https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/20/us_china_exascale_race/

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The US is racing to catch up with China in supercomputing performance amid fears that the country may widen its lead in exascale computers over the next decade, according to reports.

The Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is expected to be the first exascale system in the US once it is fully operational, but China already has two exascale systems up and running since last year

The two systems are both based on homegrown technology, and are not relying on processors from the US or elsewhere.

This lead may widen as the US has three exascale systems in the pipeline, while China aims to have up to 10 operational systems by 2025

What is at stake here is not just national pride, because supercomputers provide the raw calculating power required for simulation of nuclear physics used for atomic weapons, but also for discovery of new materials and to drive engineering breakthroughs.

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It's a good job no one needs a super-computer to work out how inflation in the US is going to hit tax payers and their shithole country. Still, as long as the super-rich double their wealth, Zelensky and Israel get their tens of billions of dollars for free, that's all which really matters.