In November 2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cray delivered to the U.S. Department of Energy the exascale high-performance supercomputer, ‘El Capitan’.[i] The system “will allow the United States to maintain a competitive edge in national security and will enable the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Tri-Labs – LLNL, Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory – to meet the increasingly demanding requirements for ensuring the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s nuclear stockpile and perform current and future stockpile modernization”.[ii] El Capitan will also provide new and faster 3D simulation and modelling capabilities,[iii] and will offer advanced computational tools for scientists and weapon designers to study the use of new materials and components.[iv]
[i] Hewlett Packard Enterprise delivers world’s fastest direct liquid-cooled exascale supercomputer, “El Capitan”, for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, 18 November 2024. Available at: Hewlett Packard Enterprise delivers world’s fastest direct liquid-cooled exascale supercomputer, “El Capitan”, for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | HPE.
[ii] Ibid.
[iii] DOE’s NNSA signs $600 million contract to build its first exascale supercomputer. Department of Energy, 13 August 2019. Available at: DOE’s NNSA signs $600 million contract to build its first exascale supercomputer | Department of Energy.
[iv] DOE/NNSA, Lab announce partnership with Cray to develop NNSA’s first exascale supercomputer. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), 13 August 2019. Available at: DOE/NNSA, Lab announce partnership with Cray to develop NNSA’s first exascale supercomputer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (llnl.gov).
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