Polaris Rendering (IMAGE) DOE/Argonne National Laboratory Caption Installation of the Polaris supercomputer system at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility in August 2021. Polaris provides researchers with a powerful new tool to prepare for science in the exascale era, when computers will perform a billion billion calculations per second. Credit (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Usage Restrictions Original Content License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.