U.S Falling Behind In Exascale Race.

The article reports on the participation of the U.S. in a global race to build exascale systems, the next generation of supercomputers, in 2013. Topics discussed include the features of such systems, the development costs, and the domination by Intel Corp., International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) of the global high-performance computing (HPC) market. It identifies the competitors of the U.S. in such race including Japan, China, and the European Union.