What makes a supercomputer so super?

Imagine a machine that can perform as many mathematical calculations in a single second as a human could do in32 million years. Welcome to the world of supercomputers.A supercomputer is just what its name suggests – a computer with high-level computational capabilities that can handle complex tasks, data analysis, andsimulations beyond the capabilities of ordinary mainframes. With its compational abilities measured in floating point operations (FLOPS), the supercomputer can handle complex tasks, data analysis, and simulations outside the capabilities of most computers.The first supercomputer – theCray-1–was introduced in 1976 andcould execute 160 megaflops, or 1.6 millionfloating point operations per second. This was an incredible advance in computing technology for its time; a 2.5Ghz personalcomputer today, however, has a theoretical...
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Imagine a machine that can perform as many mathematical calculations in a single second as a human could do in32 million years. Welcome to the world of supercomputers.A supercomputer is just what its name suggests – a computer with high-level computational capabilities that can handle complex tasks, data analysis, andsimulations beyond the capabilities of ordinary mainframes. With its compational abilities measured in floating point operations (FLOPS), the supercomputer can handle complex tasks, data analysis, and simulations outside the capabilities of most computers.The first supercomputer – theCray-1–was introduced in 1976 andcould execute 160 megaflops, or 1.6 millionfloating point operations per second. This was an incredible advance in computing technology for its time; a 2.5Ghz personalcomputer today, however, has a theoretical...
This topic first appeared in the Spiceworks Community

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