Chinese students’ dream device defeats Japan’s most powerful supercomputer in world contest


DepGraph Supernode, started as a training project at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, was nearly twice as fast as nearest competitor. Secrecy of Chinese authorities regarding their large computers makes it difficult to accurately rank supercomputers from around the world, according to experts. — SCMP

A small computer developed by Chinese students outperformed Japan’s most powerful machine in solving a major complex data problem related to artificial intelligence, according to the latest global ranking.

Supercomputer Fugaku in Japan has nearly four million CPU cores, making it the second-largest computer ever built.

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