Petascale Computing News
December 12, 2025
Frontier Computing Sets New Standard With Largest Universe Simulation Yet
In a milestone that underscores how high-performance computing has become a cornerstone of scientific discovery, researchers have used the Frontier supercomputer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to perform the most ambitious universe simulation ever attempted. The effort, which involved tracking **trillions of particles across a simulated volume spanning some 15 billion light-years, pushes astrophysical modeling into territory previously thought unreachable and strengthens ties between computation and observational cosmology. Read more...