The Japanese machine, which sent shockwaves through government offices and the computer industry, has now fallen to third place in the current top 500 list.

Big Blue asked for a few design modifications and slapped its name on the Japanese machines.

The Japanese machine was built to analyze climate change, including global warming as well as weather and earthquake patterns.

The Japanese machine is ranked at 35.8 teraflops.

This fragility was particularly obvious when measured against the reliability of contemporary Japanese machines.

Today, the two companies continued to quarrel over the cost of the Japanese machine.

And each Japanese machine produces on average twice the sales volume as its American counterpart.

Japanese vending machines also benefit from the country's electronic expertise.

The oil embargo threatened to grind the Japanese military machine to a halt.

But if you are using an older Japanese machine, you will have to punch a special card (not difficult).