Do supercomputers have screens?

No. Supercomputers are used and administered remotely, so there's no real need to have a video display connected directly. Also, supercomputers (like most of the internet, such as clouds like Amazon) are commandline-driven - so there's not some wi... read more

Supercomputers are used and administered remotely, so there’s no real need to have a video display connected directly. Also, supercomputers (like most of the internet, such as clouds like Amazon) are commandline-driven - so there’s not some windows/gui interface that would require a screen. read more

Because of the Linux OS, you wouldn’t even be able to play Crysis 2 on a supercomputer — sheesh! For the most part, supercomputing (sometimes referred to as high performance computing or HPC) is used to model simulations or perform brute force calculations. Supercomputers are research tools. read more