THE WIZBAND CHIP: APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR WEAPONS EFFECTS ASSESSMENTS

A STUDY AND HARDWARE PROTOTYPE IS PROPOSED TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS, IF ANY, THAT MAY BE REALIZED IN COMPUTER RESOURCES EXPENDED IN RUNNING COMPUTER CODES STANDARD WITHIN DOD USING ASICS. THE STUDY WILL INCLUDE A HARDWARE PROTOTYPE OF A SPECIFIC WEAPONS EFFECTS CODE. REPRESENTATIVE METHODS OF AN EXISTING AERIAL TARGET VULNERABILITY MODEL WILL BE TESTED IN HARDWARE AND COMPARED TO SOFTWARE BENCHMARKS ON EXISTING COMPUTERS. A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF A MATURE FORTRAN CODE IMPLEMENTED IN HARDWARE WILL BE TESTED IN A BREADBOARD IN PHASE I. THE WIZBAND CODE OF THE USAF SHAZAM ENDGAME MODEL IS OFFERED AS THE PROTOTYPE EXAMPLE.