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Variorum
Collecting variants in low-level hardware features across multiple GPU and CPU architectures.
UnifyFS
This open-source file system framework accelerates hierarchical HPC I/O operations with effective, efficient use of node-local storage.
Merlin
Merlin is an open-source workflow orchestration and coordination tool that makes it easy to build, run, and process large-scale workflows.
PEOPLE
Jarom Nelson
As group leader and application developer in the Global Security Computing Applications Division, Jarom Nelson develops intrusion detection and access control software.
Vanessa Sochat
Computer scientist Vanessa Sochat isn’t afraid to meet new experiences head on. With a Stanford PhD and a jump-right-in attitude, she joined LLNL to work on the BUILD project, Spack package…
Stephanie Brink
Computing relies on engineers like Stephanie Brink to keep the legacy codes running smoothly. “You’re only as fast as your slowest processor or your slowest function,” says Brink, who works in…
NEWS
LLNL, UT & UCSD win Gordon Bell Prize with exascale tsunami forecasting
Widely viewed as the highest recognition in HPC, the Gordon Bell Prize recognizes innovations that push the limits of computational performance, scalability and scientific impact on pressing real-world problems.
Gordon Bell finalist team pushes scale of rocket simulation on El Capitan
Researchers used the exascale supercomputer El Capitan to perform the largest fluid dynamics simulation ever—surpassing one quadrillion degrees of freedom in a single computational fluid dynamics problem.
El Capitan retains title as world’s fastest supercomputer on latest Top500 list
El Capitan once again claimed the top spot on the Top500 List of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, announced today at the 2025 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC25) conference in St. Louis.