The country has announced that it intends to build the world’s fastest and most efficient supercomputer by the end of 2017. Bidding for the opportunity to build the computer, named Artificial Intelligence Bridging Cloud Infrastructure (AIBC), will end on December 8th.
If constructed, AIBC could represent another leap forward in supercomputing, one that could greatly advance AI research as well as provide valuable processing power for various companies, startups, and academic institutions. As computing technology continues to advance, AIBC could also provide researchers with valuable information on how to continue to push processing power forward for personal computing devices.