Amaya Toman Kwaphuma inqwaba yamakhompiyutha endaweni yokusebenzela ye-IBM. Ezinye zazihlukile empumelelweni yazo yezentengiselwano, ezinye ekusebenzeni kwazo noma ngentengo. Kusesigabeni sesibili lapho kuwa khona i-supercomputer ye-STRETCH, esizoyikhumbula engxenyeni yanamuhla yochungechunge lwethu lomlando. Engxenyeni yayo yesibili, sizokhuluma ngegciwane laseChernobyl kusukela eminyakeni yamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
I-Supercomputers STRETCH (1960)
Ngo-Ephreli 26, 1960, i-IBM yamemezela ukuthi ihlela ukuqhamuka nomugqa wayo womkhiqizo wamakhompiyutha amakhulu abizwa nge-STRETCH. Lawa makhompyutha ayaziwa nangokuthi i-IBM 7030. Ngemuva komqondo wokuqala kwakunguDkt Edward Teller waseNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, okwathi ngaleso sikhathi waphakamisa imfuneko yekhompiyutha ekwazi ukwenza izibalo eziyinkimbinkimbi emkhakheni we-hydrodynamics. Phakathi kwezidingo kwakukhona, isibonelo, amandla e-computing we-1-2 MIP kanye nentengo efika ku-2,5 million dollar. Ngo-1961, lapho i-IBM yenza izivivinyo zokuqala zale khompuyutha, kwavela ukuthi ithole ukusebenza okungaba ngu-1,2 MIP. Inkinga kwaba intengo yokuthengisa, ekuqaleni eyayibekwe ku-$13,5 million yase yehla yaba ngaphansi kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyisishiyagalombili. I-STRECH supercomputers ekugcineni yabona ukukhanya kwelanga ngoMeyi 1961, futhi i-IBM yakwazi ukuthengisa amayunithi ayisishiyagalolunye.
I-Chernobyl Virus (1999)
Ngo-April 26, 1999, kwasabalala igciwane le-computer elibizwa ngokuthi iChernobyl. Leli gciwane lalaziwa nangokuthi i-Spacefiller. Iqondise kumakhompyutha asebenzisa isistimu yokusebenza ye-Microsoft Windows 9x, ihlasela i-BIOS ngokwayo. Umsunguli waleli gciwane kwakunguChen Ing-hau, umfundi waseTatung University yaseTaiwan. Ngokwemibiko ekhona, ingqikithi yamakhompyutha ayizigidi ezingamashumi ayisithupha emhlabeni wonke angenwe yigciwane laseChernobyl, okubangele umonakalo olinganiselwa ezigidini eziyinkulungwane zamadola aseMelika. Kamuva u-Chen Ing-hau wathi wahlela leli gciwane esabela ekuziqhayiseni kwabakhi bezinhlelo ze-anti-virus ngokusebenza ngempumelelo kwezinhlelo zekhompiyutha. UChen akazange alahlwe yicala ngaleso sikhathi ngoba akekho noyedwa kwabashonile owamthathela izinyathelo zomthetho.
