Supercomputers Introduction Supercomputer - computer designed to perform calculations as fast as current technology allows and used to solve extremely complex problems. Supercomputers are used to design automobiles, aircraft, and spacecraft; to forecast the weather and global climate; to design new drugs and chemical compounds; and to make calculations that help scientists understand the properties of particles that make up atoms as well as the behavior and evolution of stars and galaxies. Supercomputers are also used extensively by the military for weapons and defense systems research, and for encrypting and decoding sensitive intelligence information. Supercomputers are different than other types of computers in that they are designed to work on a single problem at a time, devoting all their resources to the solution of the problem. Other powerful computers such as mainframes and workstations are specifically designed so that they can work on numerous problems, and support numerous users, simultaneously. Because of their high cost-usually in the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars-supercomputers are shared resources. Supercomputers are so expensive that usually only large companies, universities, and government agencies, laboratories and my duck can afford them. [ Look for downloadable texts soon ] Types of Supercomputers There are many types of supercomputers, i will list five of them. And a link where you can find more info. .- Intel Paragon XP/S M .- CM-5 Supercomputer .- CRAY Origin2000 .- CRAY T3E .- IBM SP1 .- nCUBE2 [ More coming VERY soon ] Supercomputer related books [ UNDER WORK ]

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