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Spectra TFinity tape library

Exascale Archiving

LLNL is home to the world’s largest Spectra TFinityTM system, which offers the speed, agility, and capacity required to take LLNL into the exascale era.

TFinity Archival Storage System

HPSS

Livermore’s archive leverages a hierarchical storage management application that runs on a cluster architecture that is user-friendly, extremely scalable, and lightning fast.

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Legacy

COVID-19 R&D

From molecular screening, a software platform, and an online data to the computing systems that power these projects.

PEOPLE
Edgar Leon stands in front of a supercomputer

Edgar Leon

Working on world-class supercomputers at a U.S. national laboratory was not what Edgar Leon, a native of Mexico, envisioned when he began preparing for university.

LLNL computer scientist Greg Lee is shown playing tennis

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.

NEWS
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S&TR cover story: Supercomputing rises to grand scientific challenges

The latest issue of LLNL's magazine marks the 20th anniversary of the Computing Grand Challenge.

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El Capitan revealing hidden worlds in previously unattainable high-fidelity simulations

From capturing the chaotic spray of molten metal to the turbulence of fluid flows, the exascale machine is revealing worlds that were previously beyond reach, and it’s doing so thanks to the close collaboration of hardware, software and science teams that makes LLNL uniquely equipped to lead in this space.

cylindrical HYDRA simulation in rainbow colors

Cracking the fusion codes

LLNL is home to the world’s most complete set of ICF modeling and simulation tools, encapsulating the intricacies of laser light interaction, electron and x-ray transport, nonequilibrium atomic physics, magnetohydrodynamics, and fusion burn.