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China has built the world’s fastest supercomputer, the Sunway TaihuLight, which is capable of performing 93 quadrillion calculations per second.
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China’s History with Supercomputers
China has a long and complicated history with supercomputers. The country has been both a pioneer and a laggard in the development of this technology. On the one hand, China was one of the first countries to develop a supercomputer, the Tianhe-1A, which was built in 2010. On the other hand, the country has been slow to adopt foreign supercomputing technologies and has only recently begun to invest in research and development in this area.
China’s first supercomputer
China’s first supercomputer was built in 1999, and was called the Dawning 5000A. It was a joint effort between Chinese and American companies, and was based on American technology. It cost $5 million to build, and was ranked as the 29th fastest supercomputer in the world at the time.
China’s supercomputing development
China has been making strides in the area of supercomputing for several years now, and they have emerged as a leading player in the development and use of these powerful machines. In 2010, their Tianhe-1A supercomputer was the fastest in the world, and since then they have continued to build ever-more powerful machines.
Today, China is home to the world’s fastest supercomputer, the Sunway TaihuLight. This machine is capable of performing 93 petaflops (quadrillion calculations per second), making it nearly three times as fast as the next-fastest machine (the Tianhe-2).
What has enabled China to develop such powerful supercomputers? There are a number of factors, including strong government support and investment, a large pool of talented engineers and scientists, and close collaboration between academia and industry.
Looking to the future, there is no reason to think that China will not continue to be a leading player in supercomputing. With continued investment and effort, they are likely to maintain their position at the forefront of this important technology.
China’s Supercomputing Infrastructure
In just a few years, China has gone from having no supercomputers to having the world’s fastest one. How did they do it? By investing in the infrastructure needed to support a supercomputing program. In this article, we’ll take a look at how china built the world’s fastest supercomputer.
The Sunway TaihuLight
China took the number one spot on the Top 500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers with the Sunway TaihuLight, which is capable of performing 93 quadrillon operations per second ( petaflops). The system, which was designed entirely using Chinese microprocessors, is nearly three times as fast as the Tianhe-2, which had held the top spot for more than three years.
With the Sunway TaihuLight, China now has 167 systems on the Top 500 list, compared to 165 for the united states In addition, China now has more systems in the top 10 than any other country.
The Tianhe-2A
The Tianhe-2A (TH-2A) is a 33.86-petaflop supercomputer located in National Supercomputing Center in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. It was developed by a team of 1,300 scientists and engineers and took two years to complete. The system was officially inaugurated on June 16, 2013.
The TH-2A is based on the Kcomputer, another Chinese supercomputer that was developed by the same team. The system uses a total of 3,312,288 processors and 48,896 GPUs. It is currently the world’s fastest supercomputer, with a peak performance of 54.9 petaflops.
The TH-2A is used for a variety of applications including weather forecasting, earthquake simulation, industrial design, and space exploration.
China’s Supercomputing Plans
China has always been a world leader in supercomputing. In June 2016, China’s Sunway TaihuLight became the world’s fastest supercomputer, surpassing the previous record holder, China’s Tianhe-2. With their new position, China now has the most powerful supercomputer in the world. But how did they get there?
The exascale supercomputer
The exascale supercomputer is a new generation of computer that is capable of processing one billion billion (one quintillion) floating point operations per second. This is approximately 1000 times faster than the current fastest supercomputer, and China plans to be the first country to build one.
China has been working on this project for several years, and it is part of their larger plan to become the global leader in supercomputing by 2030. In order to achieve this goal, they have been investing heavily in research and development, as well as partnering with international companies and organizations.
So far, they have made great progress and are on track to meet their deadline. In June 2018, they unveiled the world’s first prototype exascale supercomputer, which they plan to use for scientific research and testing. They are also working on a version that will be available for commercial use.
The exascale supercomputer is a significant achievement, and it will have many applications in fields such as weather forecasting, climate modeling, medical research, and defense. It will also help China’s economy to grow by making them more competitive in the global market.
The Tianhe-3
The Tianhe-3, which is being developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology, is set to become the world’s fastest supercomputer. The system is expected to be completed in 2020 and will feature a processing speed of 1 exaFLOPS, which is 1000 times faster than the Tianhe-2, currently the world’s fastest supercomputer.
The Tianhe-3 will be used for a variety of tasks such as weather forecasting, climate research, and data security. Previous iterations of the Tianhe series have been used for tasks such as mapping the human genome and searching for new drugs.
