The exascale- class Frontier supercomputer set a new standard for calculating the number of atoms in a molecular dynamics simulation 1,000 times greater in size and speed than previous simulations of its kind, according to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where the HPC system is housed. The simulation ….
Exascale: Frontier Supercomputer Used in Molecular Dynamics Simulation of 2M Electrons
July 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Argonne Lab Unveils Upgraded Advanced Photon Source
July 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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 ….
DOE and DARPA in Quantum Research Agreement
July 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
July 16, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to move the needle on quantum computing. The MOU establishes a framework for planning and coordinating future research, development, engineering, and test and evaluation activities related to quantum computing. Part […]
DOE Announces AI for Science Roadmap
July 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Washington, DC, July 16, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy announced a roadmap for the Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence for Science, Security, and Technology (FASST) in which the agency and its 17 national labs “aims to build the world’s most powerful integrated scientific AI systems for science, energy, and national security, in collaboration with […]
July 28 Deadline for Office of Science Digital Twins RFI
July 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
July 12, 2024 — The Digital Twins Fast-Tracking Committee of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) of the National Science Foundation, on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, has published a Request for Information on Digital Twins Research and Development, seeking public input for the […]
July 22 Deadline for ASCR Call for Papers: Workshop on Neuromorphic Computing for Science
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
July 10, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program has announced a Monday July 22 deadline (11:59 pm ET) for position papers for a workship on neuromorphic computing for science. The workshop website can be found here. Notification of position acceptance will be issues on Friday, Aug. 2. For […]
Exascale: SUPERLU/STRUMPACK Solvers Get Frontier Upgrade
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
“Before (the Exascale Computing Project), both packages had very little support for GPUs. We could get some benefit from running on a single GPU, but without updating the code, even 10 GPUs wouldn’t make it run much faster. We had to redesign a lot of algorithms ….”
MSBAI Secures DOE ASCR Frontier Aurora HPC Allocation
July 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2024 — AI company MSBAI has been awarded an allocation on the Department of Energy’s leadership-class supercomputers through the ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) program. This grant will accelerate the development of GURU, MSBAI’s autonomous system that designed to reduce modeling and simulation setup time from hours to minutes. The project, titled “Autonomy […]
DOE ASCR July 22 Call for Papers: Workshop on Energy-Efficient Computing for Science
July 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program in the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science is organizing a Workshop on Energy-Efficient Computing for Science (EECS). Key dates: July 22, 2024: Deadline for position paper submission August 2, 2024: Notification of position acceptance September 9-12, 2024: Workshop (greater Washington, DC area) Workshop Website: https://www.orau.gov/2024EECWorkshop Energy […]
Quantum vs. Classical HPC: Sandia Labs and Boston Univ. Challenge Conventional Wisdom that Speed Rules Supreme
June 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Theoretical scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Boston University say they have discovered that quantum computers are unrivaled at solving an advanced math problem. But the big advantage delivered by quantum ….
