The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading machine, which is in China.
It
would be capable of making one quintillion (a billion billion)
calculations per second, a figure which is known as one exaflop. A body called the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) will be set up to research and build the computer.
The
US is seeking the new supercomputer, significantly faster than today's
models, to perform complex simulations, aid scientific research and
national security projects.
It is hoped the machine would help to
analyse weather data for more accurate forecasts or assist in cancer
diagnoses by analysing X-ray images.
Richard Kenway at the University of Edinburgh says he thinks the plan
is "spot on" in terms of strategy, bringing together both the ambition
to develop new hardware and also improved analysis of big data.
He explained the computer could aid the development of personalised medicines, tailored to specific individuals.
"Today, drugs are designed for the average human and they work OK for some people but not others," he told the BBC.
"The
real challenge in precision medicine is to move from designing average
drugs to designing drugs for the individual because you can know their
genome and their lifestyle."
This site is for information on the various Chemo treatments and Stem Cell Therapies since 1992. This journey became bitter sweet in 2014, with the passing of my beautiful and dear wife. Sherry, had fought Non - Hodgkins Lymphoma(NHL) since 1990, in and out of remissions time and time again. From T-Cell therapies(1990's) to Dual Cord Blood Transplant(2014), she was in Clinical Trials over the years. This site is for informational purpose only and is not to promote the use of certain therapies.
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