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Lucky Tokens
NERSC’s Hopper supercomputer contained 153,216 compute cores, 217 terabytes of memory, 2 petabytes of disk storage—and a cat figurine for luck!
Hopper, named in honor of computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper, had a Japanese "lucky cat" figurine stashed in one cabinet. In April 2011, Yukiko Sekine (NERSC's former Energy Department program manager) presented the cat to Jonathan Carter (currently associate lab director for the Computing Sciences Area).
It’s not the first lucky token to stand guard over NERSC’s large, complex, and well-used scientific supercomputers. Other systems – for reasons known only to NERSC staff – have been protected from ill fate by rubber chickens. (»Visit our interactive timeline to learn more about NERSC history.)
NERSC@50
New Report Quantifies Value and Impact of Research at NERSC December 6, 2024
California Poet Laureate Captures ‘Heart’ of NERSC's Work November 11, 2024
NERSC Art Contest Winners Show Beauty in Science October 23, 2024
NERSC Marks 50 Years of Accelerating Science October 21, 2024
Tune In To NERSC's 50th Anniversary User Meeting Via Zoom October 15, 2024
Bailey to Explore DESI Collab for NERSC@50 September 25, 2024
Bell Gets in the Flow for NERSC@50 September 10, 2024
Science News
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Perlmutter Helps Identify 'Exquisite' Gravitational Lens October 10, 2024
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Collaboration Exploring Neutral Atom Technology Expanded for Second Year September 4, 2024
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