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There have been supercomputers in all generations of computers. As the definition of supercomputer is simply any computer having at least 10 times the performance of currently available high performance computers, the very fastest computers of any generation are supercomputers. It is usually scientific and cryptographic applications that drive the need for supercomputers.

Some examples of supercomputers from various computer generations are:

  1. IBM NORC, first generation
  2. UNIVAC LARC, second generation
  3. IBM 7030 Stretch, second generation
  4. CDC 6600, second generation
  5. CDC 7600, second generation
  6. ILLIAC IV, third generation
  7. CDC Star-100, third generation
  8. Cray-1, third generation
  9. etc.
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