Linux turns 35 years this year, and the operating system remains the backbone of most supercomputers. Here's why the world's ...

Supercomputers are unsung heroes—unless you're a nerd like we are, in which case they're probably at least a little bit sung. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

Japanese supercomputer Fugaku has lost bragging rights as the world's fastest to U.S.-built Frontier, ending its two-year ...

Supercomputer simulations suggest tectonic cracks preceded Yellowstone's magma movement ...

Engineer wearing a hi-vis jacket and hard hat inside a data center full of server racks. - FOTOGRIN/Shutterstock Supercomputers are built to solve very large, difficult problems and do it quickly.

There's no one answer to how many types of supercomputers there are. You can split supercomputers into different sets by architecture, processors, performance, use, or all four, which will get you a ...

In late May 2026, a research team from IBM, Japan’s RIKEN institute, and the Cleveland Clinic reported that they had ...

Even if you've never actually seen a supercomputer, odds are that movies and pop culture have given you a good idea of what they do, what they're used for, and maybe even what they look like. The U.S.

Over the decades there have been many denominations coined to classify computer systems, usually when they got used in different fields or technological improvements caused significant shifts. While ...

U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. will participate in the development of Japan’s next flagship supercomputer, which is ...

The Gefion AI Supercomputer (GAIS) project, which delivers Denmark’s first artificial intelligence (AI) turbo-charged supercomputer, has positioned Denmark as the most advanced of the Nordic region’s ...

It was the government that decided it was time for Sierra to die. Sierra, it must be said, was a supercomputer, and so had never really been alive in the first place. But by any objective measure, she ...