The High Performance Computing and Communications Program goals are to:
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Extend U. S. technological leadership in high performance computing and
computer communications;
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Provide wide dissemination and application of these technologies to speed
the pace of innovation and improve the national economic competitiveness,
national security, education, health care, and the environment; and
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Provide key enabling technologies for the National Information Infrastructure (NII) and demonstrate selected NII applications |
These goals are consistent with the goals of the CIC R&D programs, and will be realized by focusing the HPCC activities within each of the participating Federal agencies and coordinating those activities among the participants. Throughout the life of the Program, many important applications in government, academia, and industry have required far greater computing capability than was available at the time, and that remains true today. The HPCC Program will continue to accelerate the development of scalable computing systems that will have the capability (in terms of computational cycles) and capacity (in terms of memory and communication speed) to address more of these critical applications. It will also accelerate development of the supporting technologies, such as file storage systems, computing environments, and network communications required for effective use of these systems. The Administration's vision for a National Information Infrastructure (NII) makes unprecedented demands for network connectivity, capacity, database availability, information management, access security, and ease of use. The HPCC Program will continue to work with industry to create important elements of the technology base needed for a universally accessible NII and will use this technology to develop and demonstrate prototype National Challenge-class applications. All of these activities depend on inventing more cost-effective approaches to developing and maintaining scalable algorithms and software. Active support must be provided for developing a cadre of highly-trained professionals capable of using these modern computing systems and networks.
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