'Cray to Develop New Supercomputer to Manage Nuclear Stockpile"
Quoting from the site wsj.com Posted by:Dr Ahmed.M.Shaban An XC30 supercomputer from Cray. A much bigger machine from the company is being installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cray Inc. Cray Inc. CRAY -5.21% will develop a supercomputer for the National Nuclear Security Administration. The deal, worth $174 million, is one of the largest contracts in Cray’s history. The supercomputer, named Trinity, is projected to be one of the fastest in the world when it’s built at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The NNSA, part of the Department of Energy, manages the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile, a responsibility that includes running virtual simulations testing the stockpile’s safety, security, reliability and performance. “They have to simulate the stockpile and understand how the weapons age, and as they develop new weapons, how they will work,” Cray CEO Peter Ungaro told CIO Journal. Mr. Ungaro said he could not say whether the supercom...