Topic: Hybrid/Heterogeneous

A new mathematical technique improves the computational efficiency of evaluating the solution in large-scale, high-order meshes on advanced HPC systems.

LLNL participates in the ISC High Performance Conference (ISC24) on June 10–13.

This open-source library automatically maps HPC applications to supercomputers efficiently and transparently, so users can run on Day One on any system.

A new just-in-time compilation approach leverages LLVM intermediate representation to optimize GPU kernels with portability to any GPU architecture.

Research recognized at the HiPC IEEE conference proposes using an optimized version of OpenMP for vendor-agnostic GPU performance, portability, and scalability.

Increased resource utilization is one goal of new architectures. At Livermore Computing, these include AI accelerators such as Samba Nova and Cerebras systems and El Capitan's Rabbits.

The latest issue of LLNL's magazine explains how the world’s most powerful supercomputer helps scientists safeguard the U.S. nuclear stockpile.

On the newest episode of the Big Ideas Lab podcast, listeners will go behind the scenes of LLNL's latest groundbreaking achievement: El Capitan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer.

Verified at 1.742 exaflops (1.742 quintillion calculations per second) on the High Performance Linpack—the standard benchmark used by the Top500 organization to evaluate supercomputing performance—El Capitan is the fastest computing system ever benchmarked.

The NNSA’s exascale milestone is possible only through successful industry partnerships. Hewlett Packard Enterprise staff share their experiences working with LLNL.

LLNL is participating in the 36th annual Supercomputing Conference (SC24) in Atlanta on November 17–22, 2024.

Listen to the latest Big Ideas Lab podcast episode on LLNL supercomputing! This article contains links to the podcast on Spotify and Apple.

LLNL participates in the ISC High Performance Conference (ISC24) on May 12–16.

LLNL researchers have achieved a milestone in accelerating and adding features to complex multiphysics simulations run on GPUs, a development that could advance HPC and engineering.

Backed by Spack’s robust functionality, the Packaging Working Group manages the relationships between user software and system software.

The advent of accelerated processing units presents new challenges and opportunities for teams responsible for network interconnects and math libraries.

The Tools Working Group delivers debugging, correctness, and performance analysis solutions at an unprecedented scale.

Compilers translate human-programmable source code into machine-readable code. Building a compiler is especially challenging in the exascale era.

The El Capitan Center of Excellence provides a conduit between national labs and commercial vendors, ensuring that the exascale system will meet everyone’s needs.

LLNL is participating in the 35th annual Supercomputing Conference (SC23), which will be held both virtually and in Denver on November 12–17, 2023.

Flux, next-generation resource and job management software, steps up to support emerging use cases.

The Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) ensures other national labs’ supercomputing needs are met.

Livermore Computing is making significant progress toward siting the NNSA’s first exascale supercomputer.

Innovative hardware provides near-node local storage alongside large-capacity storage.

Siting a supercomputer requires close coordination of hardware, software, applications, and Livermore Computing facilities.