Supercomputer Completes Massive Coronavirus Calculations

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Scientists are fighting back against COVID-19 with the help of supercomputers. Using the Frontera supercomputer project, researchers are developing a coronavirus model to learn more about its effect on the body. This research could help scientists develop a treatment for the disease.With an accurate simulation, scientists could test how the virus reacts under various circumstances. The model would have to include how every atom interacts with each other to be accurate. That's a challenging prospect, considering there may be as many as 200 million atoms involved.Between March 12 and 13, researchers ran the initial simulations on Frontera. These simulations, which are just a fraction of what the final model will be, ran on more than 200,000 processing cores. This kind of processing power would be impossible without a computer like Frontera.The Frontera SupercomputerThe Frontera supercomputer, located at the University of Texas, is the 5th most powerful computer in the world. The National Science Foundation (NSF) granted the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) $60 million to build Frontera in 2018. When researchers from the University of California began this coronavirus project, they immediately turned to Frontera.Even on a supercomputer like Frontera, these simulations are challenging. To account for the sheer ...


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