HP Unveils World's Fastest Blade Solution for High-Performance Computing.DRESDEN, Germany -- HP (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today introduced the fastest blade system solution for high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. , which will be on display at this week's International Supercomputing Conference. The HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure features the world's fastest midplane at 5 terabytes per second of aggregate throughput and the first midplane to support 4X DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory InfiniBand(R), the industry's fastest blade server A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing or rack mounted, the chassis provides the power supply, and each blade has its own CPU, memory and interconnect, which delivers up to 20 gigabytes per second bandwidth in each direction. Two members of the HP BladeSystem Solution Builder program, Mellanox and Voltaire, collaborated with HP to produce the interconnect solution. The 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. BladeSystem c-Class also offers increased processor and node support, more efficient energy usage and increased cooling capabilities. The c-Class offerings, introduced by HP on June 14, are supported in the HP Unified Cluster Portfolio, a comprehensive, modular package of hardware, software and services for high-performance computing (HPC). The portfolio's HP Cluster Platform 3000BL and 4000BL will integrate the HP BladeSystem c-Class into HPC-optimized configurations, with a choice of factory-installed cluster software to enable rapid and easy deployment. "Blade server adoption will continue to accelerate over the next several years, fueled by higher performance and greater flexibility at lower costs," said Winston Prather, vice president and general manager, High Performance Computing Division, HP. "These blade server capabilities form the cornerstone of an adaptive infrastructure strategy that will provide high-performance computing customers substantial performance headroom to meet future compute demands." HP's fully supported and highly scalable XC Cluster Software will be available for the HP BladeSystem c-Class server blades, as will a choice of cluster management products available through the open source community and HP partners. XC is a Linux-based production environment for HPC clusters that efficiently manages the most complex and critical high-performance computing workloads. For the first quarter of 2006, research firm IDC reported that HP was the worldwide HPC revenue leader with more than 33 percent of overall market share. HP holds the lead in revenue share for technical computer systems priced at less than $250,000 with a 29 percent share, as well as the top position in the divisional market with 35 percent. HP also maintains a 57 percent revenue share for enterprise systems.(1) Support for Windows Compute Cluster Server See Microsoft Cluster Server. 2003 for cluster platforms HP reaffirmed its support of Windows(R) Compute Cluster Server 2003, released by Microsoft earlier this month. With the addition of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 to HP's Unified Cluster Portfolio, HP will offer customers HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. 11i, Windows and Linux to meet their HPC operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. requirements. The HP Message Passing Interface (communications, protocol) Message Passing Interface - A de facto standard for communication among the nodes running a parallel program on a distributed memory system. MPI is a library of routines that can be called from Fortran and programs. , a leading implementation of the MPI MPI - Message Passing Interface standard and critical for running and porting parallel applications, will be ported to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. In addition, HP and Microsoft are working with software vendors to port and optimize x86 processor-based, 64-bit applications to Windows Computer Cluster A computer cluster is a group of tightly coupled computers that work together closely so that in many respects they can be viewed as though they are a single computer. The components of a cluster are commonly, but not always, connected to each other through fast local area Server 2003. More information about the HP BladeSystem c-Class and other high-performance computing solutions is available at www.hp.com/go/hpcbladespr. Pricing and availability The HP BladeSystem c-Class is expected to be available in the HP Cluster Platform 3000BL configuration in August. Support of the 4X DDR InfiniBand option is expected to be available in the HP Cluster Platform 3000BL and 4000BL configurations in the fall. The HP BladeSystem c-Class portfolio supports dual-core processor technologies from Intel and AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. . The BladeSystem offers a broad choice of two- to four-processor server blades and forthcoming integrated storage blades, as well as support for Linux and Windows. Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 is expected to be available on HP Cluster Platforms in the second half of the year. About HP HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2006, HP revenue totaled $88.9 billion. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com. Note to editors: HP news releases are available via RSS feed Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. at www.hp.com/hpinfo/rss.html. (1) IDC, Worldwide Technical Server Qview Q1 2006, May 26, 2006. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. 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