The Japanese had, for the first time, created the fastest supercomputer -- the NEC Earth Simulator -- taking the primary from the U.S., and about two years later -- this, by the way, is measuring the trillion floating-point operations per second that the computer's capable of running -- sigh of relief: IBM [Blue Gene] has just edged ahead of the NEC Earth Simulator.
Japanci su po prvi puta stvorili najbrži super računalo -- NEC Earth Simulator -- preuzevši tako primat od SAD-a, i, otprilike dvije godine kasnije -- ovo, usput, mjeri bilijun operacija s kliznom točkom koje je računalo u mogućnosti napraviti u sekundi.