What does it take to make the largest computer in the world? Surprisingly, not much. The largest computer in the world is currently the IBM Summit, and it only requires around 4,000 square feet of space.

The Summit is a massive machine, with a total of 147,456 cores and 196 terabytes of memory. It can perform 5.6 quadrillion calculations per second, making it the most powerful computer in the world.

To put that in perspective, the Summit can perform more calculations in a second than there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. It can also perform more calculations than …