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Quandary

Quandary is an open-source C++ package for optimal control of quantum systems on classical high performance computing platforms.

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Legacy

Ascending to Exascale

El Capitan will have a peak performance of more than 2 exaflops—roughly 16 times faster on average than the Sierra system—and is projected to be several times more energy efficient than Sierra.

Radiation-driven Kelvin–Helmholtz instability experiment

MAPP

The MAPP incorporates multiple software packages into one integrated code so that multiphysics simulation codes can perform at scale on present and future supercomputers.

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S&TR cover story: Introducing El Capitan

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

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Quantum computers successfully model particle scattering

When quantum mechanical particles scatter, it shifts the position of their wave. The new algorithm accurately measures these shifts, opening the way to quantum simulations of scattering processes.

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Lab teams recognized with Secretary of Energy’s Honor Awards

Among the honorees was the Exascale Computing Project leadership team, which successfully delivered the 7-year, $1.8 billion collaboration among six DOE national laboratories.