China to build world's most powerful computer
( 2003-07-27 09:01) (Xinhua)
The Downing Information Industry Co., Ltd., a major Chinese manufacturer of
high-performance computers, is to build the world's most powerful computer,
capable of performing 10 trillion calculations per second.
Scheduled to be completed by March next year, the super computer marks
China's first step in the development of a cluster computer system, which has
the highest calculation speed in the world, according to a source with the
company.
Previously, the Downing Information Industry Co., Ltd. had successfully
developed a super computer, capable of performing 4 trillion calculations per
second.
Code-named "Shuguang4000A", the planned super computer covers an area equal
to a quarter of a football field, and it will use processors developed by AMD, a
United States computer chip maker.
AMD and the Chinese company have signed a cooperation agreementto develop the
planned super computer of China.
The fastest existing cluster computer system in the world is capable of
calculating at a speed of 7.6 trillion bytes per second.
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