For more than 30 years, the U.S. High Performance Computing Plan has successively experienced the evolution of the High Performance Computing and Communications Program, the Network and Information Technology R&D Program, and the National Strategic Computing Initiative. The article analyzes its evolution logic, interrelationship, and management mechanism, and summarizes the characteristics of the plan: The cross-department collaboration and extensive government-industryuniversity-research cooperation. In view of the problems existing in the construction of China's computing power, the U. S. experience can provide several enlightments: Formulating a strategic plan to strengthen the R&D of computing power technology; enhancing the unified leadership, organization and management of the central government; ensuring the balanced development of different parts of computing power; and establishing extensive partnerships to promote the computing ecosystem.

computing power  /  computing plan  /  computing ecosystem  /  management mechanism