Economic Models Linking HPC and ROI

ROI Study: Latest Results

These are the latest results of the ROI study that measures how HPC investments are related to improved economic success and increased scientific innovation.

ROI Pilot Study Overview

These are the results of the pilot study that describes how HPC investments are related to improved economic success and increased scientific innovation.

The study included creating two unique models:

  1. A macroeconomic model which depicts how HPC investments result in economic advancements in the form of ROI, growth and jobs.
  2. An “Innovation Index” that measures and compares innovation levels, based on the level of applying HPC computing resources towards scientific and technical advancement.

HPC User Forum thanks DOE for its insights, guidance and funding of this research project.

This study is based upon work funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, and the National Nuclear Security Administration, under award number DE-SC0008540.