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A split nanosecond

May 2023

Sandia supercomputer simulations of atomic behavior under extreme conditions advances materials modeling.

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Happy returns

September 2021

Sandia’s Humberto Silva III applies uncertainty quantification to model smooth atmospheric reentry from space.

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A quantum bridge

November 2020

Sandia National Laboratories researchers seek to connect quantum and classical calculations in a drive for a new supercomputer paradigm.

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ARM wrestling

February 2019

Aiming to expand their technology options, Vanguard program researchers are testing a prototype supercomputer built with ARM processors.

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Connecting equations

December 2017

A Sandia National Laboratories mathematician is honored for his work creating methods for supercomputers.

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Booting up Trinity

July 2017

The unusual architecture in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s newest supercomputer is a step toward the exascale – systems around a hundred times more powerful than today’s best machines.

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Forecasting failure

October 2016

Sandia National Laboratories aims to predict physics on a micrometer scale.

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Multitalented metric

May 2016

An alternative computing benchmark emerges to reflect scientific performance.

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Joint venture

September 2014

Sandia National Laboratories investigators turn to advanced modeling to test the reliability of the joints that hold nuclear missiles together.

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After the thaw

February 2014

Simulations of melting permafrost promise changes in climate modeling.

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Sun on Earth

January 2013

Simulations at Sandia National Laboratories reveal that using magnetism to heat and insulate fusion fuel could recreate solar conditions in the lab.

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Laptop supercomputing

January 2011

A small team led by Sandia National Laboratories is attempting to virtually put the world’s most powerful supercomputers on a user’s own desktop or laptop.

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Invoking pharaoh’s name

December 2009

The U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal must withstand attack and successfully strike their targets. Sandia scientists must figure out how.

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