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Graphics
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Networking
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NSA, NIST
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Fundamentally new & effective ways to communicate
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The Internet, a worldwide network
of networks that today interconnects more than four million computers
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Gigabit-speed networking
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NSA, NIST
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Cost-effective multimedia (integrated data, voice, & video)
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World host-to-host speed record
of 0.8 gigabits (billions of bits per second) (almost 1,000 times faster than 1992 record)
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Wireless networks
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NSA, NIST
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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High-speed connectivity to distant or isolated locations
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Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
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Scalable parallel computing systems
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NSA, NIST
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Fast, cost-effective parallel computing
More realistic mathematical modeling of physical phenomena
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World speed record of 281 gigaflops
(billions of floating point operations per second) on linear algebra benchmarks in 1995
(compared with 1 gigaflop in 1992)
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Networked heterogeneous computing
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NSA
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Efficient use of the most appropriate computing resources available
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Scalable parallel computing using
networked workstations
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Parallel software
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NIH, NSA, NIST, NOAA, EPA
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Easier programming of parallel systems
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National HPCC Software Exchange,
a repository for algorithms, languages, applications, & tools
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Scientific visualization
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NIH, NIST, EPA
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Easy & fast understanding of large numerical data sets
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Interactive 3-D display of severe storm simulations
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Virtual reality
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NIH
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Interactive sight/sound/touch immersion in simulated environments
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CAVEs - room-size virtual
environments used for applications such as molecular biology simulations & product design
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Internet access technologies
DARPA, NSF, NASA
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Tools to access & search vast information repositories easily
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The public-domain NCSA Mosaic &
many commercial browsers
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Digital library technologies
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NIH, NSA, NIST, NOAA, EPA
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Easy use of growing collections of information by the U.S. research
& education communities, work force, & general public
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New technologies for the management & interactive use of very
large & interoperable libraries
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Security & privacy
DARPA, NSF, NASA, DOE, NSA, NIST
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Feasibility of secure applications in medicine, finance, & industry
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Increasingly secure computing systems, networks, software, & information
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Electronic commerce
DARPA, NSF, NIST
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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More efficient & cost-effective business transactions
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Electronic bidding, ordering, & payments
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Human/Machine interfaces
DARPA, NSF, NASA, NIST, ED
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National Benefits
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HPCC Examples
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Broader base of information developers, providers, & users
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Technologies for recognizing spoken natural language & for recognizing
handwriting
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