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The US and Japan are to work together to develop a new supercomputer in order to challenge China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer, reports the Global Times, a tabloid under the auspices of the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.
Sebastian Anthony, editor of technology weblog Extreme Tech, said that China is currently winning the supercomputer arms race against the United States, adding that China's Tianhe-2 is capable of operating as fast as 33.86 petaflops per second, almost twice as fast as the US Department of Energy's Titan.
Developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, the Tianhe-2 is recognized as the fastest supercomputer in the world. It was originally scheduled for completion in 2015 but the Tianhe-2 which is housed at the National Supercomputing Center in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province was put into operation in June this year.
Japan's K computer, designed by the Japan-based Fujitsu, was originally the world's fastest computer in 2011 but has been surpassed by the Tianhe-2 and the US systems Titan and IBM Sequoia in just two years.
The US Department of Energy will now team up with the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to develop the new supercomputer with the ability to surpass the Tianhe-2. It is believed the supercomputer will be completed by 2020 and will be 100 times faster than Japan's current K computer, the Global Times said.
US and Japan to develop supercomputer to challenge China
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I smell too much hysteria here.
Sebastian Anthony, editor of technology weblog Extreme Tech, said that China is currently winning the supercomputer arms race against the United States, adding that China's Tianhe-2 is capable of operating as fast as 33.86 petaflops per second, almost twice as fast as the US Department of Energy's Titan.
Developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, the Tianhe-2 is recognized as the fastest supercomputer in the world. It was originally scheduled for completion in 2015 but the Tianhe-2 which is housed at the National Supercomputing Center in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province was put into operation in June this year.
Japan's K computer, designed by the Japan-based Fujitsu, was originally the world's fastest computer in 2011 but has been surpassed by the Tianhe-2 and the US systems Titan and IBM Sequoia in just two years.
The US Department of Energy will now team up with the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to develop the new supercomputer with the ability to surpass the Tianhe-2. It is believed the supercomputer will be completed by 2020 and will be 100 times faster than Japan's current K computer, the Global Times said.
US and Japan to develop supercomputer to challenge China
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I smell too much hysteria here.
