Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now.

The world's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' can reach a peak performance of 2.746 exaFLOPS, making it the planet's third exascale computer. The fastest supercomputer in the world has officially ...

In June 2011, Japan’s K computer became the world’s fastest supercomputer, achieving a speed of over 8 petaflops — or 8 quadrillion (8 million billion) operations a second. In November the ...

When you think of a supercomputer, what do you see in your mind's eye? A gigantic mainframe like ENIAC? A sinister emergent ...

Taiwan is set to launch its next-generation supercomputer for artificial intelligence (AI) in May, with plans to ...

ABCI 3.0, the most advanced public supercomputer in Japan specializing in the research and development of artificial intelligence, began full-scale operation on Jan. 20. The supercomputer was ...

A new study reveals that Google’s 67-qubit Sycamore quantum processor can outperform the fastest classical supercomputers. Researchers discovered a “weak noise phase” in which quantum ...

The world’s fastest supercomputer has found opening just one window and one door diagonally opposite each other is the best way to ventilate an air-conditioned classroom to prevent the novel ...

When I first saw that photo of Nvidia’s new Project Digits ... Could Nvidia’s new Mac Mini-like small-form-factor AI supercomputer usher in a major disruption for Windows PCs?