[304] What's So Super About Supercomputers? (part II)

One computer may not seem super, but what if you had 34,000 computers working together all at once?! Supercomputers at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center rely on high-speed computer networks to solve big problems like predicting the weather or modeling the climate. With the help of supercomputers, scientists can run experiments virtually and conduct an extraordinary number of calculations per second in order to predict hurricanes, wildfire paths, solar storms or even when it might start raining in your own backyard. How exactly do we make these computers so super? What else could we use supercomputers for? Ask these questions and more of the NCAR systems engineers in this Meet the Experts and Scientists in Action* collaboration behind the scenes at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center.

*Special collaborative program with Denver Museum of Nature and Science! 

Season 3: 2022/2023 Meet the Experts Program, Episode 04