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Computing advances highlighted at DOE’s SC25 exhibit booth
During the weeklong conference, attendees visiting the Department of Energy’s booth were treated to two technical demonstrations and a talk by LLNL staff.
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Video: How supercomputers are transforming research in cancer, dark matter, and seismology
Researchers are using LLNL’s unclassified supercomputers to delve into complex scientific questions such as uncovering how protein interactions are linked to cancer, shedding light on mysterious dark matter, and understanding the shifting dynamics of seismic waves.
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CASC Newsletter | Vol 16 | December 2025
Highlights include innovative solutions for contact mechanics, HPC optimization, quantum dynamics, and carbon capture.
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LLNL caps SC25 with HPC leadership, major science advances and artificial intelligence
LLNL’s presence, which included dozens of sessions, including tutorials, workshops, paper presentations and birds-of-a-feather meetings was felt across virtually every major event of the week.
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LLNL, UT & UCSD win Gordon Bell Prize with exascale tsunami forecasting
Widely viewed as the highest recognition in HPC, the Gordon Bell Prize recognizes innovations that push the limits of computational performance, scalability and scientific impact on pressing real-world problems.
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Gordon Bell finalist team pushes scale of rocket simulation on El Capitan
Researchers used the exascale supercomputer El Capitan to perform the largest fluid dynamics simulation ever—surpassing one quadrillion degrees of freedom in a single computational fluid dynamics problem.
Algorithms at Scale Computational Science Exascale HPC Systems and Software Hydrodynamics
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El Capitan retains title as world’s fastest supercomputer on latest Top500 list
El Capitan once again claimed the top spot on the Top500 List of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, announced today at the 2025 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC25) conference in St. Louis.
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SC25 event calendar
LLNL is participating in the 37th annual Supercomputing Conference (SC25) in St. Louis on November 16–21, 2025.
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Workshop features finite element advances and applications
Five years strong, the MFEM workshop fosters connection and collaboration among the computational math community.
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ParaView-MCP levels the playing field for complex scientific visualization
A new study led by CASC researchers empowers users to interact with the application through natural-language and visual inputs instead of the typical graphic user interface, which can appear daunting for novice users.
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Source: Science & Technology Review
S&TR cover story: Supercomputing rises to grand scientific challenges
The latest issue of LLNL's magazine marks the 20th anniversary of the Computing Grand Challenge.
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El Capitan revealing hidden worlds in previously unattainable high-fidelity simulations
From capturing the chaotic spray of molten metal to the turbulence of fluid flows, the exascale machine is revealing worlds that were previously beyond reach, and it’s doing so thanks to the close collaboration of hardware, software and science teams that makes LLNL uniquely equipped to lead in this space.
Computational Science Emerging Architectures Exascale HPC Systems and Software Hydrodynamics Lasers and Optics
Source: Science & Technology Review
Cracking the fusion codes
LLNL is home to the world’s most complete set of ICF modeling and simulation tools, encapsulating the intricacies of laser light interaction, electron and x-ray transport, nonequilibrium atomic physics, magnetohydrodynamics, and fusion burn.
Computational Science HPC Systems and Software Hydrodynamics Lasers and Optics
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LLNL scientists explore real-time tsunami warning system on world’s fastest supercomputer
Scientists at LLNL have helped develop an advanced, real-time tsunami forecasting system—powered by El Capitan, the world’s fastest supercomputer—that could dramatically improve early warning capabilities for coastal communities near earthquake zones.
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Source: Science & Technology Review
S&TR cover story: Another innovation celebration
A unique laser optic design and two novel open-source software projects bring the Laboratory’s R&D 100 awards total to 182.
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Robust evaluation of PDE solutions on high-order meshes
A new mathematical technique improves the computational efficiency of evaluating the solution in large-scale, high-order meshes on advanced HPC systems.
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Global community convenes for Spack’s first user meeting
Nicknamed SUM25, Spack’s first user meeting showcased new development and a thriving community.
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El Capitan reigns supreme across three major supercomputing benchmarks
LLNL's flagship exascale machine maintained its status as the fastest supercomputer on the planet—claiming the No. 1 spot on not just one, but three of the most prestigious HPC rankings.
Source: High Performance Computing Innovation Center
Register for HPC tutorials this summer
Learn how to use a modern, open-source HPC software stack! From mid-July to mid-September, join our tutorials on how to install and use several projects on AWS EC2 instances (provided). All experience levels are welcome.
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Big Ideas Lab podcast enters the quantum realm
In the current episode of the Big Ideas Lab, dive into the strange new frontier where physics meets information, and reality gets rewritten—qubit by qubit.
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DOE Secretary Wright gets up-close look at innovation in action during LLNL visit
Wright’s day-long visit—his first to LLNL since being appointed Energy secretary—included behind-the-scenes tours of some of LLNL’s most advanced facilities and machines, from the National Ignition Facility to El Capitan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer.
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ISC25 event calendar
LLNL participates in the ISC High Performance Conference (ISC24) on June 10–13.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Wright visits LLNL
Wright’s daylong visit included briefings and discussions with LLNL experts in key mission areas including stockpile modernization, fusion energy, AI, cyber security and supercomputing.
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Proteus arrives just in time for faster HPC code compilation
A new just-in-time compilation approach leverages LLVM intermediate representation to optimize GPU kernels with portability to any GPU architecture.
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Source: LLNL Computing
Distinguished paper offers unique solution for GPU offloading
Research recognized at the HiPC IEEE conference proposes using an optimized version of OpenMP for vendor-agnostic GPU performance, portability, and scalability.
Compiler Technology Data Movement and Memory HPC Architectures HPC Systems and Software Hybrid/Heterogeneous Middleware Performance, Portability, and Productivity Programming Languages and Models Software Engineering