Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
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Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
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Re: Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
#2What I find interesting about this is that apparently the Chinese have developed their own interconnect 'sauce' rather than using Infiniband or whatever. The article does not mention Linux but I presume that is the operating software they are using. Oh yeah, reading the comment section in Engadget to this article reminded me why I stopped even scanning Engadget posts, talk about infantile.
Re: Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
#3What I find interesting about this is that apparently the Chinese have developed their own interconnect 'sauce' rather than using Infiniband or whatever. The article does not mention Linux but I presume that is the operating software they are using. Oh yeah, reading the comment section in Engadget to this article reminded me why I stopped even scanning Engadget posts, talk about infantile.
What I find more interesting is this bit:
"Mr. Dongarra said a long-running Chinese project to build chips to rival those from Intel and others remained under way and looked promising. "It’s not quite there yet, but it will be in a year or two," he said. "
Can anyone comment on how much that comment reflects reality? I don't doubt China has the ability to do this, but at the same time, China does have a reputation when it comes to reaching parity with western designs...
Re: Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
#4 can perform mathematical operations about 29 million times
faster than one of the earliest supercomputers, built in
1976.
Re: Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
#5What I find interesting about this is that apparently the Chinese have developed their own interconnect 'sauce' rather than using Infiniband or whatever. The article does not mention Linux but I presume that is the operating software they are using. Oh yeah, reading the comment section in Engadget to this article reminded me why I stopped even scanning Engadget posts, talk about infantile.
> What I find interesting about this is that apparently the Chinese have developed their own interconnect
This isn't uncommon in the HPC world. E.g., IBM's Blue Gene/L series features a custom torus interconnect.
Re: Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
#6What I find interesting about this is that apparently the Chinese have developed their own interconnect 'sauce' rather than using Infiniband or whatever. The article does not mention Linux but I presume that is the operating software they are using. Oh yeah, reading the comment section in Engadget to this article reminded me why I stopped even scanning Engadget posts, talk about infantile.
What I find more interesting is this bit: "Mr. Dongarra said a long-running Chinese project to build chips to rival those from Intel and others remained under way and looked promising. "It’s not quite there yet, but it will be in a year or two," he said. " Can anyone comment on how much that comment reflects reality? I don't doubt China has the ability to do this, but at the same time, China does have a reputation wh…
My understanding was that they were using MIPS derivatives or CPUs that used the MIPS instruction set.
Re: Chinese Supercomputer Now Fastest on Earth
#7What I find interesting about this is that apparently the Chinese have developed their own interconnect 'sauce' rather than using Infiniband or whatever. The article does not mention Linux but I presume that is the operating software they are using. Oh yeah, reading the comment section in Engadget to this article reminded me why I stopped even scanning Engadget posts, talk about infantile.
Apparently this interconnect is so good it's not available outside China. I wonder if any technical information will be available.