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supercomputer

[soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter, soo-per-kuhm-pyoo-ter] / ˈsu pər kəmˌpyu tər, ˌsu pər kəmˈpyu tər /
NOUN
computer hardware
Synonyms
STRONGEST
disk drive hardware modem personal computer
WEAK
CPU central processing unit computer computer unit data processor floppy disk hard drive magnetic disk microcomputer microelectronics device output device tape drive

Example Sentences

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Each simulation took 10 continuous days on a supercomputer at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

IBM itself is targeting 2029 for the delivery of its first fault-tolerant quantum supercomputer, nicknamed Starling, which is expected to have 20,000 times the processing power of today’s quantum computers.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

To capture the fine details of a highly intricate chip, the team relied on nearly the full power of the Perlmutter supercomputer.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

The company also outlined plans to develop the U.K.’s largest AI supercomputer with Microsoft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

She’d written this code with the help of a supercomputer, and it would take a supercomputer to unravel it.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.