中国正建造价值10亿元超导计算机

China building a superconducting computer

中国科学家正在建造一种低能耗高性能超导计算机,目标是在2022年完成原型机.中科院的科学家们于2017年11月启动了这项价值10亿元人民币（1.45亿美元）的项目.这台前所未有的机器将拥有中央处理器,运行频率为770千兆赫或更高.中国神威太湖之光是仅次于美国峰会的全球第二快超级计算机.据参与研发过程的一名研究人员称,该超级计算机一年需要15兆瓦的电量.计算机体系结构国家重点实验室常务副主任李晓维表示,建造超导计算机主要是为了减少未来高性能计算机的能源需求.

Chinese scientists are building a low-energy and high-performance superconducting computer, aiming to complete a proto-type as early as 2022.Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS） launched the project, worth one-billion yuan （145 million US dollars）, last November.The unprecedented machine will have central processing units running at a frequency of 770 gigahertz or higher. China’s Sunway TaihuLight, the world’s second-fastest supercomputer behind the Summit in the US, requires 15 megawatts of power to run for one year, according to a researcher involved in the R＆D process.Li Xiaowei, execu-tive deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Computer Architecture, is well acquainted with the project and said the main motivation to build a superconducting computer is to cut energy demands of future high-performance computers.