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Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are at the core of Air Force scientific priorities in air vehicle design. As part of an ambitious research program funded by the Air Force, NASA, and DOE, Accelogic is spearheading the development of LAPACKrc, a groundbreaking family of FPGA-based linear algebra solvers able to achieve speedups larger than 1,000x with a single chip. Once completed, LAPACKrc wi ...

An estimated 70% of supercomputing cycles worldwide are spent solving large-scale systems of linear equations. Sparse linear equations are at the core ¿ and constitute the primary bottleneck ¿ of important DOE research problems in energy fusion, accelerator simulations, and astrophysics, among other research challenges. The DOE has co-funded an ambitious research program to develop the LAPACKr ...

An estimated 70% of supercomputing cycles worldwide are dedicated to solving numerical linear algebra problems, and large-scale ¿least-squares¿ computational problems are an important subset of numerical linear algebra. Sca/LAPACKrc, a multimillion dollar program to develop FPGA-accelerated linear algebra software, already has demonstrated speedups larger than 100x per commodity processor for a ...

3 Sigma Research proposes an innovative concept for interfaces to ontology-based software that will facilitate development of multi-level security aiding tools and data to ensure information assurance.  A primary example of applying this technology would be a tool to assist with the automated creation of security classification guides.  The Ontology-based Security Classification Guide Investigat ...

The Space Network presents severe challenges that will not allow simple reliance on technology transfer from the general Internet. Rather, addressing the problems confronting the Space Network will require the integration of a wide range of developing technologies to support assured, robust communications in a highly dynamic environment. A Network Architecture supporting the vision of the Airborne ...

The U. S. Air Force has identified a need to develop innovative technologies which will enable overall miniaturization of micro air weapons (MAW) to allow such weapons to be sufficiently compact to accommodate diverse deployment scenarios.  Miniaturization of the weapon airframe necessarily requires that airframe components be miniaturized to provide adequate volume for mission payloads.  In par ...

The oscillating water column (OWC) is a candidate technology for the economical recovery of the projected 17.5 x 1012 kW-hr energy that is available from the world¿s oceans. While the relative dynamics between the OWC system and the incident water waves are mathematically understood, computational solutions have not been used to ¿tune¿ the OWC turbine-generator sub-systems to operate where the ...

Emerging missions such as deep strike as supported through the VAATE program are being designed to operate at high overall pressure ratios, high turbine temperatures, and for extended periods of time.  A low-cost test facility that can reproduce those conditions is required to test the combustor and turbine materials and thermal/environmental barrier coatings that will be needed to satisfy operat ...

This project will identify and screen refractory metal alloys and coating systems that would enable an innovative turbine airfoil concept to be used to increase the efficiency of the gas turbine engines used in Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plants. In Phase I, engine simulation tests will be conducted to identify which of two candidate material systems is more damage toleran ...

Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plants are attractive alternatives to current pulverized coal technologies in large-scale stationary applications. However, in order to meet target efficiencies greater than 50%, the inlet temperature may need to be raised to 1500ºC (2732 ºF) or higher. Therefore, this project will develop innovative cooling approaches for the hottest section ...