Whole computing energy in China, a essential infrastructure component for processing information and performing digital duties, grew 25 per cent within the first half of the 12 months, pushed by the wants of synthetic intelligence (AI) and different applied sciences.
As of June, computing capability within the nation reached 246 EFLOPS, or 246 quintillion floating-point operations per second, in keeping with a report revealed on Saturday on the annual China Computational Energy Convention in Zhengzhou, the capital of central Henan province. One quintillion is 1 adopted by 18 zeros and is equal to a billion billions.
This represents a virtually 25 per cent development from 197 EFLOPS a 12 months earlier than, in keeping with information from final 12 months’s convention, held in Yinchuan of Ningxia Hui autonomous area. If this tempo continues, the world’s second-largest economic system is on observe to fulfill a goal set final 12 months to attain complete computing energy of 300 EFLOPS by 2025.
Among the many general sources, the expansion of clever computing energy utilized in AI-related duties surged 65 per cent, the 2024 report stated, with out revealing the precise measurement.
China stays the second-strongest computing powerhouse after the US. The report, compiled by state-backed China Academy of Info and Communications Expertise (CAICT), confirmed that the US accounted for 32 per cent of the world’s complete computing energy of 910 EFLOPS as of the tip of final 12 months, greater than China’s 26 per cent. The report counts each authorities and business amenities.
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