DOE Accomplishments in Scientific Computing

The DOE Office of Science (SC) has a long history of accomplishments in scientific computing and has often served as the proving ground for many new computer technologies.

• Established the first national supercomputing center -- for the fusion energy sciences community -- in 1974.
• Developed the first time-share operating system for Cray supercomputers.
• Developed major mathematical libraries used by both vector and parallel supercomputers.
• Developed major communications libraries used by parallel supercomputers.
• Developed High Performance Parallel Interface (HiPPI) -- the international standard for interconnecting supercomputers to other high-speed devices.
• "Computational Grand Challenges" led to dramatic increases in modeling and simulation capabilities in a number of scientific fields, including chemistry, materials science, plasma physics, ocean circulation, and accelerator physics.
• Developed the first scientific application to sustain over one teraflops.