The sight of supercomputers in every home and office may soon become a reality thanks to video games such as Grand Theft Auto. This means that for around £3,000 scientists will soon be able to buy supercomputers for their desks. Experts say within three years businesses and home users will be able to do the same. The development of sophisticated graphics chips and software development tools for vastly parallel programming, the same cards that power video games, has allowed this breakthrough in computing performance.