Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Differences between Microcomputer and Supercomputer are as follows:

Differences between Microcomputer and Supercomputer are as follows: 

Microcomputer

Supercomputer

Microcomputers are general-purpose computers that are mostly used for daily work that performs all logic and arithmetic operations.

While supercomputer is used for complex and large mathematical computations.

Microcomputers are small in terms of size.

While the size of a supercomputer is very large.

Microcomputers are cheaper than supercomputers.

Whereas the supercomputers are very expensive.

Microcomputer speeds lower than supercomputers.

Whereas supercomputer speed is extremely high.

Microcomputers can have multiple operating systems simultaneously.

Whereas at present, supercomputers have Linux and their different operating systems.

Microcomputers are used in offices, education systems, database management systems, word processing, etc.

Where supercomputers are used in astronomy, data analysis, robot designing, weather forecasting, data mining, etc.

Microcomputers usually have a processor.

While modern supercomputers can contain thousands of processors.

Microcomputer was invented by Bill Pentz team.

Whereas supercomputer was invented by Seymour Cray.

Microcomputers can have a processing speed in the range of 70 to 100 MIPS.

Whereas supercomputers can have a processing speed in the range of 100 to 900 MIPS.

Examples of microcomputers are laptop, desktop, IBM-PC, etc.

Examples of supercomputers are Cray Supercomputer, Sunway TaihuLight, etc.

 

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