Japan is building the world's fastest supercomputer.

Japanese technology company Vision Group is developing the world's fastest supercomputer, with a speed of 130 petaflops, meaning it can perform 130 quadrillion calculations per second, a million times faster than a conventional computer.

This supercomputer is scheduled to be launched in April 2018. It's called ABCI (an acronym for AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure) and is valued at $173 million.

Japan's ABCI supercomputer requires 1,000 square meters of space.2equivalent to a parking space for 30-40 cars.

With the construction of this world's fastest supercomputer, Japan hopes to become a leading artificial intelligence research center globally.

This supercomputer is expected to run at a speed of 130 petaflops, meaning it can perform 130 quadrillion calculations per second. Upon completion (expected in April 2018), ABCI will be the most powerful supercomputer in the world, surpassing the current champion, China's Sunway TaihuLight, which currently operates at 93 petaflops (93 quadrillion calculations/second).

The ABCI supercomputer doesn't need a mouse or monitor; it's not much different from a personal computer, but it does require a large space, about 1,000 square meters, equivalent to the space for a parking lot with 30-40 cars.

China's Sunway Tahulight supercomputer is currently the world's fastest, with a speed of 93 petaflops.

Satoshi Sekiguchi, Director General of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, stated: "Today's supercomputer systems are a million times faster than your personal computers."

Sekiguchi calculated that if a personal computer takes 3,000 years to complete a task, a supercomputer would only take one day.

ABCI can help Japanese companies develop and improve self-driving cars, robots, and medical diagnostics. Sekiguchi said that small, everyday inventions, such as diapers, are early applications of supercomputers that nobody knew about.

Currently, the world's fastest supercomputer is China's Sunway-TaihuLight supercomputer. China uses supercomputers in weather forecasting, pharmaceutical research, and industrial design.
Second place goes to China's Tianhe-2, with a speed of 34 petaflops. Third is the US supercomputer Titan with a speed of 18 petaflops, fourth is the US supercomputer Sequoia with a speed of 17 petaflops, and fifth is the US supercomputer Cori with a speed of 14 petaflops.

According to TPO