Supercomputers are the most powerful computers currently available, used for highly complex scientific and engineering applications involving massive datasets or calculations. The first successful supercomputer was the CDC 6600, completed in 1964 for $8 million, and delivered to national laboratories. Current top supercomputers include Fujitsu's K computer, Oakforest-PACS, and machines from the US and China. Throughout their history, supercomputers have enabled weather forecasting, nuclear research, code breaking, and molecular modeling.

2. •Technology
•analog, digital
•Purpose
•special /general
•Size
•super, mainframe, mini,
micro
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSIFICATIONS

3. WHAT IS A SUPER COMPUTER
A supercomputer is a computer that
performs at or near the currently
highest operational rate for
computers. Traditionally,
supercomputers have been used for
scientific and engineering applications
that must handle very large databases
or do a great amount of computation.

4. PERFORMANCE

5. CDC 6600
• Jim Thornton, and Dean
Roush and about 30 other
engineers Cray completed
the CDC 6600 in 1964.
• Its cost was 8 million $
• The first CDC 6600's were
delivered in 1965 to
Livermore and Los Alamos.

6. PRESENT SUPER COMPUTERS
• Fujitsu’s K
• Oak forest-PACS
• Cori (NERSC)
• Sequoia
• Titan
• Tianhe-2
• Piz Dainty (2017)
• Sunway

7. APPLICATIONS
1970
s
Weather forecasting, aerodynamic research (Cray-
1).
1980
s
Probabilistic analysis, radiation shielding modeling
(CDC cyber).
1990
s
Brute force code breaking( EFF DES cracker ).
2000
s
3D nuclear test simulations as a substitute for legal
conduct Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (ASCI Q).
2010
Molecular Dynamics Simulation (Tianhe-1A)