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New HPC4EI project to create 'digital twin' models for aerospace manufacturing
A new collaboration will leverage advanced LLNL-developed software to create a “digital twin” of the near-net shape mill-products system for producing aerospace parts.
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Supercomputing’s critical role in the fusion ignition breakthrough
High performance computing was key to the December 5 breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility.
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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.