High Performance Computers and Export Control Policy: Issues for Congress

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Congress has a strong interest in export control policy with regard to technologies that may have both commercial and military applications outside of the United States. Through its constitutionally delegated authority to regulate foreign commerce, Congress has the authority to control exports for national security or foreign policy purposes. This report examines congressional interest in the exportation of High Performance Computers, which are either single computing machines (usually called supercomputers) or a cluster of easily available, high-end workstations or personal computers.

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McLoughlin, Glenn J. & Fergusson, Ian F. January 25, 2006.

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Congress has a strong interest in export control policy with regard to
technologies that may have both commercial and military applications outside of the
United States. Through its constitutionally delegated authority to regulate foreign
commerce, Congress has the authority to control exports for national security or
foreign policy purposes. This report examines congressional interest in the exportation of High Performance Computers, which are either single computing machines (usually called supercomputers) or a cluster of easily available, high-end workstations or personal computers.

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McLoughlin, Glenn J. & Fergusson, Ian F. High Performance Computers and Export Control Policy: Issues for Congress, report, January 25, 2006; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs8353/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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