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National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center

NERSC is the mission scientific computing facility for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the nation’s single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences.

Computing at NERSC

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Now Computing

Some of the science now being computed at NERSC

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Project	System	Nodes
The Structure of Light Nuclei from Lattice QCD Nuclear Physics PI: William Detmold, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	perlmutter	256
Predicting steady state scenarios in negative triangularity plasmas Fusion Energy Sciences PI: Alessandro Marinoni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	perlmutter	96
Kinetic simulation of plasma microturbulence, kinetic MHD phenomena and magnetic reconnection Fusion Energy Sciences PI: Yang Chen, University of Colorado at Boulder	perlmutter	64
Direct Numerical Simulations of Reactive Flow under Intense Sheared Turbulence and Nonequilibrium Conditions Basic Energy Sciences PI: Jacqueline Chen, Sandia National Laboratories - California	perlmutter	50
Statistical and Mesoscopic Mechanics of Lipid Membranes and Glasses Basic Energy Sciences PI: Kranthi Mandadapu, University of California Berkeley	perlmutter	48
Lattice QCD search for physics beyond the standard model High Energy Physics PI: Rajan Gupta, Los Alamos National Laboratory	perlmutter	32

Did You Know?

'Bubbles' the Cray-2

In 1985, NERSC was the first to install the Cray-2, then the fastest computer in the world. Today, just about any mobile phone has more processing power. The Cray-2 was nicknamed "Bubbles" for its unique liquid cooling system.

Visit our interactive timeline to learn more about NERSC history.