Advanced Computer Technology for Novel Information Processing Paradigms

Advanced computer technologies for novel information processing paradigms to be applied to command and control systems of the next decades are presented in this paper. The Advanced Computing Technology Branch (IFTC) within the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Information Directorate is exploring and developing many technological avenues to incorporate novel information processing capabilities that address future command and control (C2) systems requirements. The research and development process includes but is not limited to participation in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) research programs, and utilization of United States Air Force funded research and development activity especially in-house research programs. The authors provide a snapshot of computer technologies that the military aerospace community will see in future information systems. These systems include near term technologies composed of hybrid hardware/software computing architectures incorporating Processor In Memory (PIM) into conventional computers, architectures that are capable of dynamically morphing their hardware and software when required, and high productivity computing systems. Far term systems will include biomolecular and quantum computing architectures that incorporate data storage and processing mechanisms with density, power, and speed performances far beyond state-of-the-art silicon technologies. Pursuit of the technologies presented in this paper permits researchers to explore computer architectures with greater capacity and sophistication for addressing dynamic mission objectives under constraints imposed by Command, Control, Communication and Computer (C4), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and strike systems in order to establish, maintain, and exploit information superiority.

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