China's Sunway TaihuLight supercomputer simulates cosmos

A Chinese supercomputer has created the largest ever digital version of the cosmos. Sunway TaihuLight, the world's fastest computer, has modelled the birth and early expansion of the universe using 10 trillion digital particles, a new report claims. The supercomputer modelled these particles interacting with one another using quadrillions of calculations per second to model the cosmos. Sunway TaihuLight (pictured), the world's fastest computer, has modelled the birth and early expansion of the universe using 10 trillion digital particles, a new report claims In astronomy, researchers simulate the universe by breaking down its mass into particles. A supercomputer can simulate these interactions using quadrillions of calculations per second.