In November 2024, Hewlett Packard Enterprise subsidiary 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, and will offer advanced computational tools for scientists and weapon designers to study the use of new materials and components.[iii]
[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; 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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