China ’s steal the US ’ chip - ladened pate for build the world ’s fastest supercomputer . The National University of Defense Technology ’s Tianhe-1A microcomputer use “ American ” chips from Intel and Nvidia , and supposedly it solves maths problem 29million times quicker than 1976 ’s supercomputer .
The computer , which has over 7,168 M2050 artwork cards from Nvidia at a cost of $ 2,500 each , and 14,336 C.P.U. from Intel , is under lock and key with the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Education prior to its boastful unveil later today .
Why does a 2.507 petaflop supercomputer warrant governmental expense like that ? It boils down to national pride , with the supercomputer race being extremely free-enterprise . The US ’ immobile supercomputer is housed in a laboratory in Tennessee , where it ’s been since 2004 when they toppled Japan off the top of the pile . [ NY TimesandReutersandNvidia ]
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