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Arx2 Storage System Gets a Powerful Upgrade

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently upgraded its Scalable Protected Infrastructure (SPI) for CITADEL — the framework of security protocols that protects sensitive data on systems at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) — by expanding the facility’s Arx2 file storage system. Arx2 was originally installed…
Coury Turczyn
December 18, 2025
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New CFD Methodology Supersizes Results

Using a new computational technique called information geometric regularization (IGR) researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University conducted the largest-ever computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of fluid flow on the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge…
Coury Turczyn
September 30, 2025
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OLCF, HPE Team Honored for ExaDigiT Innovation

An ORNL-led team recently received an R&D 100 Award for their work on ExaDigiT, a first-of-its-kind integrated framework that allows up-to-the-second virtual representation of computing centers for maximum performance. A team led by researchers from the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory…
Matt Lakin
September 24, 2025
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Users of Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility Gather for 21st Annual Meeting

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) welcomed computational scientists from around the world to its 2025 OLCF User Meeting at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory from Aug. 5 – 6. The event offered attendees an opportunity to share accomplishments, discuss challenges, and explore the road ahead for high-performance computing…
Angela Gosnell
September 9, 2025
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Q&A: Inside Quantum Brilliance’s Quantum Computer Technology

With the installation of a Quantum Brilliance system in its Advanced Computing Ecosystem testbed, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility has an on-site quantum computer cluster for OLCF staff to explore how to integrate this emerging technology into classical high-performance computing, or HPC. While most experimental quantum computers demand extreme…
Coury Turczyn
September 2, 2025
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ORNL Hosts Inaugural Quantum Systems & Software Workshop

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted the first Oak Ridge Quantum Systems & Software Workshop (OQSSw) on July 25, bringing together 75 participants from national laboratories, academia and industry. ORNL organizers launched the workshop as the first step toward building a unified software stack for quantum-classical hybrid computing.…
Angela Gosnell
August 29, 2025
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Back to HPC Basics

Building on a successful pilot with students from this summer’s Pathways to Computing Internship Program, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will launch a new training program to develop the next generation of advanced computing professionals: hands-on administration of high-performance computing,…
Coury Turczyn
August 14, 2025
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Shock Treatment for CFD Simulations

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology conducted the largest-ever computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, simulation of high-speed compressible fluid flows. Using the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the team applied a new computational technique called information geometric regularization, or IGR.…
Coury Turczyn
July 23, 2025
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Scientists Lay Out Vision for AI-Based ‘Labs of the Future’

A workshop led by scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory sketched a road map toward a longtime goal: development of autonomous, or self-driving, next-generation research laboratories. Scientists have dreamed for generations of high-tech laboratories operated via robotics at the push of a button.  Recent advancements in artificial intelligence…
Matt Lakin
February 26, 2025
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Frontier Supercomputer Hits New Highs in Third Year of Exascale

Two-and-a-half years after breaking the exascale barrier, the Frontier supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory continues to set new standards for its computing speed and performance. The HPE Cray EX supercomputing system reported new highs for problem-solving speeds this week, updated for the TOP500 announcement at the International Conference…
Matt Lakin
November 18, 2024
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DOE’s Quantum Computing User Program releases Request for Information to Gather Input on Quantum Computing Access

The Department of Energy’s Quantum Computing User Program, or QCUP, at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, or OLCF, enables scientific discovery and technological innovation by providing a diverse community of scientific researchers access to quantum computing resources. This competitive merit-based access program partners with quantum computing vendors to provide…
Katie Bethea
November 15, 2024