The Race to have the fastest computer in the world!!

Supercomputer is just like what the names sounds like, the "superman in the computers".  Supercomputer is capable of processing and calculating data trillion times faster than the normal computer because it uses thousands of processes and other top technologies.

While there is very high cost in both building and developing a supercomputer, there is great variety of important application in many calculation-intensive tasks, like simulation of nuclear weapon.  For example, the weather forecast we hear everyday is done with the help of supercomputer to analyse all the data from the satellite.  Thanks to the supercomputer, the modern forecast is generally very accurate.  Moreover, supercomputer is also very useful in science research like climate change, and quantum physics.  For all of these reasons, the top computer companies and the countries behind them are competing each other to make the fastest supercomputer in the world.  As a result, the top 10 fastest supercomputer list is almost changing every few months.  Currently, the fastest supercomputer is K computer from Japan.  The K computer runs at 10.51 petaflop per second which is nearly four times as powerful as its closest competitor, Tianhe IA at 2.566 petaflop per second, from china.  In many cases, there is not a very efficient algorithmic way to solve certain questions, the complexity which would seem impossible to solve in a finite time by normal computer would be made possible by supercomputers.  The progression of supercomputer is exciting as better and faster supercomputer will help human beings solve more complex problems.