An Examination of High-Performance Computing Export Control Policy in the 1990s
Publisher: Institute of Electrical & Electronics Enginee
Published: July 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780818674594
Subjects: Data capture & analysis; International trade; Electronic Data Processing; Export Trade; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Science/Mathematics; Exports & Imports; General; International - General; Export controls; Federal High Performance Compu; High performance computing; United States
Description: Reports on the results of a recent study of the U.S.-Japanese special export control regime for high-performance computers. This briefing reviews the history and purpose of this regime and establishes a framework for analysis. This framework can be used to test the basic premises on which the control regime rests and to suggest viable control thresholds.

The briefing reviews the necessity of high-performance computers in U.S. government national security applications. It suggests the levels of export control that are possible for such systems, and discusses the desirability and feasibility of maintaining such controls. It also identifies the near- and intermediate-term problems that may erode the viability of the basic premises underlying high-performance computer export controls.