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.

Supercomputing power is measured in floating point operations per second (FLOPS). The most powerful supercomputers in the world deliver a little over 1,000 petaFLOPS of power (1 quintillion FLOPS).

With its 2.746 exaFLOPS peak performance, “El Capitan” outpaces every other supercomputer on the planet, including the former ...

The world's most powerful supercomputer was officially dedicated in California Thursday, with the CEOs of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and AMD on hand to celebrate their handiwork. Why it matters: ...

According to the list, China’s most powerful supercomputer has a maximum Linpack performance of 487.94 petaflops, a figure that would place it fifth in the most recent edition of the Top500 list of ...

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When it is fully operational this summer, the Isambard-AI computer in Bristol will be the most powerful supercomputer in the UK. Last week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer unveiled plans to ...

Isambard-AI supercomputer is the UK's first Tier-0 supercomputer and is one of the top 10 most powerful supercomputers in the world. Image credit: University of Bristol. The supercomputer has ...

Ben Cohen: Late last year at a ceremony featuring both the King of Denmark, Frederik X, and the king of artificial intelligence, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, a very powerful supercomputer was plugged ...

The world’s most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan, was officially turned on at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) CEO Antonio Neri and ...