China is reportedly developing Tianhe-3, which could potentially become the world’s fastest supercomputer.
The new MT-3000 processor, designed by the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), specializing in supercomputer development and the Chinese space program, is said to be the reason behind its incredible speed.
However, it remains unclear whether SMIC, the semiconductor manufacturing company, has the capability to produce the required 7-nanometer manufacturing precision to meet the needs of both Huawei and NUDT.
As a result, a different manufacturing precision may be used for the MT-3000 processor.
Expectations suggest that Tianhe-3, relying on the MT-3000 processor, may achieve unprecedented computational performance in the world.
It is anticipated to reach up to 1.57 exaFLOPS (floating-point operations per second) in LINPACK benchmark tests, setting a new record.