These days, many scientists generate quadrillions of data points that provide the basis for visualizations of everything from supernovas to protein structures–and they’re quickly overwhelming current computing capabilities. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are exploring other ways to speed up the process, using a technique called software-based parallel volume rendering.

Cyber security team wins 2009 DOE innovation, technology achievement award

Clear winner in two of the four categories awarded in the HPC Challenge best performance benchmark competition, which were run using 32 racks of Argonne’s Blue Gene/P