This week, we received a rare look at El Capitan, the world’s fastest supercomputer. It’s housed inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, where the $600 million machine is ...
Lawrence Livermore National Lab is also home to Sierra, another massive supercomputer that peaked as the world’s second-fastest in 2018. It, too, conducts classified nuclear weapons simulations.
In November 2024, the AMD-powered El Capitan officially became the world’s fastest supercomputer, delivering a peak performance of 2.7 exaflops and 1.7 exaflops of sustained performance.
Scientists have unveiled the world's fastest computer in California that will be used to secure America's nuclear weapons stockpile. The $600 million exascale supercomputer, called 'El Capitan ...
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LNNL) in California is now home to the fastest supercomputer in the world. Dubbed El Capitan and officially dedicated on January 9, it’s only the ...