When it comes to computers, a lot of people often associated it with the American computing companies. Yes, it is indeed no doubt that the Americans can be said as the pioneer in the computing field for their contributions to the computing area are simply many. However, as times go by, more and more computing companies from other countries are slowly but surely overtaking the American companies and begin to dominate this computing field.
Recently, news were everywhere that a Japanese computer laboratory has managed to build what it claimed to be the world’s fastest computer. This particular machine is said to be so powerful and almighty that it processing power matches those of the twenty fastest American built computers put together. It also said to have outstripped the past winner which is an I.B.M.-built computer.
This achievement can be seen as a proof of the advancement of Japanese computing technology where the once mighty giant of the American computer companies began its descent from the crown. This is a technology race, one that the Americans believed they were the leading packs, which belongs to the Japanese computer companies. This discovery of the fastest computer made by the Japanese was made by an American scientist whose researches deal with tracking the performances of strong computers.
There is one interesting tidbit regarding the uses of these computers made by both countries. Besides winning the race of technology, the Japanese also triumphed in its motivations and reasons in creating this super computer. The purpose of the powerful computer made by the Japanese is to contribute to the society in which its function is to analyze the pattern of climate change and also to find out more information regarding the earthquake patterns. The idea of the machine is to combat global warming. Meanwhile, in the America, the reason such super computers are built to begin with are to generate and create more weapons. The machines are used to build more weaponry. One is to help the world while one is to condemn it. Such is the big difference between the Japanese machine and the American machine.