Made up of thousands of CPUs and GPUs, supercomputers can rapidly process large amounts of data and perform complex calculations.
Let’s explore some of the world’s most powerful supercomputers!
Data: livescience.com
First online: June 2018
Located: Tennessee, USA
Used for screening millions of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IImage: Genevieve Martin/ORNL
First online: November 2022
Located: Bologna, Italy
Used for research in areas such as AI and bioengineering.
Image: leonardo-supercomputer.cineca.eu
First online: June 2021
Located: Kaajan, Finland
Used to optimise AI and as a “partner” to two quantum computers.
Image: lumi-supercomputer.eu
First online: June 2020
Located: Kobe, Japan
Used during COVID to confirm that non-woven fabric face masks work better.
Image: .mext.go.jp
First online: August 2023
Located: The Cloud / Distributed
Resides in the cloud and can be accessed by anyone willing to pay a fee.
First online: June 2023
Located: Illinois, USA
Used mainly for nuclear fusion, it is also used to run simulations and AI.
First online: August 2022
Located: Tennessee, USA
Initially developed for cancer research; will be used to simulate the Milky Way's evolution.
Image:ornl.gov
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