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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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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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RAJA Portability Suite

A Livermore-developed programming approach helps software to run on different platforms without major disruption to the source code.

PEOPLE
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Greg Lee

Greg Lee helps develop tools designed to boost performance and productivity of Livermore scientists.

Olga Pearce discusses the Sierra supercomputer with Tanzima Islam

Olga Pearce

Olga Pearce studies how to detect and correct load imbalance in high performance computing applications.

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Chris Morrone

Working extensively with open-source software such as Lustre and engaging with the broader open-source community is what computer scientist Chris Morrone enjoys most about his job, and it is one…

NEWS
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Vanguards of HPC-AI: Spack builder Todd Gamblin of LLNL

Todd Gamblin has a well-deserved reputation in the HPC software community as a passionate engineer who enjoys rolling up his sleeves and diving into technical problems. It’s not a stretch to see how he got hooked on HPC.

Hooded person hacking into a computer in a dark atmosphere with multiple monitors and cable

ML-driven binary analysis pipeline enhances software quality assurance

Presented last fall at a conference, a new approach to software binary analysis incorporates large-scale training data and hierarchical embeddings.

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Video: LLNL dedicates El Capitan

Hundreds of current and former LLNL employees, government officials, and industry leaders gathered on January 9 to mark a monumental achievement: the dedication of El Capitan, the world’s fastest supercomputer.