EXPORT CONTROLS: System for Controlling Exports of High Performance Computing Is Ineffective

Abstract

Because high performance computing is an important enabling technology for military purposes, the U.S. government controls the export of high performance computers to sensitive destinations, such as Russia and China, based on foreign policy and national security concerns. A high performance computer 1 has both civilian and military applications,2 operates at or above a defined performance threshold, and requires an export license to particular destinations, according to the Commerce Department, the agency responsible for licensing dual-use items. U.S. policy with respect to the export of sensitive technology, including computers, is to seek a balance between the U.S. economic interest in promoting exports and its national security interests in both maintaining a military advantage over potential adversaries and denying the spread of technologies used in developing weapons of mass destruction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA387120

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Central Processing Units
  • Commerce
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • High Performance Computing
  • Information Systems
  • Materials Science
  • National Security
  • Operating Systems
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design