What Is A Supercomputer?

China held the lead for the last 5 years, but the United States now has the world's fastest supercomputer. The machine, called Summit, was built for Oak Ridge National Laboratory in partnership with IBM and NVidia, and is designed for AI applications.
Today's supercomputers are made up of thousands of connected processors, and their speed has grown exponentially over the past few decades. The first supercomputer, released in 1964, was called the CDC 6600. It used a single processor to achieve 3 million calculations per second. While that may sound impressive, it is tens of thousands of times slower than an iPhone.
The Lab Director of Oak Ridge, Thomas Zacharia, says, "I've always thought of supercomputing as a time machine, in the sense that it allows you to do things that most other people will be able to do in the future." As he explains, smartphones today are more powerful than the supercomputers used in the 1990s to work on the Human Genome Project.
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What Is A Supercomputer? | CNBC

[@danyala.1659]

One day we will look back to this moment and laugh at how slow this computer was.

[@redpinggaming7980]

Lol it's not so far I'm making it to happen nuclear computer

[@christy_1954]

This is how supercomputer has been evolving. Who knows which country will be the winner in future.. Timeline of powerful supercomputer across countries: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoO6e2SVpc98nrc&t

[@slavkokecman]

Yea. Quantum computer will be light year faster.

[@CollinPope]

I feel like we would be close to the end of Our life span it's sad that we will not be able to see technology in the next 100 Year's

[@nichsa8984]

@@redpinggaming7980 this hybrid nanotechnology supercomputer and quantum computer merged combination

[@mrrenders2500]

if they added RGB It wOuLD bE FaSTeR

[@g.9814]

Definitely

[@rogueanuerz]

20% boost . factory overclocked

[@Dmck-zw5bv]

I agree

[@1hitpistol922]

agree

[@corte_s]

lel

[@UnluckyBro-]

Fun fact: Rgb makes it run 25% faster

[@ttaute]

Not true.

[@afoolsbabybear2266]

Tillmann Taute it's a joke. r/woooosh

[@renanmendes1299]

@@ttaute r/woooosh

[@scottliebowitz4605]

@@ttaute r/wooooosh

[@10F2C]

@@ttaute r/woooosh

[@MotivationHandbook]

50 yrs from now that specs will be in a phone that will fit in our pockets 😊

[@Nico2000]

Geek Support probably in less than 20

[@crystalball020]

Geek Support Lol nope. Moorse's law is ending

[@Interestingworld4567]

Syntox more like 10 or 15 years

[@Interestingworld4567]

Syntox probably by 2035 or may by 2040 just like you say

[@Mrclingerful]

Did you think Moore's law was the end of exponential growth? From vacuum tubes to transistors we will just move to the next paridigm and we have already begun the transition. 10 years from now we will all have summit level computing in our pocket. All you have to do is look at a graph of computation over time.

[@anuraag7075]

" Yes mom I need this for ZOOM classes"

[@comment.highlighted]

Somewhere there’s an Asian kid out calculating the super computer with his abacus 👽

[@babysharkdududu9491]

Sksksks Asian here, (using my friend’s acc). Back when I was in sixth grade, I was in grade 12 math because I couldn’t go any higher.

[@Babumoshai..]

Indian lady shakuntala devi calculated faster than computer curiosity.com/topics/shakuntala-devi-was-indias-human-computer-curiosity/

[@AndersonChan]

@@babysharkdududu9491 I'm in 7th and Asian and I'm slugging in Math

[@itszain6317]

@@Nevermind-yk6cc Indians are also Asians

[@shqiperia60]

@@itszain6317 not that kind of asians wich include china and japan

[@aklar_45]

Definitely runs Crysis over 60fps

[@otomackena7610]

no it still cant run crysis

[@generaltan]

Nop, unfortunately it cant run any games

[@realRickSanchez]

only at 720p

[@ErnestJay88]

well, super computer literally can't play any games because it wasn't designed to run windows, mac, or consumer based linux OS.

[@micheleiapalucci]

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[@waseemtahir6740]

I'm sure in less than 40 years from now some handheld device will have greater processing speed than this.

[@xthedronx]

no

[@judas6256]

Its not possible thanks to moore's law

[@user-tr3md5dy1x]

​@@judas6256we might use something else for calculating stuff. Like using photons which are way faster than electrons

[@surge1061]

What did they use to cool this thing. THE PACIFIC OCEAN!!

[@diorynovis]

Niagara flowing water

[@confirmhandle]

Funny but it's good old-fashioned cooling towers I betcha many people think it needs 4000 gallons of fresh water Non-Stop

[@heedmywarning2792]

THIS is why we have global warming!

[@kryptoskymusic]

Antarctica 🥶

[@Aditya-tx3zc]

😂😂😂

[@Monoplayz]

Friend: Hey! How much FPS do you get Me: Nearly 5 million, still slow,tho

[@WearySteerer]

And when the cooling system springs a leak? 🤕

[@ben____]

Fiyah and Boom!!!

[@Torjus_]

The value will increase when they sell it to a modern art museum.

[@louisphilippe1100]

With 200 million$, i'm sure this is not your typical diy water cooling loop with cheap pvc tubes.

[@justaverage8111]

they arent that dumn the liquid wont be conductive

[@xjgbgaming3480]

It won't spill lol

[@extrinity]

But can it run... MINECRAFT?!?!?

[@Hamza-ph6be]

XDmasterXD no man it cant

[@ronanthenickname2342]

you can if you pay 2mil extra

[@xjgbgaming3480]

@@pluskigw no lol

[@IHarryy]

XDmasterXD but can it run roblox ??

[@FOGrainforest]

Ofcourse not try to ignite a milion of tnt *Crashed*

[@HN-vu8pp]

When quantum computers are on the market this’ll be history

[@louisphilippe1100]

Quantum computers can do very cool things. But it does not replace current computers. Quantum physic is very unique, but you can't run a game on quantum physic. That's not the purpose of quantum computers.

[@soundsofaeneas]

louisphilippe1100 what’s the purpose then?

[@schrodingerscat3912]

@@soundsofaeneas quantum computer's purpose is to perform calculations which are currently impossible for today's computers. It is likely they will be used for research in NP problems, and be a replacement for supercomputers performing operations on large amounts of data

[@soundsofaeneas]

SCHRODINGER’S CAT can it be used to create a virtual reality?

[@schrodingerscat3912]

@@soundsofaeneas yes, a quantum computer theoretically can be used to perform any operation much better than a modern computer. The point that was made at the start of this thread is that, it is impractical and unlikely that quantum computing will be used for gaming/VR etc in the beginning because they will be too expensive, large, and rare on the market. Another issue is that initially they may be exclusive to large corporations and governments because they will be capable of cracking the most advanced encryption which is a huge security issue for any country. It's possible that after a while they will adapt to the consumer market and be applied to VR/AR etc.

[@kwato]

Skynet

[@sayeedhossain732]

Skynet Defensive System activated! We are all going to die down here!

[@Ben-ig3bf]

Il be back....

[@harold_Shitmum]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@djmula25]

Definitely lol

[@abbyysnet]

But will it work on crysis and minecraft?

[@kuldippabla]

Abbyys Net Super Mario, contra

[@hydrol1cks961]

Nope, only 4 bit and 1 fps

[@NOELQUEZON]

Too Many About 200 PETAFLOPS. It feel like 1 million bitcoin mining.

[@musabbafridi8721]

“This is not the space race, this is the race to knowledge”-Nvidia guy What does this guy think the space race was about?

[@Krystal-sg9ji]

To flex

[@xsuploader]

hes implying the space race was mostly for vanity he isnt wrong

[@heedmywarning2792]

the 'space race' was about how many college students could be squeezed into a phone booth.

[@nichsa8984]

@@Krystal-sg9ji 2021 meanwhile amd more extremely powerful nanomaterial

[@YY-wu7et]

@@xsuploader And this isn't?

[@bluecyrusgaming4397]

20-30 years from now, people will say " The chip inside your brain is faster than the supercomputers in the 20's " XD

[@sunder739]

future generation supercomputers will also a lot faster than the chip inside your brain xDD

[@khalidwaleed4627]

1:17 nice voice crack girl

[@josephstalin364]

Khalid Waleed Hahahahaha

[@ye7042]

a super computer is computer with super powers

[@davidgoodwinjr.9298]

It will shoot a electricity bolt at you from the monitor if you get angry and punch the keyboard

[@okamijubei]

200 quintillion calculations per second sounds impressive now but likely in a decade or two, microcomputers and minicomputers will perform at that rate at a palm of our hand.

[@compactracerboi4735]

The question remains: Can it run DOOM?

[@Yowill714]

5000 gallons per minute of water??? Are u kidding me...

[@SIC2007]

will I am the water is recycling。

[@saintlaurent4902]

4*

[@shariqqazi3958]

Its a closed loop system 5000 GPM equates to 1875 tons of Cooling if the delta T of the Cooling medium is 9 degF. Which is a huge number considering all of this cooling is required for Cooling the supercomputer only

[@deeneyugn4824]

Over clock much!

[@marktate3431]

Gosh I remember when I felt like I was king of the hill with a windows 3.1 machine :)

[@shubhoooo9373]

imagine gaming at this thing at over 1000 fps. But no monitor is capable of this refresh rate

[@glzblitz328]

it 1 billion fps

[@Rasthro]

There's a monitor that supports 720Hz Refresh Rate

[@thewhizkid3937]

A computer capable of computing many different calculations simultaneously.

[@akkihole_]

Just imagine using a physics simulation with this thing and 200 Quadrillion calculations per second.

[@shadowxxe]

200 THz

[@sunder739]

that's what they do

[@Rasthro]

If you play GTA V at 16K resolution with the HIGHEST settings on this Supercomputer, It'll run at 100000000+ FPS, Also, With it you can open INFINITE chrome tabs all playing a 8K 60FPS KZbin videos

[@her8066]

Oof I bet an untested version of Minecraft could crash it lol

[@MemesnShet]

But can it run Flight Simulator?

[@milesedgeworth132]

Just imagine, in the future people will be laughing at this thinking "Why is it SO big for something so weak?"

[@harold_Shitmum]

That's what your mum said

[@milesedgeworth132]

@@harold_Shitmum My mom said you're weak?

[@milesedgeworth132]

@@obamaprism114 That's what I said.

[@ALOKKUMAR-sg5nb]

Yeah just like we laugh at Charle's Babbage Computer

[@chefpae4001]

BUT CAN IT RUN PAINT???

[@goopyno3586]

Absolutely not, what are you insane!

[@vickyvenice2376]

What if we play games like fortnite with that supercomputer? Probably billions of fps

[@notstreamingok3210]

CrIsIs with 10 frames

[@1hitpistol922]

dont use fortnite use some other games

[@zykit730]

I don’t even think it has a graphics catd

[@ThePresence]

You will be at -1000 ping

[@soumikd794]

Fortnite haters that will hate your comment just cos you mentioned the word fortnite incoming

[@AI-tc8fv]

I feel like kids distant alien galaxies have console with better computing power than this

[@Jack-tm4er]

Why do we need such fast computers? Oak Ridge: Heh Heh, we don't talk about that part

[@fizzle._12]

Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear Experiment Simulation, viewing things at a molecular level. This ‘fast computer’ will become common in the next few years lmao

[@playlistcollector6543]

Imagine if the US used this to mine bitcoins back than hahaha

[@astrophysx7523]

Why would they? Also the hardware isn't optimized for bitcoins, this computer doesn't even show its true computing power through general purpose tasks. This is an AI beast.

[@James.1_2-3]

astrophysx what’s an AI beast?

[@asarinbharti7187]

U r genius maN

[@astrophysx7523]

A general purpose computing task would be lets say doing a floating point calculation like multiplication or division. But what if you want to do many inferences at the same time? Then you would use a gpgpu for parallelism. But then Nvidia came up with tensor core which basically allows you to have more optimized operations for ai specific tasks such as a faster parallel matrix transformations or something. Its just a marketing gimmick tbh lol.

[@jakexd5524]

astrophysx he’s saying that if they did, they would make tons of money as the processing power could mine extremely fast even if it wasn’t meant to do so.

[@wedothingsmessyhere]

Somewhere in that digital sea of data, four teens are fighting a computer virus. 😅

[@karenjones6582]

One day our phones will be more powerful than summit

[@firozyakubvhora3648]

Firoz too Deprive of National Rights or Natural Qualities. if That can be resolved from constitution . Answer met as for buy supercomputer.

[@flameo1600]

wonder how much fps you can get with this computer on fortnite

[@confi4011]

Fortnite is dead. Also your name is badly spelt, it's supposed to be you're not your

[@confi4011]

Your (your item) You're (you)

[@flameo1600]

Consume Anime sorry smart ass

[@blacksamurai771]

The fastest supercomputer today is called the sunway taihulight and it cost 273... Million dollars But I doubt it can run Minecraft

[@user-xj7ze3bv3c]

Finally, we made a computer that can open 2 tabs in chrome

[@hans4589]

What if we download a Minecraft with rtx and watch KZbin videos on 8k on this computer?

[@vapecat8988]

90% of comments. "can it run Minecraft?" "can it run Crysis?" "can it run Pubg?" "can it run minesweeper?" "can you get a girlfriend already?"

[@n3gi_]

Yeah, can it rur an AI Girlfriend?

[@xjgbgaming3480]

@@n3gi_ pls no

[@harold_Shitmum]

Don't forget the comparisons to Skynet

[@Vegeta-ig4ub]

It’s not a good a super computer if you can’t play Minecraft with full shaders and rtx and stuff

[@spygun2638]

Wish i had this supercomputer for gaming 😭😭😭😭😭😢😢

[@MrJJackFLASH]

Very informative. It makes an excellent teaching material.

[@dougbaxter1268]

But does it run DOOM ?

[@Muhammad-dl5pi]

exo haxor I was going to buy one to play doom I changed my mind

[@Nameless10949]

No

[@concrete981]

the biggest customer is the lottery commission. probably have a thousand of these machines. that's why there's no Powerball winners for 3 months and the jackpot is $800 million.

[@sakiv9275]

Super computer: The most favourite place for hackers to hangout with their viruses. 😭😭😭

[@omshree2448]

Supercomputers are designed to perform calculations . They probably dont even have a public UI . In most cases they have custom UIs . Honestly, a hacker cant do anything with a supercomputer . Supercomputers arent a smart version of your computer rather they are a completely different domain .

[@epbiebic]

running minecraft with 10.000 render distance ? what gonna happen

[@pontashi2650]

It doesnt even have a gpu A real Supercomputer has a gpu

[@jennifergarcia7149]

ScytherRaid, bro why would you need good graphics for something that whole purpose is to check if nukes still work.

[@Miguel-sy8sd]

@@jennifergarcia7149 its a joke

[@CL0SECALLZ-u3u]

Jennifer Garcia It’s needed to check nukes at 60fps

[@Weesy]

There are many GPUs. But the GPUs are the Tesla Cards, which is a Processor on GPU Architekture

[@hakimkamaruzaman9218]

@@CL0SECALLZ-u3u Don't forget a monitor with 8K resolution, 240hz

[@uveshaibani2693]

Can we play cyberpunk on that thing ? 😂😂

[@deathspiregaming3889]

Evan with all those supercomputers all combined you could get maybe 1 fps on minesweeper on lowest settings 144p.mabye

[@michaelolthof2347]

everything and including everything=complete...40 times per page 10^94 volumes.

[@rodalynranes8699]

Thank you very much for this great and helpful info.

[@fanaticalplel1003]

50 yrs later our supercomputers is gone be the old gen one and the 2050 supercomputer GON be Times 50

[@nouman6093]

If today's phones are more powerful than supercomputers of 1995 than it means that in 2044 our phones will be more powerful than today's supercomputers 😅

[@xynyde0]

nope. Moore's law will not hold up for long.

[@HappyMarshmallowGamingComedy]

That will be awesome

[@manwithstds7503]

This is indeed good for my Roblox gameplay.

[@legolas7r]

Can i play on it Battlefield V ?

[@MrBinest]

shankar reddy in lower settings

[@Supcharged]

without ray tracing only

[@tauma5262]

Cool, but can it run minecraft with shaders?

[@lucifyx4603]

but can it run minesweeper???

[@helostinuniverseforever]

my pc is better than this 😂😂bcs i can understand how to use it

[@Megumu_Iizunamaru.]

Japan : im so FAST BRRRRRRRR

[@sybil3548]

NASA wants to know your location

[@g4fun458]

i really like that server rack design, can i have one 😍😍😍😍

[@kamotebanana5747]

Summit: i have the ability of 200 quadrillions calculations per second to solve your problems Corona Virus: oh please...CALCULATE ME NOW...

[@jorgemurilo7779]

Fugaku : Hold my sake

[@Levi-27]

What's a computer?

[@louisphilippe1100]

you might run out of ram from time to time. That's just how minecraft works.

[@blandgreen4135]

Ha ha I get it

[@paradoxine6287]

A computer is a computer boii

[@whitezkullgamer1018]

what is supercomputer? simple answer for simple questions. supercomputer are like superman while computers are like human. problem solve.

[@adly.prastya]

In 50 years, this will fit to a desk

[@78anurag]

In 80, mobile phone in a pocket.

[@josephsmith1893]

The Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans use American CPU/GPU and other hardware to build their supercomputers. Given the money, even an Engineering Student can build these supercomputers using these CPU/GPU, etc...

[@mikewei6840]

fd11fd33fd99 that’s not true. The Chinese one is made of its own design cpu to operate.

[@abrown4835]

well they did make one by connecting a bunch of ps3s together

[@ajinkyathorat7502]

That's absolutely false. Lot of CPU/GPU are made by other countries.

[@srijitaganguly9522]

Salute to those true scientists whose effort gave us this easy life

[@Naveen-Sebastian]

Thomas Zacharia (born 1957 in Kerala, India)

[@ezlesmeskeslespa9985]

its awesome for rendering

[@pactube8833]

Imagine to use its full power for rendering 3D movie Probably It could finish the whole 1:30 hour(s) animation in 1Day

[@confi4011]

Imagine playing Minecraft with no lag !

[@Bencat1832]

Japan has it now.Fugako 2.8 faster than Summit.

[@SatishKumar-rc4pl]

Nah

[@multigamingg9369]

Finally, a PC that can run Minecraft Shaders, Cyberpunk 2077 and Crysis

[@JR-pk1fr]

" Cracking encryption keys"... At least they admitted the real reason for the computers but in a subtle off handed manner.

[@ephraimmulilo7098]

Lol

[@Polina-ji4fe]

Can society and people develop themselves instead of computers? People were bot not evolved for such computers and technology. Furthermore, a lot of people's emotional development stuck at the age of 5. Now imagine these people using advanced technology. For what?

[@EpsilonXenos]

Dude, I thought IBM was out of business. They made a bunch of computers back in the 80s and 90s. Damn, guessed they moved on to bigger projects, that's crazy.

[@xynyde0]

cloud and super computers

[@tomikun8057]

they're more of a design company than a production one

[@developer-daniel]

Minecraft With 1 000 000 000 fps

[@tweegyblink]

But can it run Crysis?

[@shubhamgupta-pq2me]

i am thinking at how much fps it would run on game like RDR2 Ultra HD settings i can expect 200Fps or maybe more🤔🤔

[@tnndll4294]

"China held the lead for the last 5 years, but the United States now has the world's fastest supercomputer." We never should've been behind in the first place.

[@JK-gu3tl]

Hey, those wars aren't going to pay for themselves!!!

[@allu7958]

I wAnt ThAT FOr pLaYIng MiNEcrAfT wItH SHadErS cUz mY mOms laPtop dOes'nT RuN iT

[@theshoronatheshorona8282]

Mine Bitcoin for just 2 hours

[@realRickSanchez]

bitcoin? maybe ethereum

[@shubhampreetsingh8630]

TheShorona TheShorona What about electricity cost, providing the market is also not good right now.

[@norinator6284]

shubham preet I dont think this company will have a problem with that...

[@kenisonline]

@@norinator6284 Its not a company. Its a lab sponsored by US Dept of Energy. They , will most definitely, not have any issues with power.

[@KcKc-bh6lu]

CDC 6600, that's the name I hadn't heard for years. Still remember NOS.

[@jacksparrow7536]

Finally, something I can play Minesweeper on.

[@Lukky_175]

So like government is basically funding supercomputers to mine bitcoins?

[@joshv8509]

Can you play at 0 ping?

[@zed_961]

Ping depends on the server and the wifi not the pc

[@hans4589]

This gadget can download Minecraft with rtx in less than a second without any lag and a perfect 1080fps

[@darksyde0418]

NASA called, they want their computers back

[@LiamFlaherty]

*Folding@Home has entered the server*

[@tnndll4294]

*"This is not the space race, this is the race to knowledge".* After nukes in North Korea and COVID19, I hope such China denial is in the past.

[@orevamp4444]

100 Years later: Some Nerdy Guy: Did you Guys Know that this Computer from year 2018 is 21 Times Slower than your SmartPhone? Even Samsung S24 Can Defeat this Thing! gamers in the future: This thing can't run Knife art Online? But KAO IS JUST A VRMMORPG THAT IS AS BIG AS CHINA? -This thing can buy me 9000 Iphone Zrs. -Can It run Dota 9? - Gta XXI?

[@shanthoshtubehd1240]

If they let us play GTAV ON IT WHAT WILL BE YOU'RE REACTION

[@zain-rw3em]

Imagine using this for gaming. Just imagine...

[@xif17]

Itz Whazza haha , imagine 1000 fps 😬

[@TheSRBgamer63]

If they optimize it ,would this machine be able to run something like OASIS ,from Ready Player One Book/Movie ?.With lets say ofc at least 2 million players on server.Can it ?.

[@bursegsardaukar]

Just hope they don’t create something like Skynet…

[@Faisal-wn2tx]

2,080 GTX 2080 ti’s