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The United States has historically been a leader in supercomputer development, but other countries\u2019 technology and research have been catching up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hpe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HP<\/a> research team consulted data from supercomputer ranking project TOP500 to visualize the most powerful supercomputers in the world as well as their country and company of development.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"4289\" src=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fastest-supercomputers-ever-built-41627404419720896.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fastest-supercomputers-ever-built-41627404419720896.png 700w, https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fastest-supercomputers-ever-built-41627404419720896-49x300.png 49w, https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/fastest-supercomputers-ever-built-41627404419720896-167x1024.png 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Sign up for the free insideBIGDATA&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Join us on Twitter:&nbsp;@InsideBigData1 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideBigData1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideBigData1<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supercomputers are an important part of computational science, including weather forecasting, climate research, quantum mechanics, molecular modeling, and cryptanalysis, as they are able to process information more quickly than a traditional computer. 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The HP research team consulted data from supercomputer ranking project TOP500 to visualize the most powerful supercomputers in the world as well as their country and company of development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10513,"featured_media":22338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,180,258,1304,268,56,84,1],"tags":[429,823,96],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Infographic: The Fastest Supercomputers Ever Built and Who Built Them - insideBIGDATA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/insidebigdata.com\/2021\/09\/05\/infographic-the-fastest-supercomputers-ever-built-and-who-built-them\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Infographic: The Fastest Supercomputers Ever Built and Who Built Them - insideBIGDATA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supercomputers are an important part of computational science, including weather forecasting, climate research, quantum mechanics, molecular modeling, and cryptanalysis, as they are able to process information more quickly than a traditional computer. 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