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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious what people think of MITRE's investment in a supercomputer.  The non-DoD side has been investing heavily in advancing technologies/partnerships that move MITRE into highly technical advanced work.  But so far big price tags and limited ROI.  Is there a path forward?  [/quote]

This is a risky bet since the lifespan of GPUs is around 2 years before they become obsolete.[/quote]MITRE negotiated for/committed to the supercomputer during the Biden Admin. The MITRE system isn't particularly high end, though obviously a significant investment.  It was perhaps a reasonable investment given a then/then expected semi-rational Federal Government and a MITRE annual research budget of about $100M per year.  Given semi-rational isn't what we've ended up with, it's hard to imagine how it'll pay off.[/quote]

The Federal Government has an entire HPC ecosystem with shared supercomputers at various locations.  Certainly, the Federal Government does not need to buy computer time from MITRE.  Not sure what the revenue model might be.[/quote]

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