ClearSpeed Technology Appoints COO Stephen McKinnon to Board of Directors.McKinnon to lead the build-out of acceleration technology solution offerings BRISTOL, England -- ClearSpeed Technology (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :CSD), the world leader in acceleration technology for high performance computing (HPC), today announced that chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. Stephen McKinnon has been appointed to ClearSpeed's Board of Directors. As the seventh member of the Board, McKinnon will join ClearSpeed CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Tom Beese, ClearSpeed CFO See Chief Financial Officer. Paul Webb, and non-executive directors David Sebire, John Hart, Shanker Trivedi, and Richard Farleigh. A seasoned veteran with over 25 years experience in the semiconductor industry, McKinnon joined ClearSpeed in August of 2006 to lead the global Sales, Applications, Marketing and Support (SAMS SAMS Scottish Association for Marine Science SAMS Space Acceleration Measurement System SAMS South American Missionary Society (of the Episcopal Church, Inc) SAMS School of Advanced Military Studies (US Army) ) organization which is the customer facing side of ClearSpeed. As head of SAMS, McKinnon leads the initiative to provide mature acceleration technology solutions for ClearSpeed's target markets. ClearSpeed acceleration is ideal for the most demanding applications for the Financial Services Industry, Government Labs, and University research institutions where the constraints of energy and facilities space are significant barriers to achieving maximum performance. Compatible with industry standard platforms and available in a standard PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). form factor, ClearSpeed's Advance[TM] accelerator boards deliver approximately four times the performance per watt of today's fastest industry standard processors. "ClearSpeed delivers unmatched energy-efficient performance for industry-standard HPC systems," said Stephen McKinnon, ClearSpeed's chief operating officer. "With acceleration technology now acknowledged as the next big thing in HPC architectures, it is exciting to be part of such a talented team that is driving ClearSpeed to further extend it's leadership position in this rapidly growing market." About ClearSpeed ClearSpeed Technology is a semiconductor company that develops massively parallel coprocessors and accelerator boards delivering unmatched performance per watt for high performance computing applications on industry standard systems. ClearSpeed has offices in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. and Bristol, UK and has 84 patents granted and pending. For more information, visit www.clearspeed.com. |
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