Argonne
Leadership
Computing
Facility

2024
Annual
Report

▲ Researchers used the ALCF’s Polaris supercomputer to perform GPU-enabled weather simulations at cloud-resolving (1 km) spatial resolution for the month of September 2017. Covering the entire North American continent and approximately 3 billion grid cells, this visualization shows water vapor (red-blue) and cloud water (white-grayscale) fields, with wind vectors highlighting the jet stream pattern. Image: ALCF Visualization and Data Analytics Team; Rao Kotamarthi and Gökhan Sever, Argonne National Laboratory

Features

Aurora Reaches Exascale, Leads in AI Performance

In 2024, the system surpassed the exascale barrier, demonstrated its world-class AI capabilities, and completed critical preparations for its release to the research community.

Aurora Performance Highlights

With Aurora fully assembled, early science team members began running and optimizing their applications to prepare the system for open access. Here are some early performance results on Aurora.

Linking Experimental Facilities and Leadership Computing

Argonne researchers are working to advance the DOE’s vision by integrating experimental facilities with ALCF computing resources.

ALCF Continues to Expand AI Testbed Systems Deployed for Open Science

By updating and expanding its testbed for AI accelerators, the ALCF enables users to harness leading-edge AI technologies for efficient and impactful scientific discovery.

Preparing a New Generation of AI-Ready Researchers

The ALCF's “Intro to AI” student training series has hosted over 700 participants from across the nation to date, helping to cultivate a new generation of AI researchers.

Science Highlights

In 2024, researchers from around the globe leveraged ALCF's supercomputing and AI resources to drive breakthroughs across a diverse array of scientific fields, ranging from AI-driven protein design to hypersonic aircraft research to fusion energy science.

Insights

Timothy Williams discusses how Aurora will transform scientific computing.
Salman Habib explains Aurora's role in advancing computational cosmology.
Anouar Benali shares how Aurora will revolutionize materials discovery.

Table of Contents

Year in Review

Features

Growing the HPC Community

Expertise and Resources

Science

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