15 U.S.C. § 5541
In this subchapter:
The term "Department" means the Department of Energy.
The term "exascale computing" means computing through the use of a computing machine that performs near or above 10 to the 18th power operations per second.
The term "high-end computing system" means a computing system with performance that substantially exceeds that of systems that are commonly available for advanced scientific and engineering applications.
The term "Leadership System" means a high-end computing system that is among the most advanced in the world in terms of performance in solving scientific and engineering problems.
The term "institution of higher education" has the meaning given the term in section 1001(a) of title 20.
The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Energy.
15 U.S.C. § 5541
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 108-423, 118 Stat. 2400, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5501 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATIONThis section was enacted as part of the American Super Computing Leadership Act of 2017 which comprises this subchapter, and not as part of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991 which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2018-Pars. (1) to (5). Pub. L. 115-246, §304(b)(2)(A), (B), formerly §304(a)(2)(A), (B), as renumbered by Pub. L. 117-167 added pars. (1) and (2), redesignated former pars. (2) to (4) as (3) to (5), respectively, and struck out former par. (1) which defined "Center". Former par. (5) redesignated (6). Par. (6). Pub. L. 115-246, §304(b)(2)(A), (C), formerly §304(a)(2)(A), (C), as renumbered by Pub. L. 117-167 redesignated par. (5) as (6) and struck out ",acting through the Director of the Office of Science of the Department of Energy" before period at end.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
SHORT TITLEThis subchapter known as the "American Super Computing Leadership Act of 2017", see Short Title note set out under section 5501 of this title.
- Director
- "Director" means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
- high-end computing
- "high-end computing" means the most advanced and capable computing systems, including their hardware, storage, networking and software, encompassing both massive computational capability and large-scale data analytics to solve computational problems of national importance that are beyond the capability of small- to medium-scale systems, including computing formerly known as high-performance computing;