Supercomputers are well suited to general-purpose tasks, large-scale simulations and reliable processing of massive datasets. Quantum computers, while powerful for specific problems, remain ...

Japanese supercomputer Fugaku has lost bragging rights as the world's fastest to U.S.-built Frontier, ending its two-year reign at the top. Fugaku fell to the second spot on the Top 500 supercomputer ...

Google has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing based on an algorithm that can surpass the ability of supercomputers. The algorithm was capable of even computing a molecule’s structure, a key ...

•El Capitan is crowned the fastest supercomputer in the world again, marking the 8th consecutive time an HPE-built system has earned that distinction. •Continuing to build upon Cray’s 50-year legacy ...

Supercomputers are an important part of computational science, including weather forecasting, climate research, quantum mechanics, molecular modeling, and cryptanalysis, as they are able to process ...

a LINPACK performance of 1194 PFLOPS (petaflops) per second, and has maintained the top position for the third consecutive term since June 2022. The previous performance in November 2022 was 1102 ...

A supercomputer developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu was named the fastest in the world Monday at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany. This ranking is based on a performance ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's the end of the line for Roadrunner, a first-of-its-kind collection of processors that once reigned as the world's fastest supercomputer. The $121 million supercomputer, ...

Scientists have unveiled the world's fastest computer in California that will be used to secure America's nuclear weapons stockpile. The $600 million exascale supercomputer, called 'El Capitan,' is ...

OSAKA -- Japanese universities plan to have the country's fastest supercomputers one after another in 2016. The machines will provide businesses with computational services needed to handle so-called ...