China says its world-first ‘exascale’ supercomputer is almost complete

If you’ve never heard of an exascale computer before – known unofficially as a super-supercomputer – don’t worry, it doesn’t even exist yet.

But 2017 could be the year that all changes, because China just announced that its world-first exascale supercomputer prototype is due for completion in the coming months. If this thing works as it should, it will be the fastest computer in the world, capable of performing 1 quintillion (a billion billion) calculations per second.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

China says its world-first ‘exascale’ supercomputer is almost complete

If you’ve never heard of an exascale computer before – known unofficially as a super-supercomputer – don’t worry, it doesn’t even exist yet.

But 2017 could be the year that all changes, because China just announced that its world-first exascale supercomputer prototype is due for completion in the coming months. If this thing works as it should, it will be the fastest computer in the world, capable of performing 1 quintillion (a billion billion) calculations per second.

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It might exist already. Google may have one. Google doesn’t publish how big the computers in their computer centres are, but they’re at least in the top ten fastest in the world, and may include THE fastest.