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Week Ending July 9, 2004

HR 4516 requiring the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research and development to advance high-end computing.

BRIEF

   The bill would direct the Sec. of Energy to implement a R&D program to advance high-end computing systems and to deploy them for advanced scientific and engineering applications and technology transfer to the private sector.

   The complicated data: The program functions would include research in ‘multiple architectures, which may include vector, reconfigurable logic, streaming, processor-in-memory, and multithreading architectures; and software development on optimal algorithms, programming environments, tools, languages, and operating systems for high-end computing systems, in collaboration with architecture development efforts.’

   The Secretary would also establish facilities to conduct advanced research called High-End Software Development Centers

Sponsor: Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL-13^th)

Vote:  Passed house by voice vote (July 7, 2004) 

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