Demand is suddenly surging for the largest scientific computers, driven by technology changes seen in two powerful systems unveiled this week.
The supercomputers, installed in Illinois and Texas — each requiring about the space of a basketball court — use new combinations of semiconductor chips to tackle complex scientific problems in fields such as climate change, earthquake prediction and medicine.
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