NCCS Snapshot November 30, 2009

Posted on Dec 9th, 2009

Jaguar: The World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer. For Science! Oak Ridge supercomputer takes number 1 on Top500 list An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of ...
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Record Amount of Supercomputer Time Means New Science

Posted on May 1st, 2009

The Department of Energy is releasing a record amount of supercomputing time, 1.3 billion processor hours, which has astrophysicists, biologists and everyone in between drooling in anticipation. Starting in 2010, some ...
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Workshop and User Meeting Offer New Insights

Posted on Apr 29th, 2009

Users introduced to Cray XT5 system The U.S. Department of Energy–funded National Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) and National Science Foundation–funded National Institute for Computational Sciences held the 2009 Cray XT5 ...
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Supercomputing Seeks Energy Savings

Posted on Feb 23rd, 2009

by: Gregory Scott Jones ORNL facility takes all-angles approach As high-performance computing (HPC) enters the petascale age, the scientific challenges facing researchers have never been greater. Nor has the might of ...
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NCCS Snapshot January 26, 2009

Posted on Feb 2nd, 2009

ORNL’s Petaflop Jaguar Completes Acceptance Testing World’s most powerful scientific computer already tackling critical challenges The petascale upgrade to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Jaguar supercomputer has completed acceptance testing, verifying the ...
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NCCS Announces Early Petascale Applications

Posted on Jan 30th, 2009

by: Gregory Scott Jones With the upgrade of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Cray XT supercomputer known as Jaguar (http://www.nccs.gov/jaguar), high-performance computing (HPC) has entered the petascale. With ...
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Holy Petaflop: New Supercomputer’s Blazing Speed Attracts Line of Researchers Eager to Put Its Power to Use

Posted on Jan 27th, 2009

At its peak, the new Cray XT5 Jaguar supercomputer at the Battelle-managed Oak Ridge National Laboratory can perform 1.64 quadrillion calculations per second. When running sustained programs, it weighs in at ...
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The Supercomputing Fast Lane

Posted on Jan 9th, 2009

Supercomputing has never been any more super than it is now at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In November 2008, ORNL researchers announced that the ...
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Cray Inc. Announces 2008 Acceptance of the “Petaflops” Supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Posted on Jan 6th, 2009

Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced it received official notification of acceptance in late 2008 from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the U.S. Department of Energy ...
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NCCS Snapshot November 17, 2008

Posted on Nov 25th, 2008

Oak Ridge Supercomputer Is the World’s Fastest for Science Jaguar breaks petascale barrier A Cray XT high-performance computing system at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the ...
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