Researchers are sifting through an avalanche of data produced by one of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed, led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory. The simulation, run on the Titan supercomputer at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, modeled the evolution of the universe from just 50 million years…
DOE Pushes Boundaries of Computing in Engine Simulations
When you’re trying to understand the complex inner workings of a virtual engine, with its millions of variables and untold number of uncertainties, the most important horsepower number isn’t the one under the hood; it’s the one in the computer rack next door. Researchers at the Department of Energy‘s Argonne National Laboratory will be testing…
Near-Frictionless Material Designed
Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) researchers helped enable the groundbreaking simulations by overcoming a performance bottleneck that doubled the speed of the team’s code. While reviewing the simulation results of a promising new lubricant material, Argonne researcher Sanket Deshmukh stumbled upon a phenomenon that had never been observed before. “I remember Sanket calling me and…
DOE Advanced Engine Simulation for Greater Efficiency
For engine designers in the digital age, time is money. And that time is measured in computer cycles. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy‘s Argonne National Laboratory are partnering with Convergent Science, Inc. (CSI), to speed up a key piece of modeling and simulation software to ensure those cycles are used as effectively as…