The European Union will spend 1 billion euros to develop its own supercomputers

Bloomberg, an information and analytical publication referring to the statement of the European Commission reports that the European Union is going to spend 1 billion euros to catch up with China, the United States and Japan in the development of supercomputers. As the source points out, as a result of Brecksite, Britain may be out of this project.

If everything works out, then by 2020 Europe can get two supercomputers with a performance speed of one hundred quadrillion calculations per second, as well as at least two, but less powerful computers with a speed of several tens of quadrillion calculations per second. Two years later, the EU wants to get a new generation computer with the speed of a quintillion operations per second. This project will allow Europe to become an independent and competitive player in the digital market of the future economy.

The publication reports that the initiative project was proposed in March last year, but data on funding were published only now. The EU management structure will allocate 486 million euros for the project, the remaining funds will be invested from EU member states and "associated states", which will express the desire to participate in the project. Initiative from private companies will also be welcomed, the statement said.

13 countries have expressed their desire to participate in the project: France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Belgium, Bulgaria. As for Great Britain, she abstained from the initiative of participation, and according to experts, her exit from the EU in general leaves the possibility of participation of this country under a big question.

Europe is largely behind in the supercomputer race from the US, Japan and China.

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