AclusterofsupercomputingenterpriseslocatedinHangzhou,eastChina"sZhejiangprovince,contributetothecity"sinnovativetransformationanddevelopment.(People"sDailyOnline/LongWei)

Anartificialintelligence(AI)supercomputingcenterwasrecentlylaunchedinNingboNationalHi-TechIndustrialDevelopmentZone,eastChina"sZhejiangprovince,whichisabletoperformat100PFlopsinhalf-precisionmode.

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InnorthChina"sTianjinmunicipality,thefirst-phaseprojectofanintelligentcomputingcenterwascompletedattheendof2022.Itincludesover850enterprisesandresearchinstitutes,andboastsacombinedcomputingcapacityof120PFlops.

Besides,anumberofprojectsfocusingonsmarthealthcareandsmartofficehavebeeninkedrecentlyatanintelligentcomputingcenterinChengdu,southwestChina"sSichuanprovince,whichwasofficiallyputintooperationlastMay.

Intelligentcomputingcenters,builtbasedonthelatestAItheoriesandadoptingadvancedAIcomputingarchitecture,providecomputing,dataandalgorithmservices.TheyplayacrucialroleinpromotingthedevelopmentofAIandthedigitaleconomy.

Statisticsshowthatcurrentlyover30citiesacrossChinaareconstructingorplanningtobuildintelligentcomputingcenters,mostofwhichareintheeastofthecountry.Centralandwesternpartsofthecountryarealsofollowingthistrend.

TheinnovativedevelopmentofintelligentcomputingcentersisexpectedtobecomeanewengineacceleratingtheprogressofAIandrelevantindustries.

Computingresourceisanimportantfoundationforthedevelopmentofthedigitaleconomy.Asthedigitaleconomyprospers,newbusinessformsandmodelsdiversifyapplicationscenarios,andthescaleofcomputingpowerisconstantlyexpandingwithrisingdemand.

PhotoshowsanintelligentcomputingcenterinHefei,eastChina"sAnhuiprovince.(People"sDailyOnline/LiuBingsheng)

AccordingtostatisticsrecentlyreleasedbyChina"sMinistryofIndustryandInformationTechnology,over6.5millionstandardrackunitswereinserviceatthecountry"sdatacenterslastyear,andChina"scomputingpowerscaleexpanded25percentannuallyonaverageinthepastfiveyears.

StatisticsfromtheInternationalDataCorporation,amarketintelligencecompany,indicatethatChina"sintelligentcomputingpowerreached268EFlopslastyear,andisexpectedtoseecompoundannualgrowthof52.3percentinthenextfiveyears.

Asthescaleexpandsrapidly,intelligentcomputingcentersadapttotheneedsoftheindustryandprovideabetterandnewermodelofcomputingpowersupply,saidShanZhiguang,Director-GeneraloftheDepartmentofInformatizationandIndustryDevelopmentundertheStateInformationCenter.

"Intelligentcomputingcenterswillbecomemajorproductionandsupplycentersofcomputingpowerintheintelligentera,"Shanadded.

Intelligentcomputingcenterscansupportvariouskindsoftechnologicalinnovation.Theycanbuildasafe,trustableandreusableenvironmentfortechnologicaldevelopment,whichoffersintelligentcomputingservicesandacceleratestheprocessofresearchanddevelopment.

Besides,intelligentcomputingcentersareanintegratedapplicationcarrierfornewinformationtechnologies.Theconstructionandmassiveuseofthesecenterswillpromotetheupgradingofcommunicationnetworks,bigdata,AIandothertechnologies.

LastAugust,China"sAlibabaCloud,oneoftheworld"slargestcloudcomputingcompanies,launchedafull-stackintelligentcomputingsolution,theFeitianIntelligentComputingPlatform,whichsupportstheconstructionoftwosuper-large-scaleintelligentcomputingcenters.

PhotoshowsChinesesupercomputerSunwayTaihuLightattheChineseNationalSupercomputingCenterinWuxi,eastChina"sJiangsuprovince.(People"sDailyOnline/XuCongjun)

Oneofthecenters,locatedinnorthChina"sHebeiprovince,comeswithadesignedAIcomputingpowerof12EFlops.AnotheroneinUlanqab,northChina"sInnerMongoliaautonomousregioncanoffer3EFlops.

AresearchprojectontargetedtherapeuticmedicineslaunchedbytheCollegeofChemistryandMolecularEngineeringofPekingUniversityhasbenefitedfromthefull-stackintelligentcomputingsolution.

Thesolutionenabledtheresearchteamtoestablishadatasetthatsignificantlyimprovedtheteam"scomputingefficiency,providingthestatisticalbasisforanAI-assistedpredictionmodel.

Intelligentcomputingcentersnurturenewbusinessmodels.Theintelligentconnectedvehicleindustry,whichisnowonthe"fastlane,"isagoodexample.

InJanuarythisyear,Haomo.AI,aChineseautonomousdrivingstartup,setupanintelligentcomputingcenterwithatotalcomputingpowerof670PFlops.Thecomputingcenterhaseffectivelyloweredthecompany"strainingcostforautopilotmodels,significantlyimprovedcomputingefficiencyandupgradedthevehicleperceptionarchitecture.

Itisestimatedthatduring2021-2025period,cities"investmentinintelligentcomputingcenterscouldexpandcoreAIindustriesby2.9to3.4timesif80percentofcomputingpowerisoperationalinthesecenters.

IntelligentcomputingcentersareabletodriveexponentialgrowthinAIandrelevantindustries,servingasanewimpetusforeconomicgrowth.