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COMPUTERS
CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTERS
ACCORDING TO CAPABILITY
• Supercomputers
• Mainframe computers
• Desktops computers
• Portables computers
• Embedded computers
SUPER COMPUTERS
• They are state of the art machines.
• Example:
Predict weather, design airplane, simulation of atomic
bombs.
• Examples:
CRAY I, CRAY T90, Control Data Cyber 205.
QUESTION?
SPECIFICATIONS OF ASCI WHITE
SUPERCOMPUTER
• In February 2002, the latest supercomputer was ASCI
White.
• Storage in terabytes.
• Memory in gigabytes.
– Laptop computers
– Palmtops
– Tablets
– Wearable computers
• Weight up to 2 to 3 kg.
• Memory in megabytes.
• Storage capacity is also in megabytes.