中國開始對新一代超級計算機進行研發

Chinese scientists have begun developing a sample machine that will play a part in the development of a new era supercomputer capable of a billion-billion calculations per second, researchers revealed last Tuesday.

研究人員上週二透露，我國科學家已開始研發一臺用於研製新一代運算能力達每秒百億億次的超級計算機的樣機。

The National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin is developing the exascale supercomputer with the National University of Defense Technology, said Meng Xiangfei, assistant director at the center. The aim is to make the computer, which will be capable of a quintillion calculations per second, by 2020.

國家超算天津中心主任助理孟祥飛表示，該中心正同國防科技大學聯合開展對百億億次超級計算機的研發。研發此計算機的目標是在2020年使其能夠完成每秒百億億次的計算。

It will be 200 times faster than China's Tianhe-1 supercomputer, and even faster than the most powerful supercomputers in the world, he said.

孟祥飛表示，該計算機將比我國的"天河一號"超級計算機快200倍，甚至比世界上最強大的超級計算機還要快。

At present, Tianhe-1 supports various tasks including oil exploration, high-end equipment manufacturing, biological medicine and animation design, and serves nearly 1,000 customers.

目前，"天河一號"支持多種任務，包括石油勘探、高端裝備製造、生物醫藥、動漫設計，爲近1000名用戶服務。

Meng expected the new era computing system will mark a huge advancement in terms of intensity of calculation, calculation capacity of single chips and the rate of data transmission.

孟祥飛預計新一代計算機系統將在計算強度、單塊芯片計算能力和數據傳輸速率上均獲得極大的提升。

The new supercomputer is expected to enter service by 2020. Its sample machine will hopefully be ready by early 2018, he said.

他表示，這種新型超級計算機預計將於2020年前投入使用，其樣機有望於2018年初前完成。