SilverStorm Technologies Announces Support for Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003.KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa. -- SilverStorm Technologies Partnering with Microsoft for Market Introduction of InfiniBand Interconnect Solutions for High Performance Cluster Networking SilverStorm Technologies, the leader in high performance interconnect solutions for clustered computing, today announced it has been working with Microsoft and select early adopter customers during beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the of Windows Compute Cluster Server See Microsoft Cluster Server. 2003. With support for InfiniBand interconnect drivers, Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 can offer mainstream commercial customers the same benefits of greater performance, lower latency and one wire interconnect that large cluster InfiniBand networks have enjoyed. SilverStorm Technologies also is powering leading high performance computing applications, such as Landmark Graphics Nexus, which will run on Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. SilverStorm's InfiniBand equipment will be used at the Supercomputing 2005 trade show November 14-17, 2005, in Seattle during Microsoft's live keynote demonstrations of Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 beta 2. As an active member of the Open InfiniBand (OpenIB) Alliance, SilverStorm spearheaded Windows OpenIB development, contributing significantly to the code. SilverStorm will participate in the first multi-vendor interoperability test of InfiniBand at the Supercomputing 2005 trade show. "SilverStorm is excited to be working with Microsoft to deliver high performance computing solutions for mainstream markets," said Reini Florin, vice president of marketing, SilverStorm Technologies. "By working with Microsoft, SilverStorm can provide mainstream markets the same benefits large cluster networks enjoy today -- high quality, reliable, scalable solutions combined with unparalleled service." The SilverStorm family of products includes the industry's most scalable InfiniBand switching solution providing users the highest port density available in a single chassis. SilverStorm provides a low latency Low latency allows human-unnoticeable delays between an input being processed and the corresponding output providing real time characteristics. This can be especially important for internet connections utilizing services such as online gaming and VOIP - VOIP is not as important as , multi-protocol interconnect fabric that supports cluster inter-process communication (programming, operating system) Inter-process Communication - (IPC) Exchange of data between one process and another, either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request. as well as virtual storage and networking I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output access. Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 is Microsoft's official entry into the world of high performance computing. Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 is designed to accelerate time-to-insight by providing a high performance computing platform See platform. that is simple to deploy, operate and integrate with existing infrastructure and tools. "Microsoft is pleased to be working with SilverStorm Technologies to deliver a solution that will enable easier access to workgroup and departmental high performance computing resources for many who haven't had access in the past," said Kyril Faenov, director of high performance computing, Microsoft Corp. "SilverStorm's products act as the InfiniBand backbone in a Windows network A local area network (LAN) made up of Windows clients and servers. Starting with Windows for Workgroups 3.1 in 1992, all versions of Windows have built-in networking. See Windows and NetBEUI network. to provide solid cluster performance improvements." About SilverStorm Technologies SilverStorm Technologies is the leader in high performance interconnect solutions for clustered computing. SilverStorm designs, manufactures and services a family of networking hardware Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, this includes routers, switches, access points, network interface cards and other related hardware. and software products that dramatically improve cluster performance and scalability. For more information, visit http://www.silverstorm.com or contact info@silverstorm.com. All product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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