Red Hat Enterprise Linux Selected as Operating System for LLNL's El Capitan
HPCWire, Monday, May 6th, 2024
Red Hat, Inc. announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the operating system platform for El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) first exascale supercomputer. Projected to be the world's most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan is located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
As the catalyst for El Capitan's software stack, Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides a crucial linkage in preparing for cloud-enabled supercomputers with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) components. At the same time, the platform easily integrates with LLNL's existing technology environment, providing a simplified administration and user experience that spans from traditional systems to El Capitan's next-generation infrastructure.
When fully deployed in mid- to late 2024, El Capitan is expected to boast a processing power of over two (double precision) exaflops per second and will be used by all three NNSA Tri-Labs (LLNL, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory) to help address the safety, security and reliability of the nation's nuclear stockpile.