The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced development of a new supercomputer at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), which will be powered by Dell and NVIDIA AI solutions.

The Doudna supercomputer, which is due in 2026, “will be engineered to support large-scale high performance computing (HPC) workloads like those in molecular dynamics, high-energy physics, and AI training and inference,” the announcement says. The system has been named in honor of Jennifer Doudna, who shared the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for her work on CRISPR gene-editing technology.

“The Doudna supercomputer represents DOE’s commitment to advancing American leadership in science, AI, and high performance computing,” says Secretary of Energy Chris Wright.

NERSC is also now seeking user partners for Doudna through the NERSC Science Acceleration Program (NESAP). The program offers training and compute time to help participants adapt and optimize their workflows for advanced systems. HPC users and development teams – “especially those addressing workflow bottlenecks, data and control flow challenges, and forward-looking research workflow designs” – are invited to apply by July 9.

Learn more at NERSC.