Supercomputing

National Labs to Receive $1.5B Funding Boost

The resources will come from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

  • By Frank Konkel

Energy Awards $70 Million to Boost Supercomputer-Powered Earth Modeling System

Funding for seven projects will help improve the agency’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model that uses supercomputers to simulate climate change’s impact.

  • By Edward Graham

New Supercomputers Take Over NOAA’s Weather Forecast Models

The twin supercomputers, developed and operated by General Dynamics Information Technology, are among the 50 fastest supercomputers in the world.

  • By Frank Konkel

US Frontier Supercomputer Named Fastest in the World

The Frontier exscale system has been in development by Department of Energy researchers since 2019.

  • By Alexandra Kelley

First Exascale Computer Around the Corner, as Testbed 'Crusher' Starts Running Code

Crusher walks so upcoming Frontier can run.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Critical Update: Inching Closer to the Long-Awaited, Next Generation of Supercomputers

Following a recent delivery, involved federal teams are now “focused on preparing for full user operations,” Nextgov confirmed.

  • By Brandi Vincent

DOD-Backed Effort Will Use Supercomputing to Predict Therapies for Future COVID-19 Variants

The aim is to build predictive models that might significantly reduce the time it takes to respond to yet-to-be-seen COVID-19 variants, once they surface.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon Inches Closer to Unleashing Two New Supercomputers

A storage capabilities supplier shared fresh details on the in-the-making systems.

  • By Brandi Vincent

DOD Opens Two Fresh Facilities to Field Next-Gen Supercomputers

Officials can access new office space, conference rooms—and high-performance capabilities—in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

  • By Brandi Vincent

How the Government Expanded its Supercomputing Assets in 2021

A number of new and powerful machines are being built and installed for federal agencies.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Researchers to Harness America’s First Exascale Supercomputer in Summer 2022

It will be used to pinpoint new patterns in patient data for precision medicine—and more.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Special Report: Computing on the Edge

As other infrastructure needs improve—from cloud to 5G networks—agencies are looking at what can be done at the edge, from warehouses to low-Earth orbit.

  • By Aaron Boyd and Brandi Vincent

U.S. Supercomputer to Support Renewable Energy Innovation Coming in 2023

HPE will build Kestrel, named for the American falcon, for an Energy Department lab.

  • By Brandi Vincent

America’s First Exascale Supercomputer Is ‘On Track’ for 2021 Deployment

Next-gen systems like it are expected to drive unprecedented innovation.

  • By Brandi Vincent
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Dell to Provide $40 Million Boost in Supercomputing Performance to Support Nuclear Stockpile

The upgrade in capabilities will span three national labs.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Air Force, Navy Set to Gain New Supercomputers in $68M Deal

The Defense Department's High Performance Computing Modernization Program is funding the machines.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Army Researchers Turn to DOD Supercomputers to Digitally Twin Gas Turbine Engine

It could lead to “disruptive new engine designs,” an engineer involved said.

  • By Brandi Vincent

NSA Cloud Capabilities See Boost Under New Billion-Dollar Contract with HPE

It’s leaning into an as-a-service experience.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Argonne National Lab Inches Closer to Exascale Age with New ‘Testbed’ Supercomputer

Polaris will support the Energy Department’s user community as it prepares for new, more powerful computing capabilities.

  • By Brandi Vincent

Verizon Awarded $495 Million Contract for DOD Supercomputing Network Modernization

The company won the fourth iteration of the Defense Research Engineering Network contract.

  • By Mila Jasper

Critical Update: How to Develop Apps for Supercomputers that Don’t Exist Yet

The Energy Department will soon launch machines capable of completing a quintillion calculations a second.

  • By Brandi Vincent