China and the United States ( US ) have now become the mecca of the technology industry.
The US and China are also competing with each other in terms of the use of supercomputers in various fields, ranging from the military, population, medical, to education.
The question is, which use of supercomputers is superior? United States or China?
To answer this question, we must compare the adoption of supercomputers by the two countries.
The US has transitioned to a new era of supercomputing with a huge leap in data processing power.
However, the big jump is still lagging behind its rival, China.
Reporting from the Financial Times, China has made improvements to its supercomputer program over the past two decades.
US supercomputer expert, Jack Dongarra said that China's supercomputer is currently in an amazing situation and the country is leading the world.
supercomputers are commonly used for simulating climate change modeling systems or simulating nuclear explosions.
Supercomputers are also used for intelligence activities like breaking encryption, etc.
In terms of the quantity of supercomputers, China is far superior to the US and other developed countries.
Financial Times data states that China already has 186 supercomputers in its country.
The US only has 123 supercomputers.
Supercomputers from China also have very good performance because they are included in the list of the 500 strongest computers in the world.
breakthrough China in presenting supercomputers came from the exascale system.
This system can handle 10 to the power of 18 calculations per second. This makes China's supercomputer 1,000 times faster than the first petaflop system a decade ago.
China's first exascale system has been running for more than a year and has been continuously developing ever since.
China has not officially disclosed their exascale numbers, but so far there is 1 exascale system that has been confirmed to exist.
The exascale system was able to get the highest award in international supercomputer competitions.
This also shows that China's supercomputers are far better than the US in terms of quantity and quality.