Supercomputing Archives

The Frontier supercomputer. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

How one national lab is getting its supercomputers ready for the AI age

As the Biden administration pushes to invest in AI, the Department of Energy is turning to its fleet of supercomputers, including Frontier, the world’s fastest.

Nov 29, 2023 By Rebecca Heilweil

Twin supercomputers Dogwood (pictured here) and Cactus – NOAA’s weather and climate operational supercomputing system – just received a 20% upgrade. Each supercomputer now operates at a speed of 14.5 petaflops. (Image credit: GDIT)

NOAA supercomputer gets a 20% boost to help make better weather predictions

NOAA's forecast system can now process 29 quadrillion calculations per second.

Aug 10, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks visits Oak Ridge National Lab, Aug. 17. 2022. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Oak Ridge National Lab officials view new innovation push as modern day ‘Manhattan Project’

During her first stop on a four-state, technology-focused tour, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks heard from multiple senior Oak Ridge lab officials that the massive investments from…

Aug 17, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

supercomputing supercomputer — (Getty Images)

DOD awards $699M contract to support supercomputing resource centers

BAE Systems has been tapped to supply a variety of services and capabilities to bolster high performance computing (HPC) efforts across multiple military components.

Jul 15, 2022 By Brandi Vincent

Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee will host one of the centers of excellence, according to an announcement. (Wikimedia Commons)

Oak Ridge lab leader says further investment key to U.S. leadership in supercomputing

Researcher Georgia Tourassi warns that without additional funding scientific innovation could stagnate.

May 21, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter helps fight wildfires near Bastrop, Texas, Oct. 14, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard / Sgt. 1st Class Malcolm McClendon).

New AI consortium for first responders fuses efforts from DOE, JAIC and Microsoft

The project will focus on getting technology to state and local first responders to better track and respond to natural disasters.

Aug 18, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

Supercomputing consortium adds members as number of coronavirus projects increases, too

AMD, NVIDIA and the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Wyoming Supercomputing Center have joined the growing group. A White House official the consortium has provided computing for…

Apr 6, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Supercomputing consortium further solidifies White House partnership with tech on coronavirus response

Government, industry and academic partners' 16 systems will provide a combined 330 petaflops of supercomputing capacity for select COVID-19 researchers.

Mar 23, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Rick Perry, Department of Energy, Sandia Labs — Rick Perry speaks to employees of the Sandia National Laboratories in October 2018. (Sandia Labs / Flickr)

DOE creates an AI office to capitalize on the technology’s ‘Golden Age’

The office will "transform DOE into a world-leading AI enterprise," but there are few details available beyond that.

Sep 6, 2019 By Tajha Chappellet-Lanier

Rick Perry, Sandy Weill, AI, biomedical — Energy Secretary Rick Perry, center, speaks at a roundtable on AI at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Aug. 26, 2019. At left is Sandy Weill, founder of the Weill Family Foundation. (LLNL)

Department of Energy puts AI to biomedical use

The agency started a public-private partnership with Weill Family Foundation seeking breakthroughs addressing neurological disorders like traumatic brain injuries using supercomputing.

Aug 30, 2019 By Dave Nyczepir