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Airplanes not necessarily use supercomputers but, supercomputers are used to design airplanes. One of the many uses of supercomputers is to model how wind and turbulence affect an airplane. Supercomputers are also used in advanced flight simulators.
The average cost of supercomputers typically ranges from 500 million to 1 billion.
Supercomputers can cost anywhere from a few million to hundreds of millions of dollars, depending on their capabilities and specifications.
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Most typically, supercomputers need dedicated air conditioning. The average computer can be cooled by air alone that is moved over the hot components by a fan. Supercomputers have hundreds or thousands of times as many powerful components packed in close proximity and working hard (often for days or weeks at a time) and there is simply no way to fan cool them effectively. Virtually all supercomputers are housed in dedicated buildings that have round-the-clock air conditioning.
Supercomputers were invented to tackle complex computational problems that traditional computers could not efficiently solve. Their development was driven by the need for advanced calculations in fields such as weather forecasting, climate modeling, molecular modeling, and simulations for scientific research. The ability to process vast amounts of data and perform intricate calculations rapidly made supercomputers vital for pushing the boundaries of knowledge in various domains.
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