The 9th issue of the PRACE Newsletter is published. Contents: * Fast ignition boosts fusion energy * News in brief * Featured Project: DEEP Boosting computing towards Exascale * Featured PRACE events * The PRACE newsletter comes out four times per year. Please sse: http://www.prace-ri.eu/PRACE-Newsletter-9 This information is also available on our web server http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/services/compute/hlrb/aktuell/ali4433/ Matthias Brehm