Introduction:
Supercomputers are a specialized type of computer used for complicated tasks such as weather forecasting and biological investigations. They are very expensive and are also responsible for performing a lot of mathematical calculations in a short time. The Blue Gene / L is the fastest computer in the world. It’s in the national laboratory of Japan. It can run up to 35.6 trillion math problems per second.
The main difference between a supercomputer and a normal PC:
1) Supercomputers are a specialized type of computers that are used for laboratory research, weather forecasting, nuclear research and data analysis, and in animation industry, etc.
2) Supercomputers run power on a few programs, while computers run all applications at the same time.
Labor and market:
Supercomputers have great processing power. It is known primarily for its great computing speed.
Supercomputers introduced by Symour cray. It is associated with Control Data Corporation. Samour cray introduced supercomputers with a new design. He introduced those computers by his own company ‘Cray research’.
In the 1980s, a large number of smaller competitors entered the supercomputer market. The market crashed.
Now the cray, IBM and Hewlett-Packard are building supercomputers. The IBM Roadrunner located at Los Alamos National Laboratory is the fastest supercomputer in the world.
History
In 1939 Atanasoff-Berry Computer was created in the state of Iowa.
Summary:
Supercomputers are a very useful resource for science and technology. They have proven to be a very useful tool in science and technology processes. They are relatively fast but can only feed limited data compared to normal PCs.
Author: Anil Purandare
