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Nuclear Modernization

Livermore Lab, SambaNova Boost Computing Capacity to Better Study Nuclear-Weapon Physics

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, May 24th, 2023

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Livermore Lab, SambaNova Boost Computing Capacity to Better Study Nuclear-Weapon Physics

Close up illustration of atomic particle for nuclear energy imagery

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory added SambaNova Systems’ spatial data flow accelerator to the lab’s Livermore Computing Center as part of an effort to see if artificial intelligence can aid the nuclear-weapons program. Livermore will integrate the new hardware to further investigate cognitive simulation approaches combining artificial intelligence (AI) with high-performance computing to learn if deep neural network hardware architectures can accelerate traditional physics-based simulations, according to a statement from Livermore published on Tuesday. The lab is expected to use the…

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