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The Progress of High Performance Computing in China and the Development Trend of International High Performance Computing

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The development of high-performance computing comprehensively reflects the scientific and technological strength of a country, and is also an important part of the national innovation system. China has promoted the development of high performance computing by deploying a variety of national science and technology projects and funding plans, and gradually formed a national high performance computing service environment with a certain scale. Based on the landscape of the world TOP500 high performance computers, this paper firstly analyzes the latest progress of high performance computing in China; reviews the main shortcomings of HPC R&D in China; then explains the technological breakthroughs and applications of Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer; and finally discusses the R&D upsurge of Exascale computers in the world. In addition, this paper predicts the future development trend of high performance computing technologies.

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    Chen, Z. (2021). The Progress of High Performance Computing in China and the Development Trend of International High Performance Computing. In: China’s e-Science Blue Book 2020. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8342-1_3

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