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A History of Supercomputers

A supercomputer is a computer of such implausible size and power that it's in a whole different league. During the Cold War ...
From left) Yuetsu Komada, Mitsuhisa Sato and Tamiya Onodera. © 2026 RIKEN A pioneering project led by RIKEN is underway to ...
China is no longer content to dominate supercomputing on the ground. It is now wiring thousands of satellites into a single, ...
Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now. When you ...
When you think of supercomputers, you probably think of vast air-controlled rooms crammed full of cabinets and illuminated by banks of flashing LEDs. The first Cray supercomputer, for instance, cost ...
A.I. has added urgency to the U.S. national laboratories that have been sites of cutting-edge scientific research, leading to deals with tech giants like Nvidia to speed up. A.I. has added urgency to ...
The UK government has announced that its going to build a new exascale supercomputer that will be 50 times more powerful than its most powerful supercomputer. It said that Edinburgh, the Scottish ...