Growing up I would hear about the new "fastest" computer seemingly every other year.<p>Wondered where they were now and how they're holding up.<p>Surprisingly well, IMO.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_supercomputing#/media/File:Supercomputers-history.svg" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_supercomputing#/med...</a><p>Looks like it took ~12 years for the 500th fastest in the world to catch up to the fastest.