In the rankings of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, a Japanese machine has earned the top spot with a performance that essentially laps the competition. Parts for a “K” supercomputer are ...

When it comes to the most powerful computers in the world, the game is dominated by two players: the United States and China. In fact, of the top of five most powerful supercomputing sites on the ...

A Japanese laboratory has built the world's fastest computer, one with the computing power of the 20 fastest U.S. computers combined, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The computer is nearly ...

There was a revolution in the 1980s. It started in the military and the space industry, but it didn’t use rockets or weapons. Instead, it used computers and floppy disks. The revolution was the ...

A Japanese computer has taken first place on the Top 500 supercomputer list, ending China’s reign at the top after just six months. At 8.16 petaflops (quadrillion floating-point calculations per ...

After a five-year drought that saw losses to rival computing superpowers American and China, Japan has again brought home the title of "world′s fastest computer." The "K Computer," built by Fujitsu ...

Japan’s computer game market saw a 24 percent drop in sales in the first half of the year, according to data released Wednesday. The market was worth ¥218.9 billion (US$2.3 billion) during the period, ...