Imagine you had EUR 1000 today. Is it possible that you become a millionaire in 10 years by just capitalizing on the interest? -- Only if the interest is around 100% per year.
Well, in the field of supercomputers performance has grown consitently at a rate of around 88% per year for 12 years - circa 2000 times over since 1993. The rate of growth in this area is twice that of single processor performance which is 40%-50% per year. I find this amazing.
Top 500 supercomputer sites list
Highlights of the 26th Top500 List (Erich Strohmaier)
Eclipse 500 Very Light Jet
... My birthday is on 8th of July in case you wondered.