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High Performance Computing

World-class supercomputing supporting national security

Managing supercomputing center operations to develop and deploy cutting-edge technologies to enable current and future high-performance computing.

The High-Performance Computing (HPC) Division supports a range of Laboratory missions by managing world-class supercomputing centers.

This includes specifying, operating, and assisting in the use of both open and secure high-performance computing, storage and data-intensive information science production systems. We support a diverse spectrum of workloads ranging of from modeling and simulation to machine learning and artificial intelligence.

HPC Division translates evolving HPC technologies into the assets deployed in our data centers. To that end, we shape future supercomputing technology through collaboration with industry and academia, develop HPC-specific system software, and specify and assist in the procurement of high-performance computing systems at all scales. Moreover, we steward existing programmatic resources and integrate computing and supporting infrastructure into a fully operational supercomputing environment.

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Defining Future Environments

  • Communication and collaborations with industry and academia to follow and shape future supercomputing technology
  • Consultative design and deployment of facility infrastructure supporting future supercomputing
  • HPC-specific system software R&D
  • Testbed explorations of new computing and infrastructure technologies
  • Specifying and assisting in the procurement of small scale to large scale acquisitions
  • Stewardship of programmatic resources via program and project management
  • Integration of computing and supporting infrastructure technology into a fully operational supercomputing environment

Providing Current Capability

  • Hardware monitoring and maintenance
  • System software monitoring and maintenance
  • Operation and expert support of computing, interconnects, networks, and storage
  • HPC-specific facility and environmental operations
  • Direct user support

Programs Supported

  • Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC)
  • Institutional Computing- Institutional Computing provides production high performance computing resources for open and collaborative science at LANL. Access is available to every scientist and engineer at LANL through a competitive, peer-reviewed proposal process.
  • Other emerging Information Science programs

  • Design

    The HPC Design group has expertise across all HPC disciplines. HPC Design is charged with deep support of the other groups in provision of HPC platforms, infrastructure, and user services.

  • Environments

    The HPC Environments group provides direct customer support and interaction at any technical depth of HPC production systems within HPC Division, the Laboratory, and the NNSA complex. HPC Environments designs, manages and maintains the software environment for customer computing.

  • Infrastructure

    The HPC Infrastructure group provides direct support for usage and support of HPC systems with within the HPC division, the Lab and NNSA.

  • Operations

    The HPC Operations Group has the main responsibility of providing operational duties that span the HPC Division. We provide support and services to many production platforms at a world-class computing facility to ensure customers can accomplish their research and mission at extreme scale.

  • Systems

    The HPC Systems group runs the production scientific computing resources for the Laboratory, operating and maintaining some of the fastest supercomputers in the world for the betterment of our nation and the world; and now building the infrastructure for the next generation of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Large Language Models.