ASC Program Elements
Advanced Systems
This Level 4 product provides advanced architectures and problem-optimized systems in response to program need. The scope of this product includes strategic planning, research, development, procurement, testing, integration and deployment, as well as industrial and academic collaborations. Projects and technologies include strategic planning, performance modeling, benchmarking, and procurement and integration coordination. This product also provides market research, and the investigation of advanced architectural concepts and hardware (including node interconnects and machine area networks) via prototype development, deployment and testbed activities). Also included in this product are cost-effective computers designed to achieve extreme speeds in addressing specific, stockpile-relevant issues through development of enhanced performance codes especially suited to run on the systems.