A New Arms Race to Build the World's Mightiest Computer - New York Times

A New Arms Race to Build the World's Mightiest Computer - New York Times: "Once the exclusive territory of nuclear weapons designers and code breakers, ultrafast computers are increasingly being used in everyday product design. Procter & Gamble used a supercomputer to study the airflow over its Pringles potato chips to help stop them from fluttering off the company's assembly lines."