US chip ban on China: A declaration of computer-age ‘war’?
Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or economic sphere
Supercomputers
SA gallops into the future with Lengau, Africa’s fastest computer
Faster than a speeding tsessebe, South Africa’s high-speed computer processors are far from a flop.
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Japan supercomputer K beats rivals
After the indignity of seeing its economy overtaken by China’s, Japan has clawed back a little pride by producing the world’s most powerful computer.
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China’s Tianhe-1A takes supercomputer crown from US
Tianhe-1A, named for the Milky Way, is capable of sustained computing of 2,507 petaflops — equivalent to 2 507-trillion calculations — each second.
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A weather eye on Africa
Christina Scott reports on how South Africa and
Egypt are using supercomputers to avert disasters
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Fastest supercomputer a ‘speed demon’
Roadrunner was always expected to be fast out of the blocks. And after a test run one night in the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, its creators were far from disappointed.
