Compute as fast as possible with available technology to facilitate solutions to large complicated problems that had never been solvable before due to limited computing capacity of earlier computers and methods.
Thats it. How it does it is not important.
mostly its much faster than any other computer available at that time
To do calculations that would take YEARS for a regular computer to do!
These computers are of significant size and cost millions of dollars.
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A supercomputer generates a lot of heat, so it needs air conditioning to compensate, otherwise it would overheat the room and burn itself up.
The first Cray supercomputer (Cray 1) was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, CA in 1976. Components were built in Chippewa Falls, WI and moved to California for final assembly.
IBM NORCUNIVAC LARCIBM 7030 StretchCDC 6600CDC 7600Cray 1Cray 2Cray 3IBM Blue/GeneIBM WatsonBeowulf architecture (networked inexpensive microcomputers)etc., etc.
i think latest supercomputer is "road runner".
The MacBook is a great computer but it would not be officially classed as a SuperComputer.
San Diego Supercomputer Center was created in 1985.
Given similar technology the supercomputer is faster, by definition.
Supercomputer is measured in "FLOPS" (FLoating Point Operations Per Second)
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No - a supercomputer is a single device or system (although fast and expensive). A massive collection of networked computers can give the results of a supercomputer but they would not be considered one.
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