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On the Verge of Exascale, the World’s Fastest Petascale System Points the Way
4 years ago

On the Verge of Exascale, the World’s Fastest Petascale System Points the Way

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Technology

On May 7, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Frontier exascale supercomputer is slated for delivery in 2021 at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). While researchers who …
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No Scaling Back: DOE, Cray, AMD to Bring Exascale to ORNL
4 years ago

No Scaling Back: DOE, Cray, AMD to Bring Exascale to ORNL

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 7, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced a contract with Cray Inc. to build the Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which …
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Science at Exascale: Tracing the Origins of Matter in Star Explosions
4 years ago

Science at Exascale: Tracing the Origins of Matter in Star Explosions

By  •  4 years ago  •  Science

Frontier is an exascale computer planned for delivery at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in 2021. The system will support a wide range of scientific applications for advanced modeling …
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CAAR Accepting Application Team Proposals for Frontier System
4 years ago

CAAR Accepting Application Team Proposals for Frontier System

By  •  4 years ago  •  Science

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 …
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New Geometric Model Improves Predictions of Fluid Flow in Rock
4 years ago

New Geometric Model Improves Predictions of Fluid Flow in Rock

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, oil and groundwater percolate through gaps in rock and other geologic material. Hidden from sight, these critical resources pose a significant challenge for scientists seeking …
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Network Enhancement Strengthens Ties Between OLCF, ESnet
4 years ago

Network Enhancement Strengthens Ties Between OLCF, ESnet

By  •  4 years ago  •  Technology

If data is the lifeblood of a scientific computing center, a resilient network can be the difference between new discoveries and costly service disruptions.

In November 2018, staff at the …
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A Sneak Peek at 19 Science Simulations for the Summit Supercomputer in 2019
4 years ago

A Sneak Peek at 19 Science Simulations for the Summit Supercomputer in 2019

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

This month, Summit Early Science Program users are starting to work on some of the world’s toughest science problems on its most powerful supercomputer: the 200-petaflop, IBM AC922 Summit system …
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Ready for Science: Summit Completes System Acceptance
4 years ago

Ready for Science: Summit Completes System Acceptance

By  •  4 years ago  •  People, Technology

A year-long acceptance process for the 200-petaflop, IBM AC922 Summit supercomputer at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is complete. Acceptance testing ensures that the supercomputer …
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Pinnacle Engines Develops Efficient, Low-Emission Gasoline Engine Using Supercomputing
4 years ago

Pinnacle Engines Develops Efficient, Low-Emission Gasoline Engine Using Supercomputing

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Industry, Science

The Pinnacle Engines opposed-piston cylinder shown in three different views. Visualizations illustrate the generation of coherent flow structures and their collapse during the compression stroke, which leads to …
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Award Finalists Demonstrate Improved QCD Code for Supercomputing
4 years ago

Award Finalists Demonstrate Improved QCD Code for Supercomputing

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

This article is part of a series covering the finalists for the 2018 Gordon Bell Prize that used the Summit supercomputer. The prize winner will be announced at SC18 in November …
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Gordon Bell Prize Finalist Code Adopts AI to Model Monster Earthquakes
4 years ago

Gordon Bell Prize Finalist Code Adopts AI to Model Monster Earthquakes

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, Science

This article is part of a series covering the finalists for the 2018 Gordon Bell Prize that used the Summit supercomputer. The prize winner will be announced at SC18 in November …
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Mixed Precision: A Strategy for New Science Opportunities
4 years ago

Mixed Precision: A Strategy for New Science Opportunities

By  •  4 years ago  •  Featured, People

Since the days of vector supercomputers, computational scientists have relied on high-precision arithmetic to accurately solve a wide range of problems, from modeling nuclear reactors to predicting supernova physics to …
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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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Uncharted Territory
5 years ago

Uncharted Territory

By  •  5 years ago  •  Featured, Science

Ambitious supercomputers attract ambitious users. After debuting as the world’s fastest supercomputer in June, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s (OLCF’s) 200-petaflop Summit is already demonstrating its utility for solving …
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SmartTruck Steps Up Simulations for Certification by Computation
5 years ago

SmartTruck Steps Up Simulations for Certification by Computation

By  •  5 years ago  •  Science

Long-haul tractor trailers, often referred to as “18-wheelers,” transport everything from household goods to supermarket foodstuffs across the United States every year. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, these …
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Preaching pbdR
5 years ago

Preaching pbdR

By  •  5 years ago  •  People

Since bursting onto the scene in the early ’90s, high-performance computing (HPC) has become the most productive method for exploring ambitious problems in science that require substantial computational power. Yet …
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