Even if you've never actually seen a supercomputer, odds are that movies and pop culture have given you a good idea of what they do, what they're used for, and maybe even what they look like. The U.S.

Over the decades there have been many denominations coined to classify computer systems, usually when they got used in different fields or technological improvements caused significant shifts. While ...

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Supercomputer technology represents the most advanced level of computing systems designed to solve extremely large and complex problems at incredible speed. A supercomputer is not just a faster ...

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After years of abstinence, China is back. With its processor, its interconnect, and its own operating system, it takes first place on the Top500 list.

As we talked about a decade ago in the wake of launching The Next Platform, quantum computers – at least the fault tolerant ones being built by IBM, Google, Rigetti, and a few others – need a massive ...