Sandia's reliable network of computers collects and processes data from satellites.

Sandia has pioneered the technology to advance state-of-the-art computer use while maintaining the accuracy, security, and accessibility of information. Distinguishing strengths include:

• The development of advanced computing architectures, networks, and facilities
• Computational methods for emerging computer technologies
• Problem solving environments for high-performance computing
• Commodity supercomputing cluster technology
• Software frameworks and networking solutions for high-performance distributed computing
• Enabling technologies for large-scale scientific applications
• Computational methods and codes for selected science and engineering simulations

Sandia's accomplishments in computational sciences span the disciplines of mathematics, engineering, physics, biology and chemistry.

• Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI)
• Computation, Computers, Information, and Mathematics Center
• Computational Sciences and Mathematics Research
• Distributed Information Systems Center
• Geographic Information Systems