El Capitan (supercomputer)

El Capitan
Active
  • Deployment: 2H 2023
  • Completion: November 18, 2024
SponsorsU.S. Department of Energy
OperatorsLawrence Livermore National Laboratory and U.S. Department of Energy
LocationLivermore Computing Complex
ArchitectureHPE Cray Shasta
Power30 MW
Operating systemTOSS
SpaceTBA
Memory5.4375 petabytes
StorageTBA
Speed1.809 exaFLOPS (Rmax) / 2.821 exaFLOPS (Rpeak)
CostUS$600 million (est.)
RankingTOP500: 1st, November 2025
PurposeScientific research and development, stockpile stewardship
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise El Capitan is an exascale supercomputer, hosted at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, United States, that became operational in 2024. It is based on the Cray EX Shasta architecture. El Capitan displaced Frontier as the world's fastest supercomputer in the 64th edition of the TOP500 (November 2024). El Capitan is the third exascale system deployed by the United States and its primary purpose is to support the stockpile stewardship program of the US National Nuclear Security Administration.