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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I was in class with a guy from the government weather agency. They were trying to load in all the weather that ever happened to come up with predictions so needed high power computers to do it.