Performance Technologies and SUNY Buffalo Partner on a Fault Tolerant Supercomputer.Business/Technology Editors ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 Center for Computational Research Uses PTI's Fault Tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. Capabilities For Its Sun Workstation Cluster Performance Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : PTIX) today announced it has provided three of its Nebula nebula (nĕb`y  lə) [Lat.,=mist], in astronomy, observed manifestation of a collection of highly rarefied gas and dust in interstellar space. 8000 Fault Tolerant Ethernet Switching Systems to the Center for Computational Research at SUNY SUNY - State University of New York Buffalo. The PTI PTI - Portable Tool Interface equipment is designed to support continuous operation of the University's cluster of 64 Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. Ultra(TM) 5 workstations, thereby elevating this collection of workstations to fault tolerant "supercomputer" status. "We greatly appreciate the generosity extended to us by Performance Technologies," said Dr. Russ Miller, CCR 1. CCR - condition code register. 2. CCR - (Database) concurrency control and recovery. director and professor of computer science at SUNY Buffalo. "The Nebula 8000 Fault Tolerant Ethernet Switches offer higher performance and greater reliability in our application. Additionally, our relationship with Rochester-based PTI serves to strengthen our collective interest in promoting "Made in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of " products." Said Donald Turrell, president and 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. of Performance Technologies, "The supercomputer application developed by SUNY's Center for Computational Research plays a valuable role in contributing to the overall curriculum at the University. As a technology driven company, we are keenly aware of the importance these systems play in preparing today's students for tomorrow's workplace. We appreciate the opportunity to work with the faculty at CCR in this valuable endeavor." The supercomputing network at SUNY Buffalo is the end result of a research collaboration launched in June 1999 between the University and Sun Microsystems to develop a network of high performance workstations that will deliver the power of a supercomputer at a reduced cost. The system configuration consists of 64 Sun Ultra 5 333MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. workstations running Beowulf/Linux, a software operating system designed to meld the workstations into a single resource. From a performance standpoint, this type of integration approaches the acknowledged power of today's general-purpose supercomputers, but at a fraction of the cost of the bigger machines. "Since its inception, Sun has been a strong supporter of the open source community, and this is one example of the kind of collaboration Sun has with the academic community," said Kim Jones, vice president, global education and research, Sun Microsystems. "We're excited about what the project means in terms of advancing the science of computation for both students and researchers." Working with Sun Microsystems on this project is a continuation of a long-standing relationship Performance Technologies has enjoyed with this leader in networked technology. As a recognized OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and supplier to Sun, PTI continues to provide a variety of high-speed synch/serial Wide Area Networking adapters and protocol software solutions for Sun's high performance platforms. Performance Technologies' Nebula 8000 is the industry's first truly fault tolerant Fast Ethernet enterprise switch for building highly resilient networks. Where fault tolerance was once seen only in high-end backbone networks - out of the reach of most LANs - the 32 port Nebula 8000 enables organizations who depend on network reliability to gain all the benefits and safeguards of fault tolerance at a cost far lower than building and running redundant systems. About Performance Technologies, Inc. Performance Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or , designs, manufactures and markets a wide variety of high performance telecommunications solutions. PTI is recognized by major OEMs and system integrators in the telecommunications industry as a leading source of high performance, IP telephony networking solutions for a wide variety of applications. The Company targets opportunities in the exploding Internet-driven telecommunications marketplace, supported by its PTI Canadian subsidiary, MicroLegend Telecom Systems, an innovator and developer of advanced Signaling System 7 (SS7) telecommunications gateway products. MicroLegend is the leading global internetworking provider of SS7 signaling gateways for major telecommunications carriers and "next-generation" service providers. PTI is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. (NASDAQ: PTIX). Visit PTI's Web site at www.pt.com. For additional information on PTI Canada, please visit MicroLegend's Web site at www.microlegend.com. The State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Buffalo The University at Buffalo is New York's premier public center for graduate and professional education and the state's largest and most comprehensive public university. As the only public member in New York and New England of the prestigious Association of American Universities The Association of American Universities (AAU) is an organization of leading research universities devoted to maintaining a strong system of academic research and education. , the University at Buffalo stands in the first rank among the nation's research-intensive public universities. The university was a private institution from 1846 until 1962; during that time, 11 of its 12 professional schools were founded. After merging with the State University of New York in 1962, the already mature University at Buffalo was a direct beneficiary of New York's aggressive investment in public higher education and grew in size and ambition at a remarkable pace. This private-public heritage has endowed the University at Buffalo with a special character. The professional schools at the University at Buffalo share an unusually research-intensive orientation with their counter-part faculties in the arts and sciences, and together have established an outstanding record of research, scholarship, and creative activity. Note to Editors: Nebula is a trademark of Performance Technologies, Inc. Sun, the Sun logo and Sun Microsystems are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. |
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