For several years now, America has topped the listings for the number of supercomputers in the world. Its dominance has in part been due to major manufacturing, but in addition, major corporations.
China has, however, been hot on the heels of America. In recent years China has seen a massive expansion into research and development. Would you believe, for example, that currently circa 20% of all the worlds R&D is conducted in China? What they’re researching exactly is unclear, but a lot of research needs a lot of computers.
China has even started using VR technology to help assist drug addicts.
To cope with this, China has really been pushing forward in the supercomputer stakes and has, for the first time, overtaken the US for the top spot.
The report, coming via the BBC, would also suggest that China is showing no signs of slowing down.
The announcement comes as part of a recent thawing of relations between East and West. This is perhaps symbolized by Donald Trump’s recent visit. It does, however, beg the question, what exactly does a supercomputer do?
In a nutshell, they’re designed to process massive amounts of information as well as running simulations of computations.
Such examples include:
So, where do the rankings currently stand?
Well, out of the worlds top 500 most powerful computers:
The residual balance is spread throughout the world, but China has a clear domination here. To put things into a different context, a previous survey within the last 6 months had America on top by a margin of over 140. Things clearly have shifted massively.
While I may not own a supercomputer, I’m very happy with my system. It’s super to me and that’s all that matters.
What do you think? – Let us know in the comments!
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