In order to compare the speeds at which supercomputers operate, they need to be performing the same tasks. The Linpack benchmark measures how fast a computer solves dense systems of linear equations ...

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California has launched the world’s fastest supercomputer, "El Capitan," marking a new milestone in high-performance computing. This $600 million ...

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – After a recent upgrade, NASA’s premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world’s most ...

“With supercomputers, we can perform complex simulations, data analyses and calculations that are essential to scientific research and help us find answers to today’s most pressing questions,” said ...

It's that time of the year again: TOP500 published its twice-annual list of the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world today, and it looks like China's Tianhe-2 is still on top -- and for the sixth ...

The German Research Center Jülich unveiled Europe’s most powerful supercomputer this week, an IBM Blue Gene system that will be used by European scientists to do environmental and particle physics ...

Two-and-a-half years after breaking the exascale barrier, the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory continues to set new standards for its computing speed ...

For the past two years now, we have been picking apart the semi-annual rankings of supercomputers known as the Top500 is a different way, focusing on the new machines that come into each list in ...