Distribution of top 500 supercomputers worldwide 2018-2021, by segment

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Thomas Alsop,
Mar 24, 2023
As of June 2021, of the 500 most powerful supercomputers around the world, approximately 53 percent of systems were working within industry, whilst 20 percent of the leading supercomputers were being used for research purposes.

Distribution of the 500 most powerful supercomputers from 2018 to 2021, by segment

CharacteristicIndustryResearchAcademicGovernmentVendorClassifiedOthers
June 2018 56.8% 23.8% 12.8% 5.4% 1.2% 0.6% -
June 2019 58.2% 20.8% 11.6% 7.6% 1% 0.8% -
June 2020 57.6% 19% 12.6% 7.8% 1% - 2%
June 2021 53% 20.4% 14.6% 6.8% - - 5.2%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of supercomputersIndustryResearchAcademicGovernmentVendorClassifiedOthersJune 2018June 2019June 2020June 2021
0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%60%65%70%75%80%85%90%95%100%105%110%115%

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