China aims to build ‘supercomputer internet’ to solve industry challenges
- Tech companies and researchers gather to discuss how to create network of extremely powerful computers for users to access via browser-like platform
- It could benefit weather research, as well as fields such as aerospace, medicine, finance and artificial intelligence
The supercomputer internet is a proposed network of connected supercomputers that allows users to access multiple machines on one browser-like platform.
A group of 15 national and university supercomputing centres intend to join the network, which would allow advanced computing centres throughout China to work together to solve some of the most challenging problems in industry.
The benefits of better computing would extend to many fields, from aerospace and medicine to weather research and finance.
Drug discovery, for instance, requires the ability to quickly test thousands of possible molecules for use against a specific disease or condition. By linking supercomputers, researchers can simulate the interactions of each drug candidate more efficiently and accurately.
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