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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Oil companies use them to model stuff, others use them to do complex mathematics, etc. Basically any computationally-intensive job benefits from the power of a supercomputer.

Interestingly, GPUs are used in many of these situations nowadays – a serious reduction in cost!