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First hand accounts on the founding and history of NERSC.
Kirby Fong Recalls the Early Years at NERSC
Kirby Fong joined NERSC in 1976, when it was still known as the Controlled Thermonuclear Research Computer Center. Here he shares some memories from those early years. Read More »
Horst Simon: Navigating the Road to Exascale
The deputy director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory talks about the challenges -- and rewards -- of efforts to achieve the first exascale computing systems by 2020. Read More »
Al Trivelpiece on the Origins of NERSC
The former Oak Ridge National Laboratory director describes his role in the creation of the Controlled Thermonuclear Research Computer Center, one of NERSC's precursors. Read More »
James Decker: Broadening NERSC's Mission
By James Decker, Deputy Director, Department of Energy, Office of Science The NMFECC — NERSC’s predecessor — was the creation of Al Trivelpiece when he was the Director of Research for the Office of Fusion Energy, and of his Deputy, Bennet Miller. Several years later, when I directed that same office, since renamed the Division of Applied Plasma Physics, I assumed responsibility for managing Al and Bennet’s creation. When Al returned to the Department of Energy as Director of Energy… Read More »
