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World's Fastest Supercomputer, "El Capitan," Unveiled In Livermore
"We can simulate climate, so all the way up through eventually simulation of nuclear weapons," Team Leader Watson said.
January 16, 2025
LIVERMORE— The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) unveiled its $600 million supercomputer, "El Capitan," after about eight years of research and building.
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Experts said the "El Capitan" is currently the world's fast and most powerful supercomputer.
"When people talk about running on high-performance computers, this is the main thing. You put two computers in what's known as the blade here. And then you can tack 64 of those into a whole big cabinet. That gives you 128 nodes. And you buy 87 of those racks and you get to 11,136 individual computers," Pythagoras Watson, the team lead of the advanced technology system, told CBS News Bay Area.
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