The Earth Simulator, introduced in 2002, was the world's fastest supercomputer until 2004, when IBM's Blue Gene took the title.

地球模拟器诞生于2002年，到2004年一直是世界上最快的超级计算机，直到IBM的“蓝色基因”夺去桂冠。

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These are competing technologies (Earth Simulator, a vector supercomputer, is still among the top 10 fastest supercomputers).

二者是互相竞争的技术(地球模拟器是一台向量超级计算机，目前仍然是最快的10台机器之一)。

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This is the first time since June 2004 that the Japanese supercomputer "Earth Simulator" has been ranked first on the TOP500 list.

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