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Industry Hardware

AMD-powered supercomputer El Capitan takes the global performance crown

Do It Super: AMD's resurgence in the chip industry is influencing the specialized high-performance computing market as well. A few years after unveiling the world's fastest supercomputer, the US chipmaker is once again making headlines by bringing another HPC powerhouse online.

Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, November 19, 2024, 1:55 PM

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Industry Tech Culture

The US continues to dominate the TOP500 supercomputers list

Is China holding back?

By Rob Thubron, May 22, 2023, 6:51 AM

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Tech Culture Industry

The US replaces Japan as the leader on Top500 supercomputer list with AMD-powered Frontier

AMD powers five of the world's ten most powerful supercomputers

By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2022, 6:45 AM 26 comments

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Hardware Industry

The US now officially has the world's fastest supercomputer, knocking China off the top spot

But China has more systems in the top 500

By Rob Thubron, June 25, 2018, 6:07 AM

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Japan plans to build the fastest supercomputer in the world next year

Japan's supercomputer will be capable of 130 petaflops

By Rob Thubron, November 28, 2016, 9:00 AM 8 comments

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Industry Hardware

New Chinese machine built with homegrown technology tops fastest supercomputer list

By Rob Thubron, June 20, 2016, 7:30 AM

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Industry Hardware

Supercomputers have exhibited same slowing trend as consumer PCs

By Shawn Knight, July 13, 2015, 11:45 AM