October 19, 2024

7 most powerful supercomputers

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.

7. SUMMIT

IImage: Genevieve Martin/ORNL

First online: November 2022
Located: Bologna, Italy
Used for research in areas such as AI and bioengineering.

6. LEONARDO

Image: leonardo-supercomputer.cineca.eu

First online: June 2021
Located: Kaajan, Finland
Used to optimise AI and as a “partner” to two quantum computers.

5. LUMI

Image: lumi-supercomputer.eu

First online: June 2020
Located: Kobe, Japan
Used during COVID to confirm that non-woven fabric face masks work better.

4.  Fugaku

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.

3. Eagle

First online: June 2023
Located: Illinois, USA
Used mainly for nuclear fusion, it is also used to run simulations and AI.

2. Aurora

First online: August 2022
Located: Tennessee, USA
Initially developed for cancer research; will be used to simulate the Milky Way's evolution.

1. Frontier

Image:ornl.gov

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