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PROJECTS
RADIUSS
The RADIUSS project aims to lower cost and improve agility by encouraging adoption of our core open-source software products for use in institutional applications.
Legacy
COVID-19 R&D
From molecular screening, a software platform, and an online data to the computing systems that power these projects.
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.
PEOPLE
Greg Becker
Computer scientist Greg Becker contributes to HPC research and development projects for LLNL’s Livermore Computing division.
Elsa Gonsiorowski
“If applications don’t read and write files in an efficient manner,” system software developer Elsa Gonsiorowski warns, “entire systems can crash.”
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.
NEWS
Workshop highlights new research using finite element methods
Held for the first time in a hybrid format, the multi-day MFEM workshop drew participants from around the globe.
NNSA researchers break the molecular-dynamics timescale barrier with world’s largest chip
In a groundbreaking development for computational science, a team of Tri-Lab researchers has unveiled a revolutionary approach to molecular dynamics simulations using the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine, the world’s largest computer chip.
Podcast: Introducing El Capitan
On the newest episode of the Big Ideas Lab podcast, listeners will go behind the scenes of LLNL's latest groundbreaking achievement: El Capitan, the world’s most powerful supercomputer.