STAR BRIDGE SYSTEMS & NASA IN JOINT AGREEMENT TO BENCHMARK HYPERCOMPUTERS.Utah-based Star Bridge Systems Inc. announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), (www.nasa.gov), Langley Research Center Langley Research Center (LaRC) Oldest of NASA's field centers, LaRC is located in Hampton, Virginia and directly borders Poquoson, Virginia and Langley Air Force Base. LaRC focuses primarily on aeronautical research, though the Lunar Lander was flight-tested at this facility and a , and Star Bridge Systems (www.starbridgesystems.com) have signed an agreement to jointly benchmark Star Bridge's technical high-performance supercomputers. Because of the speed of these new supercomputers, Star Bridge calls them Hypercomputers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company, they are the fastest supercomputers in the world and the first general-purpose reconfigurable computers. Under a Memorandum of Agreement A memorandum of agreement (MOA) or cooperative agreement is a document written between parties to cooperatively work together on an agreed upon project or meet an agreed upon objective. The purpose of an MOA is to have a written understanding of the agreement between parties. signed May 15, 2000, NASA and Star Bridge will furnish the resources necessary to jointly port NASA's General Purpose Problem Solver (GPS) algorithm to Star Bridge Systems' Implementation Independent Algorithm Description (language) ALgorithm DEScription - (ALDES) ["The Algorithm Description Language ALDES", R.G.K. Loos, SIGSAM Bull 14(1):15-39 (Jan 1976)]. Language (IIADL), which was created to run the company's Hypercomputers. These general-purpose Hypercomputers are a new breed of technical high-performance supercomputers using reconfigurable computing technology developed by the Star Bridge. Star Bridge is a leading pioneer in reconfigurable computing. The company's Hypercomputers use programmable chips to perform multiple general-purpose tasks very rapidly in a small amount of hardware. GPS is widely used in scientific applications, including structural analysis, electromagnetic and acoustics applications, because of its record speed and accuracy in solving equations. |
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