Absoft Announces Software Development Kit Solutions for IBM(R) Grid and Grow(TM) Including Software Products from Intel Corporation.BOSTON -- Absoft's High Performance Computing Software Development Kits and IBM's Grid and Grow Allow Developers to Achieve Maximum Productivity Absoft Corporation today announced a powerful new software developers kit designed to make it easier for companies of all sizes to build and deploy affordable and efficient Grid computing grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high availability by employing multiple computers—typically personal IT operations. Introduced at the inaugural GridWorld(TM) Conference in Boston, the Absoft High-Performance Computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. Software Development Kit (HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ) has been specifically designed to work with the recently announced IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Grid and Grow(TM) hardware and services offering. The HPC SDK's preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. software is the result of close collaboration between Absoft and IBM and includes key contributions of software development tools from Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking , helping to ensure maximum performance on both IBM POWER POWER is a RISC instruction set architecture designed by IBM. The name is a backronym for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC. (R) and Intel Xeon(R)-based systems running Linux. Absoft is a leading provider of high-performance software development tools. "The combination of IBM Grid and Grow with the HPC Software Development Kits is one of the most exciting offerings for software developers in this century. The range of innovative applications and productivity improvements for software development is virtually unlimited with IBM Grid and Grow coupled with the Absoft SDKs," said Absoft executive vice president Jeff Livesay. "This new product combination can enable rapid new advances in virtually every scientific and commercial field of endeavor, unleashing the full capabilities of software developers and broad new classes of applications, products, and efficiencies." Absoft's HPC SDKs for 64-bit Intel(R) Xeon(TM) and IBM POWER(TM) processor-based systems running Linux allow developers to easily compile, run, debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. , and optimize high performance software applications. The Absoft HPC SDK is a complete solution that includes some of the industry's leading software tools optimized for 64-bit extensions and is preconfigured for easy installation. HPC SDKs for IBM Grid and Grow configurations start at $4999. Government, academic, and volume discounts are available. "The combination of IBM's Grid and Grow hardware and Absoft's HPC SDK software provides developers the most cost effective way to manage the complex resources of distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. and perform multi-task development processes too complex for a single computer to handle efficiently," said Ken King, vice president of Grid computing, IBM Systems and Technology Group. "As more computing resources are added to the Grid, developers can transparently add more computing power." IBM Grid and Grow is a powerful solution designed to help organizations get started quickly with affordable Grid computing. Built using the industry-leading IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. BladeCenter platform, Grid and Grow utilizes an open, robust, and scalable architecture that adjusts to a client's needs, allowing customers to expand to larger, more powerful Grid implementations as required. Grid and Grow configurations are available with 64-bit Intel(R) Xeon(TM) and IBM POWER(TM) processors running Linux. Configurations begin with 7 blades starting at $49,000. IBM's Grid and Grow and Absoft's HPC SDKs together open the door to maximum productivity for a wide range of development scenarios, including: --Individual developers using personal supercomputers - multi-tasking developers can easily manage distributed development This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * Very few or no other articles link to this one. system resources (1) In a computer system, system resources are the components that provide its inherent capabilities and contribute to its overall performance. System memory, cache memory, hard disk space, IRQs and DMA channels are examples. with multiple environments, builds, and runs at the same time. --Development teams using project supercomputers - provides a shared resource for a team of developers or testers to develop using multiple environments while minimizing reboots and reinstalls. --Developers using clusters - use the pre-built MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface libraries to achieve maximum FLOPS across the full grid, and easily span grids or clusters of clusters. --Dedicated testing using clusters - dramatically shorten the product test cycle using a dedicated grid or cluster for testing, with each processor running a separate test suite. Intel Corporation, contributor to elements of IBM's Grid and Grow offering, is providing education through Intel's business partner channel, solution blueprints, and joint customer engagements. Intel recently added Absoft as a distributor for their complete line of software products which is now available through more than 200 Absoft resellers. Fully optimized for implementation in environments such as Grid computing, every Absoft HPC SDK includes top-performing Fortran and C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ compilers from IBM, Intel, and Absoft, along with debuggers, math libraries, pre-built message passing (MPI) libraries, and other development tools. Also included are a comprehensive set of example HPC programs to help new users quickly learn how to take full advantage of MPI for cluster programming and the HPC SDK features. The Absoft HPC SDK has been optimized to work with Altair Engineering's PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, Professional, an industry leading workload management solution for IBM's Grid and Grow offering. "The combination of the Absoft HPC SDK application development tools with Altair's PBS Professional workload manager gives customers a best of breed solution that maximizes application performance and resource utilization, allowing customers to realize the full benefit from their IBM Grid and Grow solution," said Michael Humphrey, vice president of Altair Engineering's enterprise computing business unit. The HPC SDK from Absoft is the only commercially available SDK that combines tools from multiple vendors to provide customers with a true best-of-class solution. With just three easy mouse clicks, customers can install and begin using the HPC SDK to take advantage of their existing hardware and software investments. Absoft Corporation is the single point of contact, simplifying all pre-sale, post-sale and technical support issues related to the HPC SDK. For more information on Absoft's HPC SDK solutions, please visit: http://www.absoft.com/Products/Clusters/hpcsdk.html. For more information about IBM's Grid and Grow, please visit ibm.com/grid. For more information on Altair, please visit www.altair.com About Absoft Corporation Celebrating 25 years of profitably offering software solutions, Absoft Corporation (Rochester Hills, Michigan Rochester Hills is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,825. The City of Rochester in bounded on the north, south, and west by Rochester Hills. Rochester College is located in Rochester Hills. ) is a recognized leader in creation of software development tools. Absoft introduced the first commercial 32-bit Fortran compilers for Macintosh, Windows-NT, Linux, and High Performance Computing (HPC) environments, and leads the industry with the recently announced HPC Software Development Kit. Absoft products are distributed worldwide. For more information, please contact Jeff Livesay at (248) 853-0050 or jal@absoft.com or visit www.absoft.com. Trademarks Absoft(R) is a trademark of Absoft, Corporation. All rights reserved. All other company/product names and service marks may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Absoft Corporation reserves the right to change the specifications, functions, or features, at any time, without notice. |
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