Japan is already one of the most technologically advanced
countries in the world and now the country wants to build world’s fastest
supercomputer.
Japan Aims to Build World’s
Fastest Supercomputer
Japan plans to build the world’s fastest computer as the world has
ever known to help develop cutting edge driver-less cars, robotics, and medical
diagnostics.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will spend $173
million and on the computer and the computer will be capable of making 130
quadrillion calculations per second or you can say 130 petaflops in scientific
parlance – as early as next year, sources involved in the project told Reuters.
Currently, China’s Sunway TaihuLight holds the record with 93
petaflops capacity and is right now the world’s fastest supercomputer. So,
Japan’s computer will be fast and the supercomputer could make an appearance by
2017 from the country’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and
Technology.
Satoshi Sekiguchi, a director general at Japan’s National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology said: “As far as we
know, there is nothing out there that is as fast”. The fastest supercomputer
ever built in Japan is Oakforest-PACS which is developed by Fujitsu, is only
capable of 13.6 petaflops.
According to Gizmodo, “The move comes at a time when Japan hopes to return
to its glory days as top dog in technology. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has
recently pushed for his government to work more closely with private industry
to assure that Japan leads the way in robotics, batteries, artificial
intelligence and other key areas of growth.”
However, one of the essential areas of improvement that may be
accelerated by the computer is AI (artificial intelligence). This is because a
computer performs faster and faster calculations. Hence, the scientists hope
that it will be able to more exactly imitate our brains’ neural pathways,
through the deep learning technology which could essentially aid in
self-driving car technology, better factory automation, as well as improvements
in medical technology also.
Bidding for the project has previously opened and will close on
December 8th. Work is awaited to begin as early as next year.
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