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> A while back I recall reading rumors that China didn't even know what to process on their Tianhe-2.

That applies to most of supercomputers everywhere. "If you build it, they will come".

Besides the knowledge attained in building supercomputers ( which all major nations should know how to do ) and processor technology, the added benefits and new uses of these machines will come later.

The internet was created before people really knew what to do with it. The same thing with computers. The same thing with everything else.