A New $200 Million Supercomputer Is Coming

A new supercomputer is coming to Argonne National Laboratory. The Energy Department awarded $200 million for the next-generation computer, which will be commissioned in 2018. The award is the third and final supercomputer investment under the CORAL initiative. The project supports future supercomputers that are five to seven times more powerful that current ones. The other two awards went to Oak Ridge and Lawrence Livermore laboratories. Argonne's supercomputer, known as Aurora, will work on material to create durable batteries and solar panels. It will also look at organisms to make disease control more effective. And it will create transportation systems with engines that are quieter and more efficient.