supercomputer
noun
su·per·com·put·er
ˈsü-pər-kəm-ˌpyü-tər 
: a large very fast mainframe used especially for scientific computations
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Proud engineers are quick to share this supercomputer’s 254 trillion operations per second capabilities.
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Sean Evans, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2026
According to the team, this setup not only produces similar high-fidelity simulations possible in supercomputers, but is considerably faster, enabling simulations to be run in just a week, rather than years.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
But the manner of those draws matters to the supercomputer’s projections.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Thousands of standalone Nvidia CPUs are also helping power supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and Los Alamos National Lab, Nvidia told CNBC.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
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Sean Evans, Robb Report, 24 Mar. 2026
According to the team, this setup not only produces similar high-fidelity simulations possible in supercomputers, but is considerably faster, enabling simulations to be run in just a week, rather than years.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2026
But the manner of those draws matters to the supercomputer’s projections.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Thousands of standalone Nvidia CPUs are also helping power supercomputers at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and Los Alamos National Lab, Nvidia told CNBC.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
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supercomputer
noun
su·per·com·put·er
ˈsü-pər-kəm-ˌpyüt-ər
: a large very fast mainframe used especially for scientific computations
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