Supercomputers _______ Options: A . &nbspare smaller in size and processing capability than mainframe computers B . &nbspare common in majority of households C . &nbspcontain thousands of microprocessors D . &nbspare rarely used by researchers due to their lack of computing capacity E . &nbspare of the same size as laptops

Supercomputers ______

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Supercomputers _______

Options:

A . are smaller in size and processing capability than mainframe computers

B . are common in majority of households

C . contain thousands of microprocessors

D . are rarely used by researchers due to their lack of computing capacity

E . are of the same size as laptops

Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
A computer or array of computers that act as one collective machine capable of processing enormous amounts of data. Supercomputers are used for very complex jobs such as nuclear research or forecasting weather patterns.
The size of a supercomputer can differ widely, depending on how many computers make up the supercomputer. A supercomputer could be made up of 10, 100, 1000, or more computers, all working together. As of 2016, the largest supercomputer is the Sunway TaihuLight in China. It consists of 40,960 RISC processors, each with 256 cores, totalling 10,649,600 cores. The Sunway TaihuLight is capable of 93 petaflops of processing power and uses a custom operating system called Sunway RaiseOS.

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