Increasing Standardization and Democratization to Drive Next Wave of Supercomputing

Dell-Powered Hyperion Cluster at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Aims to Be First Non-Proprietary Petascale Supercomputer

The Texas Advanced Computing Center's 'Stallion' Visualization Cluster Reaches 307 Million Pixels - Now the Highest Resolution Tiled Display for Open Science in the World

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The next era of supercomputing will be marked by increasing standardization and democratization of high-performance computing (HPC) technologies, accelerating the pace at which we are able to address the world's most serious issues, Dell CEO and Chairman Michael Dell told attendees at the SC08 conference today.

A live web cast, transcript, slides and other materials will be available at Dell.com/SC08.

The News:

    --  Dell, Intel and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced
        the availability of LLNL's Hyperion hyperscale computing environment.
        o The National Nuclear Security Administration's Advanced Simulation and
          Computing Program at LLNL expects Hyperion, created with a consortium
          of eight additional HPC industry leaders, to speed the development and
          reduce the cost of powerful HPC clusters vital to U.S. Department of
          Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration missions, from
          national and homeland security to energy, climate change, and other
          global challenges. Hyperion will also enhance U.S. competitiveness in
          HPC.

    --  The Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin
        announced that Dell is powering Stallion, the world's highest resolution
        tiled display for open science.
        o The new ACES Visualization Laboratory at The University of Texas at
          Austin will aid researchers in data-intensive fields by transforming
          information into logical, visual formats from which scientists can
          identify patterns, anomalies and relationships en route to critical
          discoveries. This capability is essential to efforts ranging from
          tracking hurricanes to studying diseases to understanding the origins
          of the universe.

Quotes:

Michael Dell - Chairman and CEO, Dell

    --  We're proud to power Hyperion, the world's largest standards-based test
        bed dedicated to enhancing the productivity of researchers worldwide.
    --  The acceleration of open, standards-based high-performance computing
        will continue - driven by Dell, our partners and customers.

Dr. Mark Seager, Head of Advanced Computing Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    --  Hyperion enables the development and scaling of critical Linux cluster
        technology that will make Linux clusters more affordable and much easier
        to use.
    --  The Hyperion SAN test bed will enable us to attack problems associated
        with deploying petascale simulations environments.
    --  This will allow us to apply more powerful computational resources to the
        broader set of Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security
        Administration missions we support, from national and homeland security
        to climate change and finding new energy sources.

Kelly Gaither, Associate Director for Data and Information Analysis, Texas Advanced Computing Center, the University of Texas

    --  Stallion will deliver unmatched capabilities in the Visualization Lab,
        helping scientists across many key disciplines.
    --  The clarity we are able to provide on the visualization wall will enable
        new breakthroughs in important research. We are currently working with
        scientists in disciplines ranging from disease to climate change.

Pat Gelsinger, senior vice president, Intel, and Digital Enterprise Group general manager

    --  We are delighted that LLNL has selected Intel Xeon processors, including
        our next-generation Nehalem microarchitecture based CPUs, as the
        foundation for their HPC computing engine.
    --  We are excited that this will be the world's first 1000-node
        supercomputer to be deployed usingIntel's Cluster Readyspecification,
        processes, and tools.

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