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5. The Role of Government in Supercomputing
Pages 28-30

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... Most notably, defense needs have often been the specific setting in which new technologies including supercomputing are first developed and applied. Even when commercial firms are purchasing or exploiting supercomputer technology, as in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, governments are often the largest single customer for the resulting innovations (e.g., through the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the United States or national health insurance programs in other countries)
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... NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS U.S. government users require assured, secure, and reliable access to supercomputing capabilities to ensure that critical national security requirements are met.
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... supercomputing industry at the technological cutting edge is vital for the security interests of the United States. In light of this imperative, there are several economic arguments that might justify continued government funding for supercomputing R&D rather than reliance on the marketplace alone.
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