Bad news for Donald Trump as China launches world’s first Supercomputer in space, it’s dangerous for US because…

China launches world’s first Supercomputer in Orbit: In a significant development impacting the race of supercomputers and space, China launched the first batch of satellites for its space computing system. Through the twelve computing satellites, China is aiming to have a system that can possibly challenge the most powerful ground-based supercomputers. Here are all the details you need to know about the launch of world’s first Supercomputer in space orbit.

The newly launched twelve computing satellites are the first batch of the “Three-Body Computing Constellation,” according to Zhejiang Lab, a research institute based in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province was quoted as saying by a CCTV report.

China’s super computer vs US’ supercomputer

For a comparison, the Chinese constellation will support in-orbit data processing with a total computing capacity of 1,000 peta operations per second (POPS) and on the other hand, US’ the new El Capitan system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which last year was the world’s most powerful supercomputer, performs 1.72 petaoperations — or 1.72 quintillion operations per second.

China places computing satellite constellation in space

It should also be noted that China placed the space computing satellite constellation into space through the launch of a Long March-2D carrier rocket. The rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, marking a significant advancement in China’s space-based computing capabilities, the report said.

Why it’s dangerous for US!

The news update is a sign of worry for US because if China develops more technology in supercomputer technology, US’ interests can be harmed in space.

China’s Three-Body Computing Constellation

Wang Jian, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of Zhejiang Lab, said the “Three-Body Computing Constellation,” jointly developed by Zhejiang Lab and global partners, is large-scale space computing infrastructure designed to host thousands of satellites with a total computing power of 1,000 peta operations per second (POPS) upon completion.

By enabling real-time in-orbit data processing, the facility aims to overcome the efficiency bottlenecks of traditional satellite data handling and advance the application and development of artificial intelligence in space, Wang said.

(With inputs from agencies)

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