Everything Everywhere Daily

Supercomputers and the Evolution of Computing Power


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If you’ve been around long enough, and by that, I only mean a couple of years, you have probably observed the one fundamental truth about computers: they always get faster. 

While games and web browning might seem faster, the average person’s computer usage doesn’t necessarily express just how much more powerful computers have become. 

In particular, for several decades, supercomputers have been developed which are vastly more powerful than what is one your desk or in your pocket. Unless that is, you make comparisons over time…

Learn more about supercomputers, the evolution of computing power and how your computer stacks up to supercomputers of the past on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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