is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and 
inserting— 
(1) CO-DESIGN.—The term ‘‘co-design’’ means 
the joint development of application algorithms, 
models, and codes with computer technology archi-
tectures and operating systems to maximize effective 
use of high-end computing systems. 
(2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Energy. 
(3) EXASCALE.—The term ‘‘exascale’’ means 
computing system performance at or near 10 to the 
18th power floating point operations per second. 
(4) HIGH-END COMPUTING SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘high-end computing system’’ means a computing 
system with performance that substantially exceeds 
that of systems that are commonly available for ad-
vanced scientific and engineering applications. 
(5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(6) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ means any one of the seventeen 
laboratories owned by the Department. 
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(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Energy. 
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HIGH-END COMPUTING 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 3 of the Department of Energy High-End 
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5542) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘coordinated program across the De-
partment’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘vector’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘architectures’’ and in-
serting ‘‘computer technologies that show promise of 
substantial reductions in power requirements and 
substantial gains in parallelism of multicore proc-
essors, concurrency, memory and storage, band-
width, and reliability’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(d) EXASCALE COMPUTING PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a coordinated research program to develop one 
or more exascale computing systems to advance the 
missions of the Department. 
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‘‘(2) EXECUTION.—The Secretary shall through 
competitive merit review establish two or more Na-
tional Laboratory-industry partnerships to conduct 
integrated research, development, and engineering of 
one or more prototype exascale systems, and— 
‘‘(A) conduct mission-related co-design ac-
tivities in developing such prototype exascale 
platforms; and 
‘‘(B) develop those advancements in hard-
ware and software technology required to fully 
realize the potential of an exascale production 
system in addressing Department target appli-
cations and solving scientific problems involving 
predictive modeling and simulation and large- 
scale data analytics and management. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out this 
program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) provide, on a competitive, merit-re-
viewed basis, access for researchers in United 
States industry, institutions of higher edu-
cation, National Laboratories, and other Fed-
eral agencies to these exascale systems, as ap-
propriate; and 
‘‘(B) conduct outreach programs to in-
crease the readiness for the use of such plat-
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forms by domestic industries, including manu-
facturers. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) INTEGRATED
STRATEGY
AND
PRO-
GRAM
MANAGEMENT
PLAN.—The Secretary 
shall submit to Congress, not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of the Depart-
ment of Energy High-End Computing Act of 
2012, a report outlining an integrated strategy 
and program management plan, including tar-
get dates for prototypical and production 
exascale platforms, interim milestones to reach-
ing these targets, functional requirements, roles 
and responsibilities of National Laboratories 
and industry, acquisition strategy, and esti-
mated resources required, to achieve this 
exascale system capability. 
‘‘(B) STATUS REPORTS.—At the time of 
the budget submission of the Department for 
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to Congress that describes the status of 
milestones and costs in achieving the objectives 
of the exascale computing program.’’. 
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SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 4 of the Department of Energy High-End 
Computing Revitalization Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 5543) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 3(d)’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and 
inserting the following: 
(A) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 
(B) $195,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 
(C) $260,000,000 for fiscal year 2015. 
Æ 
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