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How many compute cores does the world's fastest supercomputer currently have?
Over 11 million
Background
The fastest supercomputer in the world is called El Capitan. It sits in a research lab in California. The computer has over 11 million processing cores and handles 1.8 quintillion operations per second. Its main job is to simulate US nuclear weapons without live testing. El Capitan has topped the official ranking since November 2024.
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