According to experts, Chinese professionals have developed a super computer, which functions at over one quadrillion calculations a second, making it the speediest one in the country.

The super computer has been named as "Xingyun".

Developed in Tianjin, the super computer runs at double the speed of "Tianhe-1", the previous fastest machine in the Chinese market.

Li Jun, president of the Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd stated that the Tianhe-1 was formulated by the National University of Defence Technology in October last year (2009).

"Its peak performance reaches nearly three quadrillion calculations per second, three times the peak speed of Tianhe-1," Li said.

Experts also said that one second of its work may take a whole day for a dual-core personal computer.

"Xingyun" is the server of "Dawning 6000", jointly developed by the company, Chinese Academy of Sciences Calculation Institution, and the South China Supercomputing Centre, for cloud computing and DNA sequencing purposes, officials said.

By 2010 end, "Dawning 6000" will be delivered to the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen in Guangdong province for use in information services in southern China, including Hong Kong and Macao.

Beijing-based Dawning Information Industry Co. Ltd. was set up in the year 1995 and is the country's major company in the field of high-performance computers. (With Inputs from Agencies)