High-Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS)
Abstract
U) The ongoing High-Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) program will enable nuclear stockpile stewardship, weapons design, crypto-analysis, weather prediction, and other large-scale problems that cannot be addressed productively with today’s computers. The goal of this multi-agency program is to develop revolutionary, flexible and well-balanced computer architectures that will deliver high performance with significantly improved productivity for a broad spectrum of applications. Additionally, programming such large systems will be made easier so programmers and scientists with minimal computer skills can harness the power of high-performance computers. The HPCS program will create a new generation of economically viable, high-productivity computing systems for the national security and industrial user communities. (U) In November 2006, the HPCS program moved into the third and final phase, with a down-select from three vendors to two. In Phase III of the HPCS program, the two remaining vendors will complete the designs and technical development of very large (petascale) productive supercomputers, with demonstration of prototype systems in 2010-2012. DARPA funding is sufficient to cover the contractual requirements of one of the two selected vendors. NSA and DOE, partners with DARPA in this program, are providing funding to maintain a second vendor in the program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 16802f01b05de52bc4231d716bea937b