de Supinski, Livermore Computing (LC) Chief Technology Officer. LLNL’s future flagship advanced technology system (ATS) will have “a number of things that move the architecture for large systems forward,” according to Bronis R. It’s not just speed that will make El Capitan noteworthy. When El Capitan comes online in 2023, it will have a peak performance of more than 2 exaflops (2 quintillion calculations per second)-roughly 16 times faster on average than the Sierra system-and is projected to be several times more energy efficient than Sierra. Procurement of this system ensures the NNSA laboratories-LLNL, Sandia (SNL), and Los Alamos (LANL)-can meet their primary mission of keeping the nation’s nuclear stockpile safe, secure, and effective.

Announced in August 2019, the Department of Energy (DOE), the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and LLNL are partnering with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) to build NNSA’s first exascale supercomputer, El Capitan.

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