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02.07.18Racing to Match China’s Growing Computer Power, U.S. Outlines Design for Exascale Computer
Science
In 1957, the launch of the Sputnik satellite vaulted the Soviet Union to the lead in the space race and galvanized the United States. U.S. supercomputer researchers are today facing their own Sputnik moment—this time with China.
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01.05.18China Is Building a $2 Billion Office Park in Beijing Just for AI
Quartz
Last year, China said it plans to be a world leader in AI by 2030. Now its capital is building a massive campus to house the AI firms that will power that rise, according to local media outlet Beijing News (link in Chinese).
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11.14.17China Suddenly Has Way More of the World's Most Powerful Computers Than the US
Quartz
China has surpassed the US by a record margin—nearly 60—to become the nation with the most supercomputers, according to the latest Top 500 survey,
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06.20.16China Builds World's Most Powerful Super Computer
BBC
It is twice as fast and three times as efficient as the previous leader Tianhe-2, also from China.
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11.16.15China Is Becoming a Supercomputing Powerhouse
Wall Street Journal
China is experiencing a supercomputing boom.
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09.01.15
Quantum Computing and Alibaba’s Leap of Faith
Building a quantum computer that processes data at speeds trillions of times faster than the world’s fastest computer, China’s supercomputer Tianhe-2, is the goal of a potentially game-changing venture launched by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and the...
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06.14.13China Could Supplant U.S. as the Supercomputing Superpower
Wired
The United States, long the dominant power in supercomputing, won’t have a comparable supercomputer system to China's Tihane-2 until around 2016, when the U.S. Department of Energy is expected to build a Tihane-2-range supercomputer called...