LLNL Computing’s groundbreaking research and development activities, innovative technologies, and world-class staff are often featured in various media outlets.
Source: Advanced Simulation and Computing
ASC Sequoia: the pioneering advanced technology system that broke new ground for UQ and science at scale
On January 31, 2020, the Sequoia supercomputer and its file system were decommissioned after nearly 8 years of remarkable service and achievements.
Computational Science HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software
Source: LLNL Computing
16 bits from the winter hackathon
New year, new hackathon! The January 30–31 event was Computing’s 23rd hackathon and the 1st scheduled in the winter season.
AI/ML Data Science DevOps Hackathons HPC Systems and Software Information Technology Programming Languages and Models Resource and Workflow Management Software Engineering
Source: Laser Focus World
Can machine learning improve computer models enough to ignite ICF?
Laser-fusion researchers have turned to machine-learning techniques to seek the combinations of laser pulse characteristics and target design needed to optimize target implosions for ICF.
Source: LLNL Computing
Upgraded data archives position Lab for exascale era
LLNL is now home to the world’s largest Spectra TFinity system, following a complete replacement of the tape library hardware that supports Livermore’s data archives.
HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Storage, File Systems, and I/O
Source: LLNL Computing
HPC-driven collaboration accelerates drug discovery
A multi-institutional consortium aims to speed up the drug discovery pipeline by building predictive, data-driven pharmaceutical models.
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Source: LLNL News
Sierra team among Lab teams recognized by Secretary of Energy Awards
The Summit Sierra team, consisting of 45 staff at LLNL and ORNL, received a DOE Secretary’s Achievement Award for delivering, respectively, Sierra and Summit supercomputers.
Source: Exascale Computing Project
Podcast: Optimizing math libraries to prepare applications for exascale computing
The extreme-scale scientific software development kit (xSDK) is an ecosystem of independently developed math libraries and scientific domain components.
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Source: Exascale Computing Project
Podcast: Software enables use of distributed in-system storage and parallel file system
A software product from the ECP called UnifyFS can provide I/O performance portability for applications, enabling them to use distributed in-system storage and the parallel file system.
HPC Systems and Software Multimedia Storage, File Systems, and I/O
Source: LLNL News
Glassdoor ranks Lab among top 10 best places to work
LLNL has been honored for the second year with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, recognizing the Laboratory as one of the top 10 best places to work nationwide in 2020.
Source: HPCwire
On the Spack track at SC19
At SC19, there were Spack events each day of the conference. Spack is an open-source scientific software package manager for HPC environments, MacOS, and Linux platforms.
Events HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Software Build and Installation
Source: LLNL News
LLNL’s presence in HPC shines bright at SC19
The 2019 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis—SC19—returned to Denver. Once again LLNL made its presence known as a force in supercomputing.
Source: LLNL News
LLNL-led team awarded Best Paper at SC19 for modeling cancer-causing protein interactions
The paper describes the workflow driving a first-of-its-kind multiscale simulation on predictively modeling the dynamics of RAS proteins and interactions with lipids.
Source: LLNL News
LLNL wins 2019 HPCwire awards for El Capitan
The HPCwire Editors’ and Readers’ Choice awards for Top Supercomputing Achievement recognized Cray, LLNL, and two other labs for developing the first U.S. exascale-class supercomputers.
Awards Emerging Architectures HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software
Source: LLNL Computing
Fall event maintains hackathon momentum
Computing’s 22nd hackathon was held on October 24–25. The event has become so popular that a fourth hackathon will be added to the seasonal rotation in early 2020.
Hackathons HPC Systems and Software Programming Languages and Models Software Engineering
Source: LLNL News
Upgrades coming to LLNL’s Corona computing cluster
Penguin Computing announced that Corona, a high performance computing cluster delivered to LLNL in 2018, has been upgraded with the newest AMD Radeon Instinct MI60 accelerators.
Source: LLNL News
New TOP500 list unveiled: Sierra no. 2 with 6 LLNL supercomputers in top 100
The latest TOP500 List of the world's most powerful computers was released at the International Supercomputing Conference for HPC, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC19) in Denver.
Awards HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous
Source: LLNL News
Penguin/Intel 'Magma' computing cluster coming to LLNL
Penguin Computing, along with its partners Intel and CoolIT, has shipped LLNL's Linux-based cluster, known as “Magma,” to the Laboratory.
Source: LLNL News
LLNL wins three regional FLC awards
Three LLNL teams, including the Spack package manager, netted regional awards for technology transfer from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) last week.
Awards HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Software Build and Installation
Source: LLNL News
LLNL to receive DOE funding for new HPC4EI projects
Twelve projects are awarded funding for the High Performance Computing for Energy Innovation Program, which leverages DOE’s HPC facilities to improve energy efficiency and manufacturing processes.
Source: Data Science Institute
DOE researchers share data management strategies at first-ever “Data Day”
More than 100 researchers from DOE national labs came to LLNL for the inaugural DOE Data Day workshop to discuss challenges and solutions in accessing, curating, and sharing data.
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Source: LLNL News
DOE announces $4 million for HPC4EI Initiative
The HPC4EI Initiative seeks industry partners to work with DOE labs to solve key technical challenges in manufacturing and mobility.
Source: LLNL News
LLNL researchers win R&D 100 Awards
Of the Lab's four R&D 100 Award winners for 2019, two are open-source software projects: SCR and Spack.
Awards Fault Tolerance and Resilience HPC Systems and Software Open-Source Software Software Build and Installation
Source: Science & Technology Review
Big data illuminates the physical sciences
Livermore teams are applying innovative data analysis and interpretation techniques to advance fundamental science research.
Source: Science & Technology Review
No shots in the dark
At the National Ignition Facility, simulations help assess the risk of damage from target debris and shrapnel dispersal during high-energy laser shots.
Source: LLNL News
Lab leads effort to model proteins tied to cancer
LLNL researchers and colleagues are using machine learning as a virtual magnifying glass to study interesting regions of RAS protein/lipid simulations in higher detail.
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