Title:  1st Annual Project Summary

Author: Saul Amarel

Date:   September, 1994

Abstract: The broad objective of HPCD is to build on top of advances in 
massively parallel computing (hypercomputing), in AI, and in modeling/
simulation technology, and to develop a new generation of engineering 
automation technology that can bring about dramatic gains in productivity of
the national industrial base.  The top-level goal is to develop hypercomputing
methods for attaining order-of-magnitude speedups in the time required for
transition from an innovative design concept, or/and a scientific advance, to a
useful high-quality product.  The focus of the effort is on design of complex
engineering systems (such as computers, ships, jet engines), where the design
process is strongly dependent upon the use of knowledge from several scientific
disciplines.

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