besides, the next generation of cray (Shasta) provides an on prem cloud environment where you can get 1000 computers or one supercomputer depending on your need

besides, the next generation of cray (Shasta) provides an on prem cloud environment where you can get 1000 computers or one supercomputer depending on your needs. I think that's a better deal than a supercomputer that can't do anything else. one day when disaggregated hardware becomes common in data centers the idea of a supercomputer will seem dated