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URI Director of Research Computing Awarded Time on United States' Fastest Supercomputer
November 21, 2020
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Nov. 21 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Nov. 20:

How fast can a supercomputer calculate? Today's top supercomputers can do many quadrillion (1 followed by 15 zeros) calculations in a single second. If every person on the planet were to perform a calculation in a second, it would take the human population months to complete what a top supercomputer can do in a single second.

A University of Rhode Island . . .

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