White Paper on China’s Computing Power Development Index (China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT; 中国信息通信研究院; 中国信通院), CSET)

November 20, 2021

The following white paper, issued by a PRC state-run think tank, calculates China’s total computing power as 135 Exabytes. The white paper also compares China’s compute with other countries, and compares the computing power of different Chinese provinces and
regions. The white paper omits Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan from its calculations. It also estimates general purpose compute numbers based on servers only, excluding PCs, mobile phones, and other terminal devices.

t0402_compute_white_paper_EN (georgetown.edu)

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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