Neowin News Feed for: Exascale

UK to build exascale computer 50 times more powerful than its best supercomputer

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 02:48:01 +0000

The UK government has announced that Edinburgh will be home to a new exascale supercomputer. The computer will be 50 times more powerful than the UK's best supercomputer, the ARCHER2. Read more...

UK to invest £900 million on exascale supercomputer

Paul Hill — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:24:03 +0000

The UK is planning to spend nearly £1 billion to develop a new exascale supercomputer. The plan was unveiled during the Chancellor's Spring Budget. There's also prize money for those who advance AI. Read more...

EU wants world's fastest supercomputer by 2023 for €1B

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:31:26 +0000

The European Union is planning to launch a €1 billion project to develop an exascale supercomputer by 2023. The EU hopes the machine will be the world's fastest but it faces a challenge from China. Read more...

China plans new supercomputer for June 2018

Paul Hill — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 09:46:01 +0000

China has announced that its first exascale supercomputer, which will be eight times faster than the Sunway TaihuLight, will be ready by June 2018. China came first place in the 2017 TOP500 list. Read more...

China wants to build an exascale supercomputer prototype this year

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:02:02 +0000

China wants to start working on an exascale prototype supercomputer this year. Being at least ten times more powerful than today's top performer, the exascale device won't be operational until 2020. Read more...