Sun Microsystems awarded $50m Department of Defense contract to develop high productivity computing system; Sun Microsystems laboratories to lead highly innovative project.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 July 2003-Sun Microsystems: Sun Microsystems awarded $50m Department of Defense contract to develop high productivity computing system; Sun Microsystems laboratories to lead highly innovative project(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07082003 SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Sun Microsystems, Inc.

today announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in conjunction with the Department of Interior, has awarded funding for a 36-month effort to Sun Microsystems worth nearly $50 million for Phase II of the High Productivity Computing Systems (HPCS) Program. Phase II of the project focuses on research and development that will produce a prototype design for an innovative high performance computing system that is also capable of...