The folks at the Top500 have created this fascinating poster, cataloging the growth of the HPC space over the last several years since they began tracking it. Of course, it’s all based on the Linpack benchmark, which has come under fire recently, but seeing various countries grow and shrink is fascinating.
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Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.