China Completes 100,000-Card Sugon 8000, Linking It to National Supercomputing Internet
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Updated · Global Times · Jul 14
China Completes 100,000-Card Sugon 8000, Linking It to National Supercomputing Internet
1 articles · Updated · Global Times · Jul 14
Summary
July 10 marked the completion of Sugon 8000, China’s first domestically developed 100,000-card AI supercluster, now connected to a core node of the National Supercomputing Internet in Zhengzhou.
The 2,000-square-meter system packs 3 billion components, 1,600 kilometers of cabling and 1,500 tons of hardware, using phase-change immersion cooling to keep PUE below 1.04.
Sugon says the cluster can switch between AI and scientific computing workloads and, if fully devoted to inference, could handle 5% to 10% of China’s current token demand.
That capacity comes as China’s daily token usage topped 140 trillion in March and installed intelligent computing capacity reached 2.5 times last year’s level by end-March.
The project fits Beijing’s push to replace fragmented regional “computing islands” with a nationwide network spanning eight national hubs, 10 computing clusters and broader 100,000-card deployments.
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Sugon 8000: China’s First 100,000-Card AI Supercluster Signals Leap in Domestic Computing Power
Overview
China has launched the Sugon 8000 (Dengfeng) supercluster in Zhengzhou, marking a new era in artificial intelligence computing and a major step toward technological self-reliance. As the nation’s first fully domestic AI supercluster with over 100,000 accelerator cards, Sugon 8000 moves China from the 10,000-card era to a much larger scale in high-performance computing. Integrated into the national supercomputing internet, this system greatly enhances China’s computing capabilities, supporting a wide range of applications and strengthening the country’s position in global AI development.