Supercomputing Hits 33.86 Petaflops/IBM’s Watson Expands Commercial Applications for Big Data, Business and Industry Trends Analysis

The claim to the title of the world’s fastest computer is a moving target.  By late 2021, China was estimated by trackers of the “Top500” supercomputers list to have grown its base of such computers to 188 machines, up from only 37 in early 2015.  This ranks China ahead of the U.S., as America has about 122 units, down considerably from 169 systems as of late 2016.  Massive, supercomputing systems are very costly, both to develop and to operate.  However, the growing use of cloud computing strategies means that more users can take advantage of one system, such as IBM’s…

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