China develops new supercomputer that is 10 TIMES faster than the current quickest machine in the world
Machine is expected to do over 1,000 quadrillion calculations per second
This equals to 20 million desktop computers working simultaneously
The new model was announced by China’s state-run media on November 2
China has started to build a prototype supercomputer which will run ten times faster than the current fastest system.
The new machine’s calculating capacity will equal to 20 million desktop computer combined.
In other words, the world’s entire population will need to use calculators together for 320 years to do as many calculations as the supercomputer in one minute.
The world’s current fastest computer, the Sunway Taihulight was also developed by China.
中国再夺全球超级计算机榜单前2名 美国跌出前3
美国此前只有1996年11月一次无缘前三名，那次前三全部来自日本。
此次，美国上榜数量小幅减少至169个，中国有159个，所以美国上榜总数仍是第一，中国位居第二。
排第三的日本有33个系统，另外上榜系统数量达到两位数的只有德国（28个）、法国（18个）和英国（17个）。
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