RAPID DATABASE SEARCH

LARGE QUANTITIES OF INFORMATION MUST BE STORED, RETRIEVED AND SEARCHED IN VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. NO COMBINATION OF STANDARD PC HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE CAN PROVIDE THE RESPONSE REQUIRED WHEN ACCESSING LARGE DATABASES. ONLY AN INNOVATIVE COMBINATION OF NEW HARDWARE, LANGUAGES AND PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS WILL BE ABLE TO COPE WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS IN REAL-TIME. THE MAIN TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DELIVER, IN PHASE I, A PC-BASED MICROCOMPUTER CAPABLE OF RETRIEVING AND SEARCHES THE GOVERNMENT FURNISHED DATABASE AT A SUSTAINED RATE OF 1 MB PER SECOND. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A CONVENIENT "USER INTERFACE," USING STANDARD COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SOFTWARE PACKAGES WHEREVER POSSIBLE. THE DELIVERED SYSTEM WILL CONTAIN SOFTWARE WHICH WILL NOT ONLY ACCESS THE FURNISHED DATABASE, BUT WILL BE GENERAL PURPOSE IN NATURE.