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

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.