This Bomb-Simulating US Supercomputer Broke a World Record
Brad Settlemyer had a supercomputing solution in search of a problem. Los Alamos National Lab, where Settlemyer works as a research scientist, hosts the Trinity supercomputer\u2014a machine that regularly makes the internet\u2019s (ever-evolving) Top 10 Fastest lists. As large as a Midwestern McMansion, Trinity\u2019s main job is to ensure that the cache of US nuclear weapons works when it\u2019s supposed to, and doesn\u2019t when it\u2019s not.