China's Next Generation Super Computer will use a Chinese Processor

Not resting on already having the worlds fasted computer. China is pushing ahead with their next generation supercomputer the Dawning 6000. Expected to arrive this summer and this system will use thousands indigenous Loongson processors for a total capacity of 1 petaflops.

The supercomputer is being developed in partnership between the Institute of Computing Technology and Dawning Information Industry Company (DIIC) as part of China's continued moves to higher end technologies and a strategic “self-reliant infrastructure”.