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Supercomputers are fascinating because they harness so much processing power and storage in one machine. Long ago, a supercomputer was the fastest mainframe available. Then Cray created a whole new class of machine – the vector processor – that defined the word supercomputer. Today, supercomputers are often created by building highly interconnected racks of “normal” CPUs. These videos will help you see inside several modern supercomputers.
The third most powerful supercomputer in the world – 14,000 cores, 125 teraflops:
NSA’s supercomputers:
10 teraflop, $5.2 million supercomputer at Virginia Tech:
Japan’s earth simulator – 40 teraflops:
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