Search Tech May Shift West from Silicon Valley
November 22, 2013
I read “Chinese Supercomputer Retains ‘World’s Fastest’ Title, Beating US and Japanese Competition” may be nothing more than street racing with silicon. According the the write up:
A Chinese supercomputer has retained the crown of world’s fastest supercomputer, beating competitors from both Japan and the US.
There are several ideas to put the Chinese supercomputer in the back row. Questions about data transfer suggest the new champ has lousy lungs. It is also possible the graphics card makers’ performance enhancing drug—jiggled and manipulated test suites. Yes! Winner!
The Chinese have won the race two years in a row. In terms of my interests, the Chinese performance is one more datum supporting the notion that engineers from other countries have some work to do.
In terms of search, the reality is that most search systems are pretty much the same in terms of what they deliver to users—frustration and off point results. To improve the search and retrieval systems, more computing horsepower is needed.
With zippy computers and their various technologies, will the innovations in search come from the traditional drag race winners? Perhaps faster machines will allow more sophisticated methods of processing text and the magical “Big Data” will come from the Middle Kingdom?
Fast computers are enablers. Worth watching? Probably.
Stephen E Arnold, November 22, 2013
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