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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 ...
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 ...
A preliminary analysis suggests that industrially useful quantum computers designs come with a broad spectrum of energy ...
China is no longer content to dominate supercomputing on the ground. It is now wiring thousands of satellites into a single, ...
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 ...