Overview

The Blue Gene/P system at Argonne's Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) is available to researchers as part of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) INCITE (Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment) program. Established in 2003, the program encompasses high-end computing resources not only at Argonne but also at DOE's Oak Ridge, Lawrence Berkeley, and Pacific Northwest national laboratories.

The INCITE program specifically seeks out computationally intensive, large-scale research projects with the potential to significantly advance key areas in science and engineering. The program encourages proposals from universities, other research institutions, and industry. It continues to expand, with current research applications in chemistry, combustion, astrophysics, genetics, materials science and turbulence. Accomplishments from various applications are highlighted in these project summaries.

 

Providing a Gateway for Scientific Discovery

 

The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) provides the computational science community with a world-leading computing capability dedicated to breakthrough science and engineering. The ALCF houses the IBM Blue Gene/P system named Intrepid, with a peak speed of 557 teraflops and a Linpack speed of 450 teraflops. The research being conducted on Intrepid spans a diverse range of scientific areas—from studying exploding stars to designing more efficient jet engines.
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