Japan's Fugaku takes top spot as world's most powerful supercomputer

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No other supercomputer has ever been able to top all four of the main recognised rankings at once

Japanese supercomputer Fugaku has taken the top spot in the list of 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world. Fugaku, a supercomputing system jointly developed by Japanese tech firm Fujitsu...

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