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Sequoia supercomputer collaged with 3D cubes

LLNL Team Achieves Largest Graph Analytics to Date

Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Computer scientists and applied mathematicians searched for 1 quadrillion “triangles” using 1 million processors on LLNL’s IBM BlueGene/Q Sequoia supercomputer.
Source: LLNL News
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Exposing Local Youth to Core Computing Principles and STEM Career Pathways

Saturday, October 26, 2019
Computing staff participate in several education and outreach programs in the local community with support from a new LLNL funding program.
Diagram showing how an application makes SCR API calls around its existing checkpoint/restart code

Developing Software for an Exascale Ecosystem and Emerging Workloads: SCR

Friday, October 25, 2019
In the third of three news features, LLNL-developed SCR software will contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the HPC leadership-class systems of tomorrow.
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Looking Ahead to SC19

Thursday, October 24, 2019
LLNL’s Computing Directorate will descend upon the 2019 Supercomputing Conference. Find us at tutorials, workshops, panels, poster/paper sessions (with a Best Paper finalist), and the Job Fair.
Plot showing time elapsed per iteration of a large directory structure that was copied 3,500 times

Developing Software for an Exascale Ecosystem and Emerging Workloads: OpenZFS

Thursday, October 24, 2019
In the second of three news features, LLNL-developed OpenZFS software will contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the HPC leadership-class systems of tomorrow.
Diagram of Flux’s fully hierarchical scheduling model

Developing Software for an Exascale Ecosystem and Emerging Workloads: Flux

Wednesday, October 23, 2019
In the first of three news features, LLNL-developed Flux software will contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of the HPC leadership-class systems of tomorrow.
colorful simulation on a tan background

Successful Simulation and Visualization Coupling Proves the Power of Sierra

Tuesday, October 22, 2019
After years of preparation, LLNL’s upgraded Ares code runs a 98-billion-element simulation on 16,384 GPUs on the Sierra supercomputer.
Jacqueline stands in front of a sign that reads "OneID"

OneID: Modernizing Digital Identities

Monday, October 21, 2019
Livermore’s OneID system moves the Department of Energy toward industry’s trend of decentralized, controlled infrastructure where identity becomes the primary security boundary.
rendering of El Capitan supercomputer

First Exascale Day Celebrates the Fastest Supercomputers in the World

Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Cray, the DOE’s Exascale Computing Project, the DOE labs that will house the nation’s first three exascale supercomputers have established National Exascale Day to be celebrated annually (Oct. 18).
Source: Scientific Computing World
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FedTech Helps Accelerate Technology Transfer

Friday, October 4, 2019
Two LLNL computer scientists with promising technologies have taken part in a national organization’s commercialization program that pairs researchers with entrepreneurs.
Source: LLNL News

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