The Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program celebrates its 30th birthday in 2021. It was created to modernize the supercomputer capability of Department of Defense laboratories and test centers and continues to excel in that mission, providing hardware, software, networks and domain expertise. We describe the Program, the environment in which it was created, the people who helped bring it into existence, and future directions.
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