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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.

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ASC Proxy Apps

Proxy apps serve as specific targets for testing and simulation without the time, effort, and expertise that porting or changing most production codes would require.

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Legacy

Preparing Codes for Exascale

LLNL's Advanced Simulation Computing program formed the Advanced Architecture and Portability Specialists team to help LLNL code teams identify and implement optimal porting strategies.

NEWS
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ISC25 event calendar

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

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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.