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

node diagram for El Capitan


Source: The Next Platform

Lawrence Livermore's El Capitan to take AMD’s Instinct APU mainstream

The Lab's upcoming exascale-capable supercomputer will see an implementation of a converged accelerated computing unit, or APU, hybrid CPU-GPU compute engine.

Emerging Architectures | Exascale | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous

rendering of El Capitan supercomputer


Source: HPCwire

AMD’s MI300 APUs to power exascale El Capitan supercomputer

In a presentation delivered to the 79th HPC User Forum at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, LLNL's Terri Quinn revealed that AMD’s forthcoming MI300 APU would be the computational bedrock of El Capitan, which is slated for installation at LLNL in late 2023.

Exascale | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous

13 people cut a red ribbon in front of the new building


Source: LLNL News

NNSA Administrator Hruby dedicates LLNL’s computing facility upgrade

The utility-grade infrastructure project massively upgraded the power and water-cooling capacity of the adjacent Livermore Computing Center, preparing it to house next generation exascale-class supercomputers for NNSA.

Emerging Architectures | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous

Some of the LLNL HPSS team in front of one of our tape storage systems: Herb Wartens, Debbie Morford, and Todd Heer


Source: LLNL News

Multi-lab High Performance Storage System collaboration marks 30 years of data storage

After 30 years, the High Performance Storage System (HPSS) collaboration continues to lead and adapt to the needs of the time while honoring its primary mission of long-term data stewardship of the crown jewels of data for government, academic and commercial organizations around the world.

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

HPSS 30th anniversary logo


Source: YouTube

Video: Celebrating 30 years of the High Performance Storage System (HPSS) collaboration

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the High Performance Storage System (HPSS) collaboration, comprising five DOE HPC national laboratories: LLNL, Lawrence Berkeley, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Sandia, along with industry partner IBM.

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

two slides from Jim’s talk on a blue background alongside the ATOM logo and his portrait


Source: LLNL News

Brase discusses advances by ATOM in accelerating drug discovery pipeline

The Accelerating Therapeutic Opportunities in Medicine (ATOM) consortium is showing “significant” progress in demonstrating that HPC and machine learning tools can speed up the drug discovery process, ATOM co-lead Jim Brase said at a recent webinar.

AI/ML | Biology/Biomedicine | Collaborations | Computational Science | Data Science

eight people gathered around sofas and tables


Source: Science & Technology Review

Delivering exceptional promise: Early and mid-career recognition award recipients

The latest issue of the Lab's Science & Technology Review magazine highlights Todd Gamblin among other EMCR Program awardees.

Awards | Careers | HPC Systems and Software | Software Build and Installation

supercomputer testbed


Source: LLNL News

El Capitan testbed systems rank among top 200 of world’s most powerful computers

As the U.S. welcomed the world’s first “true” exascale supercomputer, three predecessor machines for LLNL's future exascale system El Capitan managed to rank highly on the latest Top500 List of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

Emerging Architectures | Exascale | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous

AWS and LLNL logos on a blue background


Source: LLNL News

LLNL and Amazon Web Services to cooperate on standardized software stack for HPC

LLNL and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have signed a memorandum of understanding to define the role of leadership-class HPC in a future where cloud HPC is ubiquitous.

Cloud Services | Co-Design | Collaborations | HPC Systems and Software | Information Technology | Open-Source Software | Software Applications | Software Build and Installation | Software Engineering

square cutaway of rainbow-colored data reconstruction


Source: LLNL Computing

CASC team wins best paper at visualization symposium

Winning the best paper award at PacificVis 2022, a research team has developed a resolution-precision-adaptive representation technique that reduces mesh sizes, thereby reducing the memory and storage footprints of large scientific datasets.

AI/ML | Awards | Computational Math | Data Compression | Data Movement and Memory | Data Science | Discrete Mathematics | HPC Systems and Software | Open-Source Software

Corona supercomputer overlaid with LLNL logo and IPDPS "2022 virtual" logo


Source: LLNL Computing

IPDPS 2022 event calendar

LLNL participates in the International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS) on May 30 through June 3.

AI/ML | Computational Math | Data Science | Events | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Programming Languages and Models | Resource and Workflow Management | Storage, File Systems, and I/O

screen shot of HPCIC website and two speakers' portraits


Source: LLNL News

HPCIC webinar series to highlight industry engagement and research

LLNL and the United Kingdom’s Hartree Centre are launching a new webinar series intended to spur collaboration with industry through discussions on computational science, HPC, and data science.

Collaborations | Data Science | Events | HPC Systems and Software | Outreach

magazine cover and "top 50 stem awards" text


Source: LLNL News

LLNL honored as a top STEM workplace by AISES ‘Winds of Change’ Magazine

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Winds of Change magazine has named LLNL as one of the Top 50 STEM Workplaces in 2022. This marks the second consecutive year that LLNL has been honored as an organization setting the standard for indigenous STEM professionals.

Awards | Careers | Diversity

supercomputer rack on a dramatic black and gray background


Source: LLNL News

NNSA and Cornelis Networks to collaborate on next-gen high performance networking

Technologies developed through the Next-Generation High Performance Computing Network project are expected to support mission-critical applications for HPC, AI and ML, and high performance data analytics.

AI/ML | Co-Design | Collaborations | Data Science | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software

ECP logo


Source: Exascale Computing Project

Join ECP birds-of-a-feather days on May 10-12

The Exascale Computing Project (ECP) 2022 Community Birds-of-a-Feather Days will take place May 10–12 via Zoom. The event provides an opportunity for the HPC community to engage with ECP teams to discuss our latest development efforts.

Computational Math | Data Management | Data Science | Events | Exascale | HPC Architectures | HPC Systems and Software | Hybrid/Heterogeneous | Open-Source Software | Performance, Portability, and Productivity | Programming Languages and Models | Software Build and Installation | Solvers | Storage, File Systems, and I/O

Rob standing in front of the HPC building


Source: Science & Technology Review

Shining a light on technical excellence

LLNL's DMTS awards program offers advancement for scientific leaders who choose the research track over the management ladder. Read more about computational mathematician Rob Falgout.

Awards | Careers | Computational Math

3x5 grid of people in video chat


Source: LLNL News

Livermore WiDS provides forum for women in data science

LLNL celebrated the 2022 Global Women in Data Science conference on March 7 with its 5th annual regional event, featuring workshops, mentoring sessions and a discussion with LLNL Director Kim Budil.

Careers | Data Science | Diversity | Events | Outreach

Olivia and Juanita in video chat with a demo of an ML method


Source: Data Science Institute

Winter hackathon meets WiDS datathon

Sponsored by the DSI, LLNL’s winter hackathon took place on February 16–17. In addition to traditional hacking, the hackathon included a special datathon competition in anticipation of the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference on March 7.

AI/ML | Data Science | Diversity | Hackathons | Outreach

collage of Flux team members alongside the project logo


Source: Exascale Computing Project

The Flux supercomputing workload manager

The Livermore Computing–developed Flux project addresses challenges posed by complex scientific research supercomputing workflows.

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

WiDS Livermore logo


Source: Data Science Institute

WiDS Livermore returns on March 7

Registration is open until February 27 for LLNL's fifth annual WiDS event in conjunction with the worldwide Women in Data Science conference.

Careers | Data Science | Diversity | Events | Outreach

Rob's portrait on dark background with SIAM logo


Source: LLNL News

Rob Falgout wins SIAM Supercomputing Career Prize

The prize recognizes "broad and distinguished contributions to the field of algorithms research and development for parallel scientific and engineering computing."

Awards | Careers

Yong and Kathryn


Source: LLNL News

LLNL scientists honored as Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership fellows

The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program has selected LLNL computer scientist Kathryn Mohror and materials scientist T. Yong Han as 2022 fellows.

Awards | Careers

portrait of Peter on dark background


Source: Department of Energy

Peter Lindstrom: Then and now, 2011 Early Career Award winner

The Department of Energy's Office of Science interviewed LLNL computer scientist Peter Lindstrom about his work since receiving the 2011 Early Career Award.

Awards | Careers | Data Compression | Data Science | Open-Source Software

multiscale model of microstructural and atomistic simulations


Source: LLNL News

Breaking down the barriers in all solid-state batteries

A new multiscale model incorporates both microstructural and atomistic simulations to understand barriers to ion transport in solid-state battery materials.

Computational Science | Materials Science