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Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now.

AMD and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced today that the AMD-powered El Capitan has taken the top spot on the semi-annual Top500 list as the fastest-known supercomputer ...

El Capitan was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy's CORAL-2 program to replace the Sierra supercomputer, deployed in 2018. This supercomputer is still in use and was the 14th most powerful ...

This supercomputer is still in use and was the 14th most powerful supercomputer in the latest Top500 rankings. Keumars is the technology editor at Live Science. He has written for a variety of ...

We’re ecstatic to officially deploy Aurora for open scientific research,” said Michael Papka, director of the Argonne ...

The U.S. is home to five of the 10 most powerful supercomputers in the world and has 173 of the leading systems worldwide, according to the 64th edition of the TOP500. These supercomputers process ...

Its specifications suggest it is the fifth-most powerful supercomputer in the world, according to the annual TOP500 rankings. The Italian firm is notable in that, unlike some of its peers ...

In addition to this achievement, Gefion recently ranked 21st globally on the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers, further cementing its status as a high-performance powerhouse.

Exascale supercomputers are widely seen as crucial ... according to a respected index called the Top500. In response to a question on whether an exascale computer in Edinburgh would be brought ...