China’s 384-core CPU: a supercomputing breakthrough

China has unveiled its latest supercomputer, powered by a new processor with 384 cores and can perform more than 13 trillion floating-point operations per second (TFLOPS). 

The Sunway SW26010 Pro CPU is a homegrown chip that aims to boost China’s supercomputing capabilities and reduce its reliance on foreign technology. However, experts say the processor still faces cache and memory performance challenges.

Sunway SW26010 Pro

The Sunway SW26010 Pro CPU was recently showcased at the SC23 conference, where the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, which operates the supercomputer, revealed…

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