Federal Council on Science, Engineering and Technology: Committee on Computer Research and Applications, Subcommittee on Science and Engineering Computing: The US Supercomputer Industry

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:7245108

The Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology (FCCSET) Committee on Supercomputing was chartered by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in 1982 to examine the status of supercomputing in the United States and to recommend a role for the Federal Government in the development of this technology. In this study, the FCCSET Committee (now called the Subcommittee on Science and Engineering Computing of the FCCSET Committee on Computer Research and Applications) reports on the status of the supercomputer industry and addresses changes that have occured since issuance of the 1983 and 1985 reports. The review based upon periodic meetings with and site visits to supercomputer manufacturers and consultation with experts in high performance scientific computing. White papers have been contributed to this report by industry leaders and supercomputer experts.

• Research Organization: Office of Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7245108
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER-0362; ON: DE88011262
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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