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Superconducting Technology Assessment (NSA, Office of Corporate Assessments)

Published by NCO NITRD | Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, Executive Office of the President | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2005-08-01
The government, and particularly NSA, has a continuing need for ever-increasing computational power. The Agency is concerned about projected limitations of conventional silicon-based technology and is searching for possible alternatives to meet its future mission-critical computational needs. This document presents the results of a Technology Assessment, chartered by the Director of NSA, to assess the readiness of ultra-high-speed superconductive SC Rapid Single Flux Quantum RSFQ circuit technology for application to very-high-performance petaflops-scale computing systems...

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