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Supercomputers are enablers of further advances in other areas. The race says a bit about a country's technological prowess, but shows more about its ability an
by nopinsight 8y ago
Supercomputers are enablers of further advances in other areas. The race says a bit about a country's technological prowess, but shows more about its ability and willingness to put serious resources into scientific and technological development.
- nopinsight 8y agoBy the way, the crown may not stay with 200-petaflop Summit for long. China could be planning a new machine to be launched this year [1]. The next milestone, exascale supercomputer, is planned for 2021 in the US and 2020 in China [2] [3]. [1] https://www.top500.org/news/chinas-next-supercomputer-may-spoil-americas-plans-to-retake-top500-crown/ https://www.top500.org/news/chinas-next-supercomputer-may-sp... [2] http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/racing-match-chinas-growing-computer-power-us-outlines-design-exascale-computer http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/racing-match-chinas-g... [3] https://www.opengovasia.com/articles/china-invests-3-billion-yuan-to-build-worlds-first-exascale-supercomputer-by-2020 https://www.opengovasia.com/articles/china-invests-3-billion...
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