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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Meanwhile, Microsoft is developing a supercomputer for the fourth phase of the installment that is expected to launch in 2026, and both companies are on the third phase of the plan.
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Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
By assigning a geographic area to every species in the study, and then using the DNA tree and supercomputers to calculate the probability that their ancestors were there in the past, researchers were able to form a hypothesis about the spread of butterflies around the world.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Garry Kasparov’s series of chess matches with supercomputer Deep Blue.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
Now Sophons These are proton particles that, through extensive work by the San-Ti, have been transformed into tiny supercomputers.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
The 112-year-old tech company has been researching and developing its own artificial intelligence technology since the 1950s and garnered significant attention when its supercomputer Watson beat Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings on live television in 2011.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
The new supercomputer will use Nvidia’s latest chip technology.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
In fact, in our AI supercomputers, just about the entire semiconductor industry partners with us.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
Both XPeng and Li use a pair of chips to provide 508 trillion operations per second (TOPS) computing power, while the Nio Adam supercomputer uses four of the chips for a total of 1,016 TOPS.
—Mark Andrews, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
By assigning a geographic area to every species in the study, and then using the DNA tree and supercomputers to calculate the probability that their ancestors were there in the past, researchers were able to form a hypothesis about the spread of butterflies around the world.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Garry Kasparov’s series of chess matches with supercomputer Deep Blue.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024
Now Sophons These are proton particles that, through extensive work by the San-Ti, have been transformed into tiny supercomputers.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
The 112-year-old tech company has been researching and developing its own artificial intelligence technology since the 1950s and garnered significant attention when its supercomputer Watson beat Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings on live television in 2011.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
The new supercomputer will use Nvidia’s latest chip technology.
—Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
In fact, in our AI supercomputers, just about the entire semiconductor industry partners with us.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024
Both XPeng and Li use a pair of chips to provide 508 trillion operations per second (TOPS) computing power, while the Nio Adam supercomputer uses four of the chips for a total of 1,016 TOPS.
—Mark Andrews, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024
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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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