Tianjin Municipality, north China - July 26, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of scientists operating Tianhe-3 High Performance Computer System
2. Various of Tianhe-3 supercomputer
3. Various of components of Tianhe-3 in display
4. Tianhe-3 supercomputer in operation
5. Various of scientists working in office
6. Screens showing function of Tianhe-3
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Meng Xiangfei, head, Applied Research and Development Department, National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin:
"Taking advantage of Tianhe-3, we can forecast the moving track of a typhoon in next three to five days within an hour."
8. Various of screens forecasting meteorology
9. Various of Tianhe-3 supercomputer
10. Aerial shot of National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin

The research and development of the prototype of China's new-generation exascale supercomputer Tianhe-3 were complete, the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin in north China announced Thursday.

Jointly developed by the National University of Defense Technology and the National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, the prototype passed the acceptance tests by the hi-tech center of the Ministry of Science and Technology on July 22.

The final version of Tianhe-3 will be operational by 2020, and will be 200 times faster and have 100 times more storage capacity than the Tianhe-1 supercomputer, China's first petaflop supercomputer launched in 2010.

"Taking advantage of Tianhe-3, we can forecast the moving track of a typhoon in next three to five days within an hour," said Meng Xiangfei, head of the Applied Research and Development Department in National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin.

The supercomputer at the Tianjin center will be open for application research.