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Out of a total of 24, the first 12 satellites of the Three-Body Computing Constellation have been launched and assembled by China, opening the world’s first space supercomputer network.
Three artificial intelligence satellites were launched as the first step in ADA Space, Zhijiang Laboratory, and the Neijiang High-Tech Zone’s planned 2,800-satellite star computing project. The aim is for the program to bring unmatched durability and advanced data processing in orbit.
First Launch describes the capabilities of the first supercomputers.
Twelve Star Compute satellites were sent into low Earth orbit on May 18 by a Long March 2D rocket from China. With each satellite’s high speed, 744 TOPS, it’s able to analyze local data in orbit instead of sending raw data to Earth.
They did it by putting an eight-billion-parameter artificial intelligence model inside it. All together, the first batch is able to execute five peta operations each second. They are much bigger than the forty TOPS necessary for a modern personal artificial intelligence assistant. All of this is designed to support 1,000 peta operations each second.
Supercomputer Interconnect and Joint Storage
Through inter-satellite communications, the satellites achieve up to 100 Gbps, creating a set of lasers that share 30 terabytes of storage. With this powerful backbone, nodes are capable of receiving or sending offload computations or data from peers very quickly.
Onboard instruments for cargoes from science sources include X-ray polarization detectors that help identify brief events such as gamma-ray bursts. Also, 3D digital-twin software is included for different uses, for example, virtual tourism and emergency response.
Positive Results for Strategy and Nature
The satellite data is processed in space, so processing limits and station availability are eliminated, which means the system analyzes 90 percent of what is collected.
