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Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by bearbearbear on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @05:37PM (#15708588)
Please keep in mind however that many of the world's "supercomputers" are simply "bigger dick" projects where some government or organization slapped a few thousand blades into a rack and connected them with fiber crossbars so they could say they "built a supercomptuer."

And also that there's no standardized definition of what a "supercomputer" is.

My iPhone is not a "supercomputer" even though it has thousands of times more computing power than a Cray 1, which is considered a "supercomputer."

Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by dingo_bat on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @08:04PM (#15709483)
There is no precise definition but I think everyone will agree your iPhone is not a supercomputer :)
Re:All 500 of the world's top 500 supercomputers are running... by pklausler on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @07:36PM (#15709355)
In 1976 a 80MHz Cray-1 with 160Mflop/s and 1MB of non-ECC memory damn well was a supercomputer.