Wilshire@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTop500: China Opts Out of Global Supercomputer Racethenewstack.ioexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down111
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minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoSo what’s the point? I feel like half of supercomputers is bragging rights.
minus-squareWilshire@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months agoIt’s an industry benchmark, but also a competition that drives innovation. Supercomputers are essential for weather forecasts, climate predictions, simulations of black holes, and other cool stuff.
minus-squarepartial_accumen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months ago…and since the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, also simulating nuclear warhead detonation for development.
So what’s the point? I feel like half of supercomputers is bragging rights.
It’s an industry benchmark, but also a competition that drives innovation. Supercomputers are essential for weather forecasts, climate predictions, simulations of black holes, and other cool stuff.
…and since the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, also simulating nuclear warhead detonation for development.
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