three that was followed by the a.t.c. computer which employed vacuum tubes to implement the switches. over computers didn't become super until nine hundred sixty five with sixty six hundred it's a slippery definition but its ability to perform tasks ten times faster than anything before it led many to label the first superhero at the same time engineers put the finishing touches on the six. processor hertz clock speed. per second. before craig came out with the first computer bearing his name and since then has been considered the father of supercomputing in the west and the other side of the iron curtain. with ten processors. and fast forward to today and only dozen countries are capable of producing computers of truly superpower the u.s. has been there probably will continue to be the top dog here accounting for around half the names in the most recent power following a tough time in the one nine hundred ninety s. russia has made a major resurgent over the past decade although it hasn't been a straight shot to the top the direct