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To help to do that, last year it installed what it says is the fastest supercomputer owned and operated by any pharmaceutical company.

Much of the buzz around the subject in recent years has been about the development of powerful quantum computers which, the narrative goes, will make our fastest supercomputers seem like abacuses by comparison.

Opta's supercomputer predicts Liverpool to win the Premier League pretty comfortably and has them to finish on 87 points, seven clear of Arsenal.

Chelsea are fourth while defending champions Manchester City are 16 points behind Liverpool - both sides have been given 0% chance of winning the Premier League this season by the Opta supercomputer.

U.S. companies, by comparison, use supercomputers with as many as 16,000 chips and sometimes more, the newspaper reported.