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In a Groundbreaking Move, Summit Joins Forces with BlazingSQL to Speed up Data Query Processing on Supercomputers
3 years ago

In a Groundbreaking Move, Summit Joins Forces with BlazingSQL to Speed up Data Query Processing on Supercomputers

By  •  3 years ago  •  Technology

Computational scientists at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) are using the power of NVIDIA GPU computing and BlazingSQL, a new engine for GPU-accelerated queries using the SQL language, …
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Previewing the New Frontier of High-Performance Computing
4 years ago

Previewing the New Frontier of High-Performance Computing

By  •  4 years ago  •  People, Science

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 …
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Annual OpenACC Meeting Promotes Programming Innovation
5 years ago

Annual OpenACC Meeting Promotes Programming Innovation

By  •  5 years ago  •  People

Every year, the OpenACC annual meeting brings together representatives from national laboratories, universities, and other research institutions to exchange information and expand the programming model’s uses in various science domains.


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Faces of Summit: Getting Acclimated
5 years ago

Faces of Summit: Getting Acclimated

By  •  5 years ago  •  People

The Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched in …
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OLCF Workshop Introduces HPC Concepts
5 years ago

OLCF Workshop Introduces HPC Concepts

By  •  5 years ago  •  People

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) held an Introduction to High-Performance Computing (HPC) workshop June 26–28 at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Using …
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International Teams Optimize Codes at Australia’s First OLCF GPU Hackathon
5 years ago

International Teams Optimize Codes at Australia’s First OLCF GPU Hackathon

By  •  5 years ago  •  People

Six teams from around the world recently convened in Australia for the country’s inaugural OLCF GPU hackathon, organized by the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. Throughout the 5-day event, high-performance computing (HPC) …
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Teams Gear up for Summit at Fourth Annual GPU Hackathon
6 years ago

Teams Gear up for Summit at Fourth Annual GPU Hackathon

By  •  6 years ago  •  People

At the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) fourth annual GPU Hackathon, event programmers again successfully adapted their applications for GPU architectures. The 5-day event at the Hilton in Knoxville, Tennessee, …
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OLCF Hosts CUDA Workshop for GPU Programming
6 years ago

OLCF Hosts CUDA Workshop for GPU Programming

By  •  6 years ago  •  People

The 18,688 NVIDIA Tesla GPU accelerators in Titan, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) flagship supercomputer, can greatly boost code performance. Researchers interested in using Titan, which is capable …
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Annual User Meeting Spotlights Titan, Summit, and Deep Learning
6 years ago

Annual User Meeting Spotlights Titan, Summit, and Deep Learning

By  •  6 years ago  •  People

One hundred twenty-three Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) users and staff members attended the annual OLCF User Meeting in May to share achievements on Titan, discuss the next big Summit …
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Putting the Pedal to the Metal in the Hunt for Alloys
6 years ago

Putting the Pedal to the Metal in the Hunt for Alloys

By  •  6 years ago  •  Science

High-temperature alloys, often used in power plants and automobile engines, are valued in engineering because they can withstand temperatures that are a high fraction of their melting point. Operating power …
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OLCF Explores Deep Learning with DGX-1
6 years ago

OLCF Explores Deep Learning with DGX-1

By  •  6 years ago  •  Technology

The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) recently deployed a new NVIDIA DGX‑1 artificial intelligence supercomputer era offer scientists and researchers opportunities to delve into deep learning technologies with more vigor …
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Ascending to Summit: Announcing Summitdev
7 years ago

Ascending to Summit: Announcing Summitdev

By  •  7 years ago  •  Technology

Since having partnered with IBM, NVIDIA, and Mellanox in 2014, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been forging the path to its next big supercomputer, Summit, which will feature an …
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Teams from St. Jude, Duke, Georgia Tech Highlight October OLCF Hackathon
7 years ago

Teams from St. Jude, Duke, Georgia Tech Highlight October OLCF Hackathon

By  •  7 years ago  •  People

Teams from St. Jude, Duke, Georgia Tech were among the many teams at the recent OLCF GPU Hackathon held last month.
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OLCF Team Resolves Performance Bottleneck in OpenACC Code
7 years ago

OLCF Team Resolves Performance Bottleneck in OpenACC Code

By  •  7 years ago  •  Technology

A team at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility recently addressed a performance bottleneck in one portion of an OLCF user’s application. Because of its efforts, the user’s team saw a sixfold performance improvement in the code.
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CSGF Annual Program Review Brings Staff and Students Together
7 years ago

CSGF Annual Program Review Brings Staff and Students Together

By  •  7 years ago  •  People

For the sixth year in a row, staff from the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) networked with promising graduate fellows and introduced them to research opportunities during the US …
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OLCF to Play Key Role in New International Accelerated Computing Collaboration
7 years ago

OLCF to Play Key Role in New International Accelerated Computing Collaboration

By  •  7 years ago  •  People

With the formation of the Accelerated Data Analytics and Computing (ADAC) institute earlier this year, the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is partnering with supercomputing centers …
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