World's Fastest Super Computer 

A supercomputer has a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer.

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The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second (FLOPS).

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Since November 2017, all of the world's fastest 500 supercomputers run Linux-based operating systems.

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Supercomputers play an important role in the field of computational science.

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It is used for a wide range of computationally intensive tasks in various fields, including ...

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quantum mechanics, weather forecasting, climate research, oil and gas exploration, molecular modeling.

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China currently dominates the list with 188 supercomputers.

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Since June 2020, the Japanese Fugaku is the world's most powerful supercomputer.

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Fugaku is a petascale supercomputer at the Riken Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan.

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It started development in 2014 as the successor to the K computer, and started operating in 2021.

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Top 3 Supercomputer 1. Fugaku (Japan) 2. Summit (USA) 3. Sierra (USA)

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