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In Pictures: The 10 most powerful supercomputers on Earth

2015’s first edition of the top 500 list contains a new entrant but an old champion.

In Pictures: The 10 baddest supercomputers on Earth

The latest Top 500 ranking sees China stay on top.

In Pictures: 10 evil supercomputers - and their bloodthirsty plans for our demise

Nothing quite says Ctrl-Alt-Delete like a computer gone psychotic.

In Pictures: The 10 fastest supercomputers on Earth

The latest twice-yearly Top 500 report is out – see which supercomputers are the world's fastest.

News about supercomputers

New supercomputer will unite x86, Power9 and ARM chips

For once, there will be a cease-fire in the war between major chip architectures x86, ARM and Power9, all of which will be in a supercomputer being built in Barcelona.

News Dec 01
Supercomputing shifts from power to purpose

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is now producing high performance computing systems for specific needs.

News Apr 05
Tianjin explosion shuts down Chinese supercomputer

The deadly explosion that rocked the Chinese city of Tianjin has caused the country to shut down a nearby supercomputer, also one of the fastest in the world.

News Aug 14
Obama rolls out initiative to boost US supercomputer capability

US President Barack Obama has signed an executive order setting up the National Strategic Computing Initiative that will adopt a coordinated strategy involving multiple government agencies, academia and the private sector for the development of high-...

News Jul 30
IBM Watson's next trick: Helping you write better

IBM's Watson has already proven its mettle in the kitchen and on game shows, but its latest skill set is one that could help us all: making sure our writing conveys what we want it to.

News Jul 18

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Features about supercomputers

Georgia Tech supercomputer powered by graphics processors

Georgia Tech researchers building an experimental new supercomputer say graphics processors may help pave the way toward future exascale machines, which would be 1,000 times faster than today's most powerful supercomputers.

Features Nov 19
Inside Tsubame - the Nvidia GPU supercomputer

When you enter the computer room on the second floor of Tokyo Institute of Technology's computer building, you're not immediately struck by the size of Japan's second-fastest supercomputer. You can't see the Tsubame computer for the industrial air co...

Features Dec 10
Supercomputer race: Tricky to boost system speed

Every June and November, with fanfare lacking only in actual drum rolls and trumpet blasts, a new list of the world's fastest supercomputers is revealed. Vendors brag, and the media reach for analogies such as "It would take a patient person with a h...

Features Sep 23

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