Enye yamapharamitha wokukala ukuthuthukiswa kwezwe kwezobuchwepheshe, kwizazi eziningi, ukwazi amandla amakhulu ekhono ngalinye. Ngalokhu engqondweni, singakhuluma ukuthi amazwe amabili asethuthuke kakhulu namhlanje yi-United States neChina, amandla amabili aphethe lo mkhakha yize kunjalo, njengoba sibonile emasontweni ambalwa edlule, iJapane yayiqale ukusebenza ukudala lokho abakholelwa ukuthi kuzoba ikhompiyutha enamandla kakhulu emhlabeni ngo-2018.
Ngaphandle kwalesi simemezelo, futhi esandulelwa inhloso ye-United States yokwenza amamodeli amasha, sithola ukuthi kusuka eChina abafuni ukuyeka ukubhekwa njengombuso wezwe wokuqala futhi ngenxa yalokhu akukho okungcono kunokuqhubeka nokusebenza nokwakha i-supercomputer ethuthuke kakhulu futhi esheshayo kune-Sunway TaihuLight, ebhekwa njenganamuhla enamandla kunazo zonke emhlabeni, eyethulwa ngoJuni odlule.
I-China isivele isebenza ukudala uhlobo lokuqala lwe-supascale supercomputer prototype.
Ukuze uthole umbono, phawula ukuthi i-Sunway TaihuLight isebenza njengesilo njengama-petaflops ayi-124,5 wokusebenza okuphezulu, okuthile okungenzeka ngenxa yomsebenzi ohlanganyelwe wama-cores wezigidi eziyi-10,65 noma ukuhlinzekwa nge-RAM ka-1,3, 100 petabytes. Njengemininingwane, ngikutshele ukuthi lo mshini ube ngowokuqala emhlabeni ukunqoba umgoqo wama-petaflops ayi-XNUMX wokusebenza okuphezulu.
Manje, njengoba besho kusuka esikhungweni se-Chinese supercomputing, basebenzela ukuthuthukiswa kwe- i-exascale supercomputer prototype ekwazi ukwenza izibalo eziyizigidigidi ngomzuzwana futhi okuzobe kulungele ekuqaleni kuka-2017 yize kungeke kuze kube unyaka we-2020 lapho lonke uhlelo lokuhlanganisa kanye nezicelo zalo seluphothuliwe. Uma sikubeka lokhu ngendlela efanele, sikhuluma ngalolu hlobo olushesha cishe cishe izikhathi ezingama-200 kunekhompyutha yokuqala yama-petaflops enziwe ngonjiniyela baseChina, iTianhe-1, eyayithathwa njengekhompyutha enamandla kunawo wonke emhlabeni ngo-2010.