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The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) has embarked on a

multi-year research to create a superconducting computer in collaboration with

International usiness !achines (I!)" #orthrop $rumman %orporation and

Raytheon # technologies (the e&act 'nancial details were not disclosed) I

successul the end result would be an e&ascale supercomputer" a computer capable

o *e&a+op or a *,,,peta+ops This computer would be a part o the %ryogenic%omptuing %omple&ity (%) program

The % program.s mission is to build e&ascale supercomputers that don.t re/uire

unmanageable power and cooling systems The power, space, and cooling requirements for

current supercomputers based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS technology are

becoming unmanageable,! said Marc Manheimer, C" program manager at #$%&$'