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Evolution of supercomputers

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Supercomputers are prevalent and vital to scientific research and industrial fields, and may be used to represent the level of national scientific development. A summary of the evolution of supercomputers will help direct the future development of supercomputers and supercomputing applications. In this paper, we summarize the accomplishments in supercomputing, predict the trend of future supercomputers, and present several breakthroughs in supercomputer architecture research.

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    Xianghui Xie, Xing Fang, Sutai Hu & Dong Wu

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Xie, X., Fang, X., Hu, S. et al. Evolution of supercomputers. Front. Comput. Sci. China 4, 428–436 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11704-010-0118-z

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