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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

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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

A spokesman for the National Science Foundation said the University of Wyoming has been invited to submit a proposal to operate the supercomputer; the college said it is interested.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The advance could help open the door to the first neuromorphic supercomputer, offering a new path toward energy efficient computing for national security and other critical applications.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

Sometimes I would stare at her and I knew I could see more inside her than anyone else, and all I could see was the whirring light complex of a supercomputer.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri