So you think the US had a good IT support week last week? China had it a little better. Here is China’s wonderful week of IT service.
So, do you know what an E-class supercomputer is? It’s a computer that can match, maybe even exceed, neurons in the human brain. Basically, that means this computer can make hundreds of? trillions of calculations per second. China is on it’s way to completing this supercomputer. In fact, they may be already there. Because they announced their supercomputer Tianhe #3 will be the world’s fastest supercomputer by 2020. They make no bones about it. China wants to break away from America’s dependency on US computers. Will they? Should that concern us if they do?
But wait. Because there is more. Alibaba, the Amazon of China, is now getting into the education profession. This is because they’re creating a new generation of e-commerce workers they can have all to themselves. Also, some of these efforts won’t even come from China. Some will come from neighbors, like Malaysia and Vietnam. This is because these nations are huge supporters of Alibaba, one way or another. So far, they trained over 7,000 people from ten nations. They’re also training businesses.
So what? Why am I writing about China in a Boston, MA, USA computer service shop? China is not only one of our biggest partner, but our competitors as well. Well, thanks to the tariffs, they may be more of a competitor than a partner. It also looks like they’re trying to be more of a competitor and less of a partner. The Chinese leaders themselves said they’re doing this to break away from America, and the American computer systems. Is that why Alibaba is in such a hurry to train more workers? Is that the reason of China’s wonderful week of IT service?