AFP, Brussels :
The EU unveiled plans Thursday to raise one billion euros to build superfast computers that catch up with China and others to boost Europe’s economy, make medical advances and fight hacking.
China overtook the United States in numbers and performance for supercomputers in a ranking last November, followed by non-EU Switzerland and Japan in third and fourth place.
“It is a tough race and today the EU is lagging behind: we do not have any supercomputers in the world’s top ten,” said Andrus Ansip, the European Commisssion vice president for the digital single market.
The European Commission, the EU executive, said it would contribute around 486 million euros ($580 million) for a “High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) infrastructure”, that would then be matched by EU nations.
The EU unveiled plans Thursday to raise one billion euros to build superfast computers that catch up with China and others to boost Europe’s economy, make medical advances and fight hacking.
China overtook the United States in numbers and performance for supercomputers in a ranking last November, followed by non-EU Switzerland and Japan in third and fourth place.
“It is a tough race and today the EU is lagging behind: we do not have any supercomputers in the world’s top ten,” said Andrus Ansip, the European Commisssion vice president for the digital single market.
The European Commission, the EU executive, said it would contribute around 486 million euros ($580 million) for a “High Performance Computing (EuroHPC) infrastructure”, that would then be matched by EU nations.
