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IARPA- Future Computer Systems (FCS) RFI

October 22nd, 2018 / in Announcements, research horizons, Research News / by Helen Wright

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) is seeking information on research efforts in the area of innovative, new computer hardware and software architectures with intelligent computer environments. This request for information (RFI) is issued solely for information gathering and planning purposes; it does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals.

Over the past 60 years, computers have become orders-of-magnitude faster and both more complex and more diverse, but the computational model (i.e., the model for how algorithms/computations are executed) has not substantially changed. Consequently, the demands on users for system expertise have escalated to prohibitive levels. Future computing systems (FCS) should be a revolutionary class of advanced computers with both a new highly-capable architecture and an intelligent computational environment that “understands” its own state (as well as natural input commands), learns new concepts (which are then codified into knowledge), and uses this knowledge to skillfully deliver directed goals.

IARPA seeks responses that answer any or all of the following questions:

  1. Is it possible to develop a computer system that provides the above-described features of FCS within the next 20 years? Specifically, what is the design of the system capability, “understanding”; what is the computational model for FCS; and what hardware and software innovations are required to achieve the FCS challenges? What are the barriers that must be overcome?
  2. What is the time frame for the development of an FCS and what is the timeline for its development? The timeline should include a reasonable R&D path for the development of an FCS that leads to the required hardware and software technologies.
  3. What are the approximate power and environmental specifications for the FCS?
  4. What proxy applications, benchmarks and metrics can be used to drive the development of the FCS?

Responses to this RFI are due no later than 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 14, 2018.  See the RFI for more information.

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