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Previewing the New Frontier of High-Performance Computing

In the main banquet room of Knoxville, Tennessee’s downtown Hilton Hotel, more than 150 scientists from around the world got their first peek at the exascale computing power that will become available for their research projects in two short years. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing…
Coury Turczyn
October 28, 2019
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ORNL Celebrates First National Exascale Day on October 18

On October 18, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will celebrate the first-ever National Exascale Day. The holiday—an initiative of DOE’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) and Cray, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company—honors scientists and researchers who will make groundbreaking discoveries with the help of some…
Andrea Schneibel
October 17, 2019
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CAAR Partnerships for Frontier Announced

In preparation for the Frontier supercomputer, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) has selected eight research projects to participate in its Center for Accelerated Application Readiness (CAAR) program. Through CAAR, the OLCF will partner with application core developers, vendor partners, and OLCF staff members…
Will Wells
September 4, 2019
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ORNL Teams Participate in CUG2019

This year’s Cray User Group meeting, an annual event that gives Cray users from around the world the opportunity to attend conferences and workshops and present papers relating to high-performance computing, was held this year in Montreal, Canada, from May 7 to 9. Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) team…
Will Wells
June 28, 2019
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CAAR Accepting Application Team Proposals for Frontier System

As details about the Frontier supercomputer emerge, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) is seeking partnerships with select applications teams to develop scientific applications for highly effective use on the Frontier system. Through its Center for Accelerated Application Readiness (CAAR), the OLCF will partner…
Jonathan Hines
May 7, 2019
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OLCF Experts Lead and Learn at Cray User Group Meeting

ORNL and the OLCF once again took leadership roles at the annual CUG, which took place this spring in London, England. The technical conference brought users and administrators of Cray supercomputers, such as the OLCF’s Titan, to exchange expertise and experiences through a variety of events. The US Department of…
Miki Nolin
July 26, 2016
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OLCF Upgrades System to CUDA 6.5

The OLCF's recent CUDA upgrade fosters unified memory function that improves memory management between the CPUs and GPUs and also provides the benefit of globally shared data. The upgrade is a true win–win for the OLCF and its users.
Jeff Gary
July 29, 2015
Technology

Titan Completes Acceptance Testing

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Titan supercomputer has completed rigorous acceptance testing to ensure the functionality, performance and stability of the machine, one of the world’s most powerful supercomputing systems for open science.
Leo Williams
June 12, 2013