What kind of humongous tasks do supercomputers do? What type of mathematical models can be so complex that it requires a computer close to $1B?

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What kind of humongous tasks do supercomputers do? What type of mathematical models can be so complex that it requires a computer close to $1B?

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Folding at Home distributed network which is an exaflop system runs simulations on the process of protein folding and the movements of proteins in viruses and diseases. This research is aid of generating new drug compounds and molecules.