NVIDIA will build the world's most powerful computer for the US military

Today on the Web there was information that the US Department of Defense has signed a $ 25 million contract with NVIDIA. The contract provides for the company to create a super-powerful supercomputer, which is at least 1000 times faster than the current "giants of thought" of computer technology. Interestingly, the contract is valid for four years, so NVIDIA has a lot of time.

The US Department of Defense is going to overcome the "crisis" in computer technology, which, according to the military, is that for a rather long time there has been a very slow growth rate in the computing power of modern computers, including those that can be called "super computers. ”

The development team also includes representatives from Cray Inc., Oak Ridge National Laboratory and six major US universities. It is this team that will work to overcome the limitations in increasing the computing power of computers. Now scientists believe that it is necessary to look for other ways to enhance computers, the current architecture has exhausted itself almost completely. Researchers are going to create a fundamentally new hardware and software to increase computer performance, as well as increase the reliability of computer technology.

“The DARPA UHPC program aims to overcome the key limitations of computer technology to ensure the future of high-performance computers. We are pleased to work with this team and we believe that the areas we have chosen will lead to a radical improvement in computer performance in the coming decade, ”commented Steve Scott, one of the leaders of Cray Inc.

Interestingly, in addition to the team led by NVIDIA, the US Department of Defense signed contracts with three other teams.

In general, the guys from the Ministry of Defense came up with a good idea - to hire several teams at once, which will conduct parallel work over the next several years to find ways to increase computer performance. If one team fails, there are three others left. And if everyone succeeds, we kill four birds with one stone at once. It remains to wish that there is no situation where no one can cope. But this is unlikely, with such and such opportunities ...

Here is the official press release .