China has shut down supercomputer Tianhe-1A due to the blast in Tianjin Wednesday night.
 

中国超级计算机天河1号因周三夜间天津爆炸事故而关闭。
 
 
 
Tianhe-1A, located at the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, is just kilometers from the blast center.
 
 
 
The shockwaves shattered windows at the center and caused collapsed2 ceilings inside the building, according to the center's staff.
 
 
 
The supercomputer was still running smoothly3 immediately after the blast, said Liu Guangming, director of the center.
 
 
 
Protected by a reinforced computer room, the supercomputer and its database remain intact, said Liu.
 
 
 
Liu and his staff said they decided4 to manually shut down Tianhe-1A half an hour after the blast due to security concerns.
 
 
 
An explosion ripped through a warehouse5 where dangerous chemicals were stored in north China's Tianjin City late Wednesday night. The blast had killed 17 people and injured more than 400 as of Thursday morning, according to rescuers.
 
 
 
Tianhe-1A, which can perform 2.57 quadrillion computing1 operations per second, was recognized as the world's fastest computing system in 2010, according to a biannual6 Top 500 supercomputer list.