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Abstract 3D rendering of a reconfigurable compute grid - ordered pale blocks in cool blue light, with cubes breaking formation on the right as glowing orange dataflow streams arc between them, evoking NextSilicon's runtime-reconfigurable Maverick-2 architecture inside the Spectra supercomputer at Sandia National Laboratories.
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Spectra Clears Sandia's Supercomputer Acceptance. The Fall Mission-Code Gate Is the Real Test.

NextSilicon's Maverick-2 dataflow accelerator has met Sandia's Vanguard system-acceptance requirements on HPCG, LAMMPS, and SPARTA. The harder question comes this fall, when Sandia decides whether to move Spectra toward more demanding, mission-like ASC supercomputing workloads.

National Labs & GovernmentAI-HPC Convergence
SCN Staff·May 18, 2026
A row of HPE Cray cabinets at Argonne's ALCF spelling "Aurora" in large white letters across teal, green, and magenta panels.
HPCnews

Argonne Turns a Plain-English Prompt Into 11,182 GCMC Runs on Aurora

A planner/executor agent hierarchy drove a 5,591-MOF screening campaign across 256 Aurora nodes. Orchestration overhead came in under 90 seconds per run.

Exascale ComputingNational Labs & Government
SCN Staff·Apr 16, 2026
AI Generated Aerial nighttime view of a national laboratory campus with synchrotron ring, connected by luminous data streams extending to distant research facilities, some connections fragmenting at the edges.
HPCanalysis

DOE's SYNAPS-I Platform Targets Unified AI Analysis Across Seven Beamline Facilities

DOE's SYNAPS-I targets unified AI analysis across seven beamline facilities. Can it coordinate deployment or will it fragment like existing implementations?

Genesis MissionDepartment of Energy
SCN Staff·Apr 16, 2026
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DOE Drops $293M in Genesis Mission Funding - And the Real Test Begins

The first competitive funding call under the Genesis Mission signals a shift from presidential ambition to operational reality. But questions about new money, missing partners, and timeline pressure linger.

National Labs & GovernmentDepartment of Energy
SCN Staff·Mar 24, 2026
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