Silicon Autonomy: China’s vision for a self-powered future

CGTN Europe

From four simple instructions to world-class supercomputers, China’s pursuit of chip autonomy is reshaping the future of technology.  #technology #Innovation #chip #future #processor #computing

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00:00In just 70 years, China has gone from building its first computer

00:03to creating supercomputers capable of two quintillion calculations per second.

00:08Today, China stands at the forefront of semiconductor innovation,

00:12powering everything from smartphones to the world's fastest supercomputers.

00:17But this transformation didn't happen by chance.

00:19It was driven by a relentless pursuit of autonomy.

00:23China's rise in computing has been nothing short of extraordinary.

00:27In 1958, China's first computer filled an entire room,

00:31running a program with just four instructions and built from scratch.

00:35But China now boasts supercomputers like Tianhe-3,

00:38performing an incredible two exaflops,

00:40that's two quintillion calculations per second.

00:44To put it in perspective,

00:45it would take a modern MacBook Pro over four days

00:48to do what Tianhe manages in a single second.

00:51This leap didn't happen overnight.

00:54In the 1950s, Chinese scientists began building computers,

00:58not for convenience or commercial gain, but for national security.

01:02For years, though, China relied on foreign chips

01:06until they realized the benefits of technological independence.

01:09That's when pioneers like Hu Weiwu,

01:12creator of China's first homegrown CPU, stepped in.

01:16China knew it had to build its own semiconductors to stay autonomous

01:20and has made enormous strides toward technological independence.

01:24Today, their chips power everything from smartphones

01:27to world-class supercomputers.

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