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Supercharging battery research at Argonne with Aurora and the Advanced Photon Source

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By combining world-class capabilities in materials imaging at APS with powerful simulation, AI, and data analysis resources at ALCF, Argonne’s cutting-edge user facilities are helping to usher in a new era of battery innovation.

Aurora supercomputer

Turning materials data into AI-powered lab assistants

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University of Cambridge researchers are using ALCF supercomputers to develop domain-specific AI tools that aim to speed up materials discovery.

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Source Crain's Chicago Business
Published 03/18/2019

Argonne will get world's fastest supercomputer

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Published 03/18/2019

U.S. Department of Energy and Intel to deliver first exascale supercomputer

Aurora exascale supercomputer

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Source Chicago Tribune
Published 03/18/2019

The fastest computer in the world is being built 25 miles outside Chicago. Its name is Aurora

Type media hits
Source The New York Times
Published 03/18/2019

Racing Against China, U.S. Reveals Details of $500 Million Supercomputer

Raja M. Koduri

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Published 03/18/2019

https://news.uchicago.edu/story/new-argonne-supercomputer-built-next-gen-ai-will-be-most-powerful-us

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Source WBEZ 91.5
Published 03/18/2019

Argonne National Lab To Get World’s Fastest Supercomputer

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Source HPCWire
Published 03/18/2019

It’s Official: Aurora on Track to Be First US Exascale Computer in 2021

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Source Reuters
Published 03/18/2019

Project Aurora: U.S. government, Intel aim for nation's fastest computer

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Source The Verge
Published 03/18/2019

America’s first exascale supercomputer to be built by 2021

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Source U.S. Department of Energy
Published 03/18/2019

U.S. Department of Energy and Intel to Build First Exascale Supercomputer

Secretary Perry
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