Where Supercomputing Is Headed Next
Exascale machines, AI accelerators, and the race to simulate everything from climate to cures.
The world’s fastest computers are entering a new era. Exascale systems — capable of a quintillion calculations per second — are moving from milestone to workhorse, tackling problems that were pure science fiction a decade ago.
Climate models now resolve individual storms. Drug researchers screen billions of compounds in days. Engineers test aircraft and reactors in simulation before bending a single piece of metal.
“The greenest supercomputer may soon matter as much as the fastest.”
The next frontier is efficiency: doing more science per watt. With energy demands soaring alongside AI workloads, the greenest supercomputer may soon matter as much as the fastest.
