Quintillion calculations per second in Chinese

The Chinese seriously took up the construction of a supercomputer, the power of which will pass the mark of a quintillion calculations per second. The computer has already received the name Tianhe-3, and the date of presentation is scheduled for the end of 2020 of the year. However, experts do not exclude that the Chinese will need less time to fulfill their own promises.

Quintillion calculations per second in Chinese

Квинтиллион вычислений в секунду по-китайскиThe epic with the construction of supercomputers began with the sanctions imposed by the United States. The ban extended to the export of chips to China to build computing facilities to help scientists in their research. The Chinese were sympathetic to the restrictions and built their own chip manufacturing plant, depriving the Americans of their monopoly.

Квинтиллион вычислений в секунду по-китайски

Supercomputers help scientists conduct innovative projects, create medicines, and forecast weather. The defense industry, which does not declassify the public about the use of supercomputers, takes over part of the capacities. Only Japan and the USA create competition on the world market for China, however, according to a number of media outlets, in the 2018 year, the Chinese will take the lead and commission the Sunway Exascale supercomputer. Having replaced Sunway TaihuLight, the computer will leave Japanese and Americans together for a long time.

Read more:
Translate »