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For the first time, an ARM-based supercomputer is the fastest in the world

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Following Apple’s introduction of ARM-based Macs, an ARM-based supercomputer recently topped the Top500 list of fastest supercomputers The supercomputer in question is called Fugaku and is located in Kobe, Japan.
In what would have been a bombshell of a revelation had it not leaked out months earlier, Tim Cook yesterday officially announced that future Macs will feature Apple’s own ARM-based chips. In turn, Apple’s relationship with Intel, which has been ongoing for more than a decade at this point, will come to an end within two years.
Naturally, Apple executives yesterday made a point of touting the performance gains Apple silicon will bring to the company’s Mac lineup.

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