The High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) is a program within the United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

 started in 1993 to modernize the U.S. military

Military of the United States

The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.The United States has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military...

's supercomputing

Supercomputer

A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling A supercomputer is a...

 infrastructure. It is under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary of Science and Technology, which is in turn under the direction of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering

Director of Defense Research and Engineering

The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering ASD is a senior official of the United States Department of Defense. The ASD and the office s/he heads are charged with the development and oversight of DoD technology strategy for the DoD. The ASD reports to the Under Secretary of...

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The Defense Research and Engineering Network

Defense Research and Engineering Network

The Defense Research and Engineering Network is the United States Department of Defense’s research and engineering computer network. It is a major component of the DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program...

—a high-speed national computer network for computational research, engineering, and testing—is a significant program within the HPCMP.

The director is Cray J. Henry .

Computers under evaluation for purchase by the HPCMP are evaluated and results reported in HABU equivalent

HABU equivalent

The HABU equivalent is a unit of measurement used by United States Department of Defense's High Performance Computing Modernization Program to evaluate the performance of large computers systems....

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External links

• High Performance Computing Modernization Program
• The High Performance Computing Modernization Program By Cray Henry, Susan Pfeiffer-Vega and Bill Gabor.