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Let me ask whether there exist algorithms for which super computers are difficult to exceed personal computers in speed or not?

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The English of the question is hard to fathom. Do you mean, "are there algorithms which personal computers do faster than supercomputers?" – daniel Mar 30 '12 at 14:30
I am sorry for the English words. Yes, or personal computers do in 100th of the time of supercomputers ,but not 10000th. – seven_swodniw Mar 30 '12 at 15:22
OK thanks. The answer seems to assume this but I wanted to make sure. – daniel Mar 30 '12 at 16:07
Again very sorry for my English. I wanted to say , "or personal computers do 100 times slower than supercomputers ,but not 10000 times slower". – seven_swodniw Mar 30 '12 at 16:44

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Any task that requires low latency such as playing video games. But anyway this depends on a type of supercomputer. There could be supercomputers designed for low latency and playing games as well.

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