ORNL mounts 'aggressive' supercomputing advocacy effort

Oak Ridge National Laboratory communications and external affairs chief Billy Stair (at left) comments on the response from ORNL and its supporters to ORNL's Jaguar losing the supercomputing lead to a new Chinese entrant. Related: ORNL release on drug discovery and computing.

ORNL asserts supercomputing leadership

Despite the recent ascendancy of a Chinese supercomputing system, Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputing chief Jeff Nichols (left) argues several of its systems, with a total 3.3 petaflop capacity, are preeminent in scientific applications. The KNS reports.

Oak Ridge's 'Jaguar' supercomputer can't rest on laurels

ORNL deputy director Thomas Zacharia congratulates the Chinese for their ascendancy in supercomputing, but extols the achievements of ORNL's Jaguar, and accepts the reminder the US must not rest on its laurels. Frank Munger reports for the KNS.

US won't take Chinese supercomputer challenge lying down

The United States is working on a 20 petaflop supercomputing system for delivery by 2012 that will leapfrog the latest Chinese entry, which surpassed Jaguar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Computerworld has it. HPC brags on recent Jaguar contributions.

Chinese best ORNL's Jaguar supercomputer

The New York Times reports Chinese are unveiling a new supercomputing system with 1.4X the power of top-ranked computers now at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The NYT's story is here. The Telegraph confirms the machine will unseat Jaguar at ORNL.

ORNL supercomputing allocated

With 1.6 billion hours of supercomputing time awarded by DOE, and much of it destined to employ Oak Ridge NL's Jaguar supercomputer, scientists are working to set priorities to maximum benefits. The KNS reports.

Jaguar, Kraken hookup unlikely

Despite the extraordinary supercomputing speed the match might yield, ORNL's Jaguar and Kraken supercomputers are said unlikely to be wed, because they serve different purposes, as-is. Frank Munger reports in KNS.

ORNL 'world hub"

The KNS' Frank Munger chronicles the rise of Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a world hub for supercomputing, right here. More on Jaguar.

ORNL Supercomputer rises

The new rankings are out: Jaguar now No. 1 in the world for speed, sister Kraken is No. 3, outpacing Roadrunner at Los Alamos. The KNS reports.

Kraken commands computing crown

The University of Tennessee's Kraken supercomputer (beauty shot, at left) is officially the world's most powerful academic supercomputer and the sixth-fastest overall. Kraken is a Cray XT5 at Oak Ridge NL. ORNL's Jaguar (also Cray) retained its 2nd Place ranking overall, and is currently the world's most powerful machine for open scientific uses. With both systems set for upgrades in the next few months, the lead could shift to Jaguar. KNS reports the story.