ASCR, the Advanced Scientific Computing Research program within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has released a report on the use of exascale -class supercomputers, Frontier and Aurora, using the combination of artificial intelligence tools with genomic data to improve preparedness for potential new pandemics. The large language models (LLMs) used in chat-based […]
Exascale: Argonne-led Team Trains AI to Take on Infectious Threats with Frontier and Aurora
February 26, 2025 by
Exascale: GE Aerospace Goes Airborne with Frontier and Aurora
February 14, 2025 by
Since 2022, GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) has competed successfully for more than 3 million supercomputing hours under a U.S. Department of Energy peer-reviewed proposal process, incuding time on two of the three American exascale supercomputers — Frontier ….
ALCF In-Person HPC Workshop, Oct. 29-31
August 26, 2024 by
The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will host an in-person hands-on HPC workshop from Tuesday, Oct. 29 to Thursday, Oct. 31, at the TCS Conference Center at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL. The deadline to register is Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. For late registration, email alcfevents@alcf.anl.gov. The workshop will provide hands-on time on the Polaris supercomputer […]
Aug. 21 Argonne Webinar on chipStar: a HIP implementation for Aurora Exascale
August 20, 2024 by
Aug. 20, 2024 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility will hold a webinar tomorrow from 11 am to noon Central Time covering chipStar, a HIP implementation for Aurora, the exascale-class supercomputer housed at Argonne. Registration information can be found here. ALCF Performance Engineering Team Lead Brice Videau will present chipStar, Argonne’s implementation of HIP, and […]
Argonne Lab Unveils Upgraded Advanced Photon Source
July 17, 2024 by
The Advanced Photon Source (APS) Argonne National Laboratory has emerged from a year-long shutdown ready for its second act. “Together with Argonne’s new exascale supercomputer, Aurora, the (APS) will empower scientists to make discoveries ….
HPC-AI User Forum to Be Held September 4-5 at Argonne
July 9, 2024 by
ST PAUL, Minn., July 9, 2024— The HPC User Forum has opened registration for its upcoming meeting, Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 4-5, at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois. Featured speakers at the event: Rick Stevens, Associate Laboratory Director ….
Aug. 1 Deadline for Margaret Butler Fellowship in Computational Science at Argonne
June 25, 2024 by
June 25, 2024 — The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility’s Margaret Butler Fellowship in Computational Science is accepting applications until Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. Apply here The fellowship is typically a two-year appointment with a renewal process after the first year. Contact mbfellowship@alcf.anl.gov for questions about the fellowship. The Butler Fellowship is an opportunity to lead […]
JPMorgan Chase, Argonne and Quantinuum Show Theoretical Quantum Optimization Speedup
June 5, 2024 by
June 5, 2024 — In a new paper in Science Advances on May 29, researchers at JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Quantinuum have demonstrated clear evidence of a quantum algorithmic speedup for the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA). This algorithm has been studied extensively and has been implemented […]
HPE Delivers 2nd Exascale Supercomputer, Aurora, to Argonne National Laboratory
May 15, 2024 by
HAMBURG – At ISC High Performance 2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced that it has delivered the world’s second exascale supercomputer, Aurora, in collaboration with Intel for the United States Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Aurora has reached 1.012 exaflops on 87 percent of the system, making it the world’s second-fastest supercomputer as verified […]
@HPCpodcast: An Analysis of the New Top500 List
May 14, 2024 by
In this episode of @HPCpodcast, sponsored by Lenovo, Shahin and Doug discuss the big news on the Monday of each annual ISC conference in Germany, the release of the new Top500 ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. At ISC 2024 here in Hamburg, we learned that the U.S. now has two exascale-class systems, , the AMD/HPE-Cray Frontier system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and ….
