The fastest supercomputer in the world, 'El Capitan', has commenced operations at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. After an eight-year development phase, this groundbreaking machine officially debuted this month, boasting a peak performance of 2.746 exaFLOPS. 'El Capitan' will serve a crucial role in safeguarding the U.S. nuclear stockpile and conducting highly classified research, tackling a diverse array of tasks such as material discovery, high-energy-density physics, nuclear data analysis, and weapon design.
