[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 133 (Thursday, November 18, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING REVITALIZATION ACT OF 2004

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                               speech of

                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 17, 2004

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 4516 
calling on the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program of research 
and development to advance high-end computing systems, and to develop 
and deploy high-end computing systems for advanced scientific and 
engineering applications.
  Federally-supported High End Computing and Computation (HECC) 
programs involve leading-edge research and development (R&D) in large, 
high performance computational systems, including hardware, software, 
architecture, and applications. HECC R&D extends the state of the art 
in computing systems, applications, and high end infrastructure to 
achieve the scientific, technical, and information management 
breakthroughs necessary to keep the U.S. in the forefront of the 21st 
century information technology (IT) revolution.
  Federal HECC research continues to pave the way for revolutionary 
advances in science, technology, and national security and has become 
an important tool in the design and development of military and 
commercial products ranging from submarines and aircraft to 
automobiles. HECC researchers develop computation-intensive algorithms 
and software to model and simulate complex physical, chemical, and 
biological systems; information-intensive science and engineering 
applications; management and use of huge, complex information bases; 
and advanced concepts in quantum, biological, and optical computing.
  This bill will help to further the Department of Energy's Leadership-
Class Computing (LCC) initiative to develop the world's fastest science 
research supercomputer and make it available to all users. This 
legislation, endorses the goals of the High End Computing and 
Computation Coordinating Group to ensure an efficient deployment of 
resources for advanced computing research at the Department of Energy 
and the other federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation, 
the Department of Defense, the Department of Commerce.
  Federal funding of high-risk research in high end computing systems 
over the past decades has helped to bring us the personal computers, 
networks, and cell-phone infrastructures that have helped to fuel U.S. 
economic growth. This newest initiative will help continue that trend.

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