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The world’s fastest supercomputer just broke the exascale barrier

The milestone will allow for complex calculations that benefit a wide range of research areas

Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee performed more than a quintillion calculations per second, officially reaching the milestone of exascale computing.

Carlos Jones/ORNL/U.S. Department of Energy

By Emily Conover

The first exascale computer has officially arrived.

The world’s fastest supercomputer performed more than a quintillion calculations per second, entering the realm of exascale computing. That’s according to a ranking of the world’s speediest supercomputers called the TOP500, announced on May 30.