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A History of LLNL Computers

Lawrence Livermore has long had one of the world's top-tier HPC centers

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Enjoy this time-capsule of LLNL computer hardware history.

Or, if you are looking for detailed view of our current platforms such as Sierra, Lassen, Ruby, Magma, and Corona, visit our Compute Platforms page at hpc.llnl.gov.

In addition to this story of our historical dominance of the supercomputing, above, you can read about our recent hardware developments in "What put LLNL at the center of U.S. supercomputing in 2020?"

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