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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Scientists have turned to Frontier, the world’s most powerful supercomputer, to uncover how galaxy clusters regulate the immense energy from supermassive black holes.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
And then, one day, in November 2022, a man named Sam Altman, an old friend of Jensen’s, came out with ChatGPT, some six years after Jensen had hand-delivered Nvidia’s first AI supercomputer to OpenAI back in 2016.
—Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The optimism from the analysts at Wells stems from Amazon’s massive AI supercomputer, known as Project Rainier, which is being developed with Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Microsoft's new data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is set to become one of the world's most powerful supercomputers.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
And then, one day, in November 2022, a man named Sam Altman, an old friend of Jensen’s, came out with ChatGPT, some six years after Jensen had hand-delivered Nvidia’s first AI supercomputer to OpenAI back in 2016.
—Jim Cramer, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The optimism from the analysts at Wells stems from Amazon’s massive AI supercomputer, known as Project Rainier, which is being developed with Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Microsoft's new data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is set to become one of the world's most powerful supercomputers.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
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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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