

中国的国家媒体报道，该国计划将于今年在东南部开始运行世界上最大的射电望远镜。

But despitesome gains the country's scientific output¹ still lags² behind, and itsuniversities generally fare poorly in global rankings.

但是，尽管有些收获，该国的科学产出仍然落后，而且它的大学在全球排名中通常都相当落后。