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Supercomputers boast of millions of processors The Top500 List compiles the list of top supercomputers There are multiple powerful supercomputers manufactured in the United States a Sequoia BlueGene Q Po swer BQC 16C 1 60 GHz Custom Sequoia BlueGene Q supercomputer was assembled in 2012 by IBM to be used by the NNSA National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA is an agency operating within the Department of Energy tasked with the responsibilities of improving national security by employing nuclear science The organization enhances and maintains the security safety and efficiency of the country's nuclear weapons and reduces the danger linked with weapons of mass destructions The supercomputer is presently housed in California at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory With more than 1 5 million cores and running at 17 1 petaflops the system has been utilized for a variety of purposes Top500 List 2017 The computer has been used to enhance national security by solving problems linked to the performance of nuclear weapon simulation NNA utilizes the supercomputer for modeling the management of atomic weapons especially when it comes to assisting in the understanding of material properties and weapon hydrodynamics under harsh temperatures and operating pressures
