When China released the Sunway TaihuLight as the most most powerful computer in the world by some huge margins, well from whispers, IBM was already on the process of developing a better and faster supercomputer, with an insane theoritical speed.
The U.S Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National LAboratory will be the reciepient of this IBM system known as the Summit in early 2018 according to reports from computerworld.
The Chinese supercomputer as we know according to Top500, has a Linpack benchmark score of 73 petaflops. But, the system could in theory reach a speed of up to 124.5 petaflops.
That's some specs, but compare that to what is expected of the monstrous Summit, according to foxtechnology, the rig of Summit will utilize IBM power9 CPUs and Nvidia Volta GPUs to reach a theoritical peak of 200 petaflops.
This is an indication that Summit could outpace Sunway in the future tests by Top500. The Linpack systems puts supercomputers through their paces in situations that mimic real-world usage, in an attempt to verify practical application.
Also, the U.S plans to take back the title of being home to more supercomputers in the world, currently occupied by the Chinese.
So the projects in their developmental stage could contribute to the balance shifting in the near future, as IBM system capable of 150 petaflops is being developed for the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, and the Argonne National Lab is to also receive a system built around Intel and Cray.
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