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70 -- MULTIPLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA (MIMD) SCALABLE MASSIVELY PARALLEL PROCESSING (MPP) SYSTEM SOL N00014-95-R-ET03 POC Evelyn Taylor, Contract Specialist, Code 3240.ET, M. A. Carpenter, Contracting Officer, (202) 767-2983. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has a requirement for a Multiple Instruction Multiple Data (MIMD) system for continuation of innovative exploration, evaluation and use of massively parallel processor (MPP) technology for the solution of significant military relevant problems relating to the physical, computation and information sciences. A modest size MIMD system will complement the NRL Thinking Machines Corporation CM-5E platform and provide access to two (2) distinct parallel styles to rapidly prototype applications requiring both implicit and explicit specification of parallelism. This new system will be used in a ''network-centric'' environment to create and exploit multi-platform scalable software, to perform high speed networking, and to advance visualization and database management applications. The system must provide a message passing capability. A Pre-Proposal Conference is anticipated. NRL's requirement is for a balanced (compute-to-communications) MIMD system that provides a ''globally shared memory paradigm'' having at a minimum: 10 GFlops peak 64-bit performance, 8 GBytes main memory, 50 GBytes of secondary storage in the form of RAID technology, and appropriate external communications channel adapters to interconnect to NRL's distributed computing, visualization and AFS-based tertiary storage systems. Vendors shall be responsible for equipment installation and acceptance testing, provisioning of system software, and hardware and software maintenance to include optimization and reconfiguration as necessary by NRL to meet the research user community needs over the life of the contract. Anticipated delivery to be 150 days after date of contract. The estimated period of performance is three (3) years to provide for upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance options. Secret level security clearance required. Complete specifications are available as part of NRL Solicitation No. N00014-95-R-ET03, which is to be released unrestricted. Telephone requests for this solicitation will not be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. RFP will close 35 days after issuance. Send requests for N00014-95-R-ET03 to Contracting Officer, ATTN: Code 3240.ET, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, S. W., Washington, DC 20375-5326. Requests may be sent by FAX (202)-767-6197 or 5896. NRL Ref. No. ET03. (0111)

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