The most powerful computer in the world enters the battle against Corona

In a new spark of hope to control the emerging epidemic of the Corona virus, scientists have been able to exploit the advantages of the world's fastest computer to produce an effective vaccine at an early date.

Scientists say the computer, named after the IBM supercomputer equipped with the "artificial intelligence brain," has been able to determine which chemicals can stop the spread of the Corona virus, and is therefore a critical step toward the production of the vaccine against the disease.

The supercomputer has a power of 200 betaflops, which means that its computing speed is 200 quadrillion per second, meaning it is a million times stronger than the fastest laptop.

The CNN website stated that "Smit" had simulated more than 8,000 compounds that could bind to the virus' protein, which might limit its ability to spread to the host cells.
The computer was able to identify and rank 77 of them, based on the likelihood of them being linked to the boom.
The researchers published their findings in the Oak Ridge American National Laboratory in the journal ChemRxiv.
It is worth noting that the supercomputer was commissioned by the American Energy Ministry in the year 2014 to contribute to the crises, diseases and disasters facing the world.

Smit was able to identify patterns in cellular systems that preceded Alzheimer's disease, and was also able to analyze genes that contribute to bad habits such as opioid addiction, and is also able to predict severe weather conditions through climate simulations.

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