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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF september 25,1995 PSA#1438

Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport Commercial Acquisition Department, Code 09, Building 11, Newport, RI 02841-5407

70 -- BBN TC/F10 PROCESSOR NODES, EXPANSION RACK AND PSOS REAL TIME SOFTWARE SOL N66604-95-R-H108 DUE 110695 POC Contact E.M. MEDEIROS Contracting Officer at (401) 841-2442 X282 FAX: (401) 841-4820 The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, anticipates a Firm Fixed Price (Supply) contract with Bolt, Beranek and Newman of Cambridge, MA, for the following: 0001 TC/F10 Processor Nodes, 13 each. 0002 Expansion Rack for item 0001, 1 each. 0003 pSOS Real Time Software for item 0002, 1 each. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS: As a minimum, Processor Nodes must be capable of: --Efficient use and reuse of globally shared memory between the processing and Input/Output elements. --PowerPC 604 microprocessor as its core with ability to execute four instructions per clock tick; ability to execute 320 million instructions per second (MIPS); 80Mhz clock speed; near term capability of upgrading 320 MIPS to 480 MIPS and ability to achieve 320 and 480 MFLOPS. --Expansion capability on the board for an additional 604 chip required to increase speed by 50% improvement per board. --Ability to achieve 720 MFLOPS per board. --Ability to concurrently move data through memory, work on data sets from other processors, move Input/Output through the machine, all without slowing down the computational ability. --Must be designed to support a second processor chip which can be plugged into the board when the OS, nX, is modified to support two processors/node. Nodes must support independent Input/Output. COMPATIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Must be compatible with existing Government equipment - BBN Parallel Processor TC2000. Must be compatible with existing Government source code. FOB Destination at NUWC Division, Newport. Delivery required 90 days after award. BBN is the developer and manufacturer of the TC2000 Parallel Processor (existing Govt. equipment) and there are no currently-available processor nodes or software that are 100% compatible with the existing TC2000. See Notes 12 and 22. (0264)

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