NSF Computing Systems and Components Budget Code:  
Advances in computing systems and components requires that prototype systems be built quickly and cheaply, and new kinds of design tools need to be developed for this to take place. Prototype systems allow evaluation of new application-driven and technology-driven systems by 'exercising' them with real applications that provide realistic tests of novel ideas and performance.

Included in this activity is research on:
  • Systems architecture, including application-specific systems and memory hierarchy;
  • Early prototyping and evaluation of hardware and software systems;
  • New tools for systems level automated design and prototyping;
  • Distributed design and intelligent manufacturing capabilities; and
  • Optical communications systems and devices.
Budget ($ M)
FY 95 Act 19.58
FY 96 Pres 22.33
FY 96 Est 17.20
FY 97 Rqst  
Program Component Areas
  FY 96 FY 97
HECC 17.20  
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Milestone Changes  
FY 1995 Actual Milestones FY 1996 Estimated Milestones FY 1997 Agency Requested Milestones
The high-performance rapid prototyping facility at the University of Michigan was made available for use over the Internet, speeding development of new high performance computing systems.

Initiated projects to design and analyze new memory architectures.

Initiated projects applying high performance computing to manufacturing, in response to a program announcement on virtual prototyping.

Initiated projects in optical computing as recommended by the workshop in FY 1994. 		Start projects to integrate high-performance memory hierarchies into low-power machines for ubiquitous computing.

Develop new research areas in high performance computing guided by progress in FY 1994 and FY 1995 and by workshops. 		This activity is now incorporated into the activity described under Computing Systems.