who holds the title of the fastest super computer in the world
Supercomputer The US has long been a leader in the supercomputer field, first through Cray's almost uninterrupted dominance of the field, and later through a variety of technology companies. Japan made major strides in the field in the 1980s and 90s, but since then China has become increasingly active in the field. As of June 2016, the fastest supercomputer on the TOP500 supercomputer list is the Sunway TaihuLight, in China, with a LINPACK benchmark score of 93 PFLOPS, exceeding the previous record holder, Tianhe-2, by around 59 PFLOPS. Sunway TaihuLight's emergence is also notable for its use of indigenous chips and is the first Chinese computer to enter the TOP500 list without using hardware from the United States. As of June 2016, China, for the first time, had more computers (167) on the TOP500 list than the United States (165). However, US built computers held ten of the top 20 positions;[10][11] as of November 2017, the U.S. has four of the top 10 and China has two.
Home computer The very first home computer was the Compucolor by Compucolor Corporation in 1976, soon followed by the Compucolor II which was made by Intelligent Systems Corp. They used the 8080 but otherwise sported very advanced features, including RAM starting at 8 KB, expandable up to 32 KB, 64 column by 32 line color CRT display, a professional keyboard, an enhanced BASIC interpreter , and a built-in floppy disk drive. It only sold a few thousand units, however, and the company went bust not long after.