EU unveils supercomputer plan to rival China


  • TECH
  • Sunday, 14 Jan 2018

The EU unveiled plans to raise €1bil (RM4.81bil) to build superfast computers that catch up with China and others to boost Europe's economy, make medical advances and fight hacking. 

China overtook the United States in numbers and performance for supercomputers in a ranking last November, followed by non-EU Switzerland and Japan in third and fourth place. 

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