Supercomputer Development Thriving In China
After its best showing yet in the global supercomputing race, China is sending signals that it wants to expand its efforts to build the highly complex machines. But there’s a twist to this supercomputing tale -- engineers want to use home-grown technology for the core components.
Earlier this month, China nabbed the No.2 slot in global supercomputing. The system, which clocks in at 1.271 petaflops -- or 1,271 trillion calculations -- per second is second only to the U.S. Department of Energy's Jaguar in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1.75 petaflops). Called Nebulae, it was created by a young band of Chinese engineers that are mostly in their 20s, according to Li Jun, president of Dawning, the company that owns the computer.
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Earlier this month, China nabbed the No.2 slot in global supercomputing. The system, which clocks in at 1.271 petaflops -- or 1,271 trillion calculations -- per second is second only to the U.S. Department of Energy's Jaguar in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (1.75 petaflops). Called Nebulae, it was created by a young band of Chinese engineers that are mostly in their 20s, according to Li Jun, president of Dawning, the company that owns the computer.
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