by Angela Guess
IBM recently reported that they and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) “announced that they are broadening their nearly 20-year collaboration in high performance computing (HPC) by joining forces to work with industrial partners to help boost their competitiveness in the global economy. Under a recently concluded agreement, IBM and LLNL have formed an HPC collaboration called Deep Computing Solutions to take place within LLNL’s High Performance Computing Innovation Center (HPCIC). Announced last June, the HPCIC was created to help American industry harness the power of supercomputing to better compete in the global marketplace (http://hpcic.llnl.gov). Deep Computing Solutions will bring a new dimension to the HPCIC, adding IBM’s computational science expertise to LLNL’s own, for the benefit of Deep Computing Solution’s clients.”
Senator Diane Feinstein of California commented, “The capabilities of California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are uniquely suited to boost American industry’s competitiveness in the global marketplace. The new collaboration between the Lab and IBM is an excellent example of using the technical expertise of both the government and the private-sector to spur innovation and investment in the U.S. economy… The strength of supercomputing facilities like Livermore’s High Performance Computing Innovation Center offers a broad range of solutions to energy, environmental and national security problems. I look forward to following the progress of this new collaboration in accelerating the development of products and services to maintain the nation’s competitive advantage.”
photo credit: Lawrence Livermore
