The Race For Exascale: A Recent History Of The World's Fastest Supercomputers
Data Center Knowledge, Tuesday, June 25th, 2024
Nations jostle for bragging rights to have the world's fastest supercomputer.
For many years, exascale was the supercomputing industry's Holy Grail. Since the first petascale (1015 FLOPS) computer entered operation in 2008, the US, China, Japan, and Europe raced to build exascale supercomputers.
Over the past 15 years, various supercomputers have jostled for the top spot, as supercomputer speeds have risen from single petaflop speeds to two exaflops. In recent years, US investment has given its latest supercomputers the title of fastest supercomputer.
Data Center Knowledge has been there every step of the way, tracking changes in the Top 500 list, investment announcements, and the construction of new supercomputers, along with other sector-related news.