Meta to Build World's Fastest Supercomputer for Metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg Confirms

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Meta is reported to be building the world's fastest artificial intelligence supercomputer.

The announcement was made by the company's founder Mark Zuckerberg, adding that the computer is being built as part of the plans to build a virtual metaverse.

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, said that the infrastructure is a major requirement since the metaverse will need heavy computing power. It also claims that the AI supercomputer — dubbed AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) — is already the fifth fastest in the world, but it is expected to be the fastest computer of its kind by summer after further developments are completed. 

Zuckerberg said via a blog post:

“The experiences we’re building for the metaverse require enormous compute [sic] power (quintillions of operations/second!) and RSC will enable new AI models that can learn from trillions of examples, understand hundreds of languages, and more,” 

Metaverse is a concept that blends the physical and digital world via virtual and augmented reality but is still years away from being a working concept. To do so, AI is a key foundation as it mimics the brain's underlying architecture in computer form and is capable of processing and spotting patterns in vast amounts of data, the Guardian reported.

Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services. In total, the company enjoys 2.8 billion daily users and generates a significant amount of data.

Meta's RSC — currently housed in an undisclosed location — made up of thousands of processors is believed to help identify harmful content on its platforms and is expected to translate talks between gamers worldwide quickly.

Meta also claims that the RSC will allow large groups of players globally to play a game on augmented