LLNL Computing’s ground-breaking research and development activities, innovative technologies, and world-class staff are often featured in various media outlets.

Edna Vienop loads a tape on the IBM 704


Source: Science & Technology Review

High Performance Storage System: Taking the long view

A multidecade, multi-laboratory collaboration evolves scalable long-term data storage and retrieval solutions to survive the march of time.

Collaborations | HPC Systems and Software | Storage, File Systems, and I/O

stylized image of a person’s head in profile made up of dots and lines


Source: Science & Technology Review

Cognitive simulation supercharges scientific research

Adding machine learning and other artificial intelligence methods to the feedback cycle of experimentation and computer modeling can accelerate scientific discovery.

AI/ML | CogSim/AI/ML Hardware | Data Science | Scientific ML

artist's rendering of lasers hitting the target


Source: HPCwire

Marty Marinak in front of Sierra supercomputer


Source: insideHPC

Due credit: Sierra, Jade and HPC’s role in Livermore’s fusion ignition breakthrough

Two supercomputers powered the research of hundreds of scientists at Livermore’s NNSA National Ignition Facility, which recently achieved ignition.

AI/ML | Algorithms at Scale | Computational Science | Data Science | HPC Systems and Software | Lasers and Optics | Scientific ML

the word IGNITION on a black background with agency logos


Source: LLNL News

National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition

The major scientific breakthrough decades in the making will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power.

Computational Science | Lasers and Optics

A high-fidelity simulation of the hypersonic turbulent flow over a notional hypersonic flight vehicle (colored grey) depicts the speed of the air surrounding the body, with red as high and blue as low. The turbulent motions that impose harsh, unsteady loading on the vehicle body are depicted in the back portion of the vehicle. Accurately predicting these loads are critical to vehicle survivability, and for practical applications, billions of degrees of freedom are required to predict physics of interest


Source: Sandia National Lab

Sandia, Intel seek novel memory tech to support stockpile mission

ASC’s Advanced Memory Technology research projects are developing technologies that will impact future computer system architectures for complex modeling and simulation workloads.

HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software

Ruby supercomputer under purple lighting


Source: LLNL Computing

stylized drawing of atoms, a computer circuit, and labels of temperature readings of 75 degrees, -53 degrees, and -21 degrees Celsius


Source: LLNL News

ML model instantly predicts polymer properties

LLNL researchers have developed a novel machine learning (ML) model that can predict 10 distinct polymer properties more accurately than was possible with previous ML models.

AI/ML | Computational Science | Data Science | Materials Science

SC22 logo sticker on a glass wall at the conference center


Source: LLNL News

LLNL staff returns to Texas-sized Supercomputing Conference

The 2022 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC22) returned to Dallas as a large contingent of LLNL staff participated in sessions, panels, paper presentations and workshops centered around HPC.

AI/ML | Awards | Collaborations | Compiler Technology | Data Science | Diversity | Emerging Architectures | Events | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Outreach | Performance, Portability, and Productivity | Software Build and Installation

Timo, Brian, and Brian standing with the award


Source: LLNL News

Researchers win HPCwire award for applying cognitive simulation to inertial confinement fusion

The award recognizes progress in the team's ML-based approach to modeling ICF experiments, which has led to the creation of faster and more accurate models of ICF implosions.

AI/ML | CogSim/AI/ML Hardware | Data Science | Emerging Architectures | Open-Source Software | Scientific ML

7x8 grid of people in video chat


Source: LLNL Computing

MFEM workshop showcases application variety and broad impact

The second annual MFEM workshop brought together the project’s global user and developer community for technical talks, Q&A, and more.

Computational Math | Computational Science | Discrete Mathematics | Events | Open-Source Software | Outreach | PDE Methods | Software Libraries

collage of people attending the outdoor career fair


Source: LLNL News

First-ever LLNL career fair overflows with applicants

The Lab's first-ever on-site career fair was a resounding success, with more than 500 people attending the onsite event to learn about career opportunities.

Careers | Events

portraits of seven members of sundials team on blue background


Source: LLNL News

SUNDIALS team wins prestigious SIAM/ACM Prize

The prestigious award is handed out every two years and recognizes outstanding contributions to the development and use of mathematical and computational tools and methods for the solution of science and engineering problems.

Awards | Computational Math | ODE Methods | Open-Source Software | Solvers

aerial view of three people standing next to the cooling towers


Source: Science & Technology Review

Charging up and rolling out

Science & Technology Review highlights the Exascale Computing Facility Modernization project that delivered the infrastructure required to bring exascale computing online in 2023.

Emerging Architectures | Exascale | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software

R&D100 award logo overlaid on a workflow diagram


Source: Science & Technology Review

Optimizing workflow with Flux

The latest issue of Science & Technology Review highlights the R&D 100 award–winning Flux software framework.

HPC Systems and Software | Open-Source Software | Resource and Workflow Management

portraits of Mark and Timo on a yellow and blue background with the conference logo


Source: LLNL News

Test of Time awards at 2022 IEEE VIS conference

Two LLNL-led teams received SciVis Test of Time awards at the 2022 IEEE VIS conference for papers that have achieved lasting relevancy in the field of scientific visualization.

Awards | Data Science | Scientific Visualization

a participant in the hackathon room examines the DeepRacer car


Source: LLNL Computing

Hackathon puts machine learning in the driver’s seat

In a time-trial competition, participants trained an autonomous race car with reinforcement learning algorithms.

AI/ML | Cloud Services | Data Science | Deep Learning | Hackathons | Information Technology | Scientific Cloud Computing

left: grid with circles at intersections, red background, and a blue shape left of center; right: neural representation shown as a blue oval on a red background with an arrow pointing to a neural network


Source: LLNL News

Project co-led at LLNL looks to improve visualization of large-scale datasets

Researchers are starting a three-year project aimed at improving methods for visual analysis of large heterogeneous datasets as part of a recent DOE funding opportunity.

Data Science | Scientific Visualization

exascale day logo with the date 10/18/22 and a colorful simulation


Source: LLNL News

LLNL scientists eagerly anticipate El Capitan’s potential impact

While LLNL awaits the arrival of El Capitan, physicists and computer scientists running scientific applications on testbeds are getting a taste of what to expect.

Exascale | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software

exascale day logo with the date 10/18


Source: Exascale Computing Project

Video: ECP's Exascale Day playlist

The Exascale Computing Project has compiled a playlist of videos from multiple national labs to highlight the impacts of exascale computing.

Exascale | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Multimedia

people gathering outside the main administration building


Source: LLNL News

LLNL celebrates making the impossible possible during 70th anniversary event

Employees gathered for the Lab’s first-ever Employee Engagement Day, held Oct. 11. The event featured food, drink, informative displays, historical films and more.

HPC Systems and Software | Outreach | Storage, File Systems, and I/O

cartoon of an arm holding an umbrella coming out of a laptop screen


Source: Science.org

Climate change threatens supercomputers

Climate change can bring not only heat, but also increased humidity, reducing the efficiency of the evaporative coolers many HPC centers rely on.

HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software

MFEM logo next to del symbol (indicating partial derivative) and x variable


Source: LLNL News

DOE funds LLNL project to improve differentiation of extreme-scale science apps

Researchers will address the challenge of efficiently differentiating large-scale applications for the DOE by building on advances in LLNL’s MFEM finite element library and MIT’s Enzyme AD tool.

Computational Math | Computational Science | Discrete Mathematics | Mathematical Optimization | Open-Source Software