By Diane Crawford
Communications of the ACM,
November 1991,
Vol. 34 No. 11, Pages 25-28
10.1145/125490.125512
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Competition, a concept nary whispered in pure science circles, might just have been the catalyst that finally drove the High Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC) policy over the Hill. It has taken many years, and countless government studies, to help legislators even comprehend and appreciate the potential of high-performance computing technology in the U.S. But toss in the competitive angle, and the story needs little translation.
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