China to launch prototype exascale supercomputer by the end of the year

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China to launch prototype exascale supercomputer by the end of the year
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China to launch prototype exascale supercomputer by the end of the year

US export embargo on Intel Xeon Phi chips no barrier, claims China's National Supercomputer Centre

A prototype exascale computer, 200 times more powerful than the original Tianhe-1 supercomputer, will be developed by the end of the year, according to China's National Supercomputer Centre. Exascale...

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