[einpoklum]

> "This HPE Cray EX system is the first US system with a peak performance exceeding one ExaFlop/s."

So, it's not actually the first one? And another one already exists outside the US?

[SkyMarshal]

That was an odd qualification. The only thing they mention is that the #2 computer in Japan is theoretically capable of an Exaflop, but hasn’t demonstrated it yet.

[ncmncm]

We may assume NSA has faster ones, devoted to speech transcription and codebreaking.

[jagger27]

Yes. It is assumed that China is downplaying how capable theirs are.