China has abig smogginess problem . Ahugesmog problem . And when the nation is n’t embracing the noxious clouds as “ great for demurrer , ” it ’s trying to get free of them with crazy technical school . Firstartificial rain , nowsupercomputers .
profane sky in China can only seem on screens because of the smog
China ’s Tianhe-1A — literally the most brawny supercomputer in the worldfor some 8 months back in 2010 - 2011 and predecessor to the current champ , the Tianhe-2 — is taking on the pollution challenge by simulating a ridiculously acute computer model of the smog clouds to try and figure out where they ’re really coming from and how they can be stopped . For data , the Tianhe-1A has 668 monitor point in 114 cities to work with , which is hopefully enough to help environmental scientists understand more about the toxic fog , enough to fight it effectively .
affirm : China ’s Supercomputer Really Did Kick Our Asses
But the Tianhe-1A ’s 2.566 petaFLOPS of calculation power wo n’t be brought to birth immediately ; it ’s survive to be 3 - 5 years before the model is put into use and part churning out results . And who live if it ’ll even allow for anything useful even then . Do n’t hold your hint . You experience , unless you are outside in China . [ XinhuanetviaTechInAsia ]
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