Tech-X Corporation Receives Small Business Innovation Research Award to Implement Data Analysis Software in Parallel.Business Editors & Technology Writers BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2001 Tech-X Corporation, developer of high-performance software solutions for science, engineering and education, has received a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR SBIR Small Business Innovation Research (program/grant) SBIR Space Based Infra-Red SBIR Speaker-Boundary Interference SBIR Site Backsurface-referenced Ideal Plane/Range (silicon wafers) ) award from the U.S. Department of Energy. The project, "Interactive Visualization Interactive visualization is a branch of graphic visualization in computer science that studies how humans interact with computers to create graphic illustrations of information and how this process can be made more efficient. and Analysis of Fusion Data on many Processors," will develop a parallel implementation of IDL (1) (Interface Definition Language) A language used to describe the interface to a routine or function. For example, objects in the CORBA distributed object environment are defined by an IDL, which describes the services performed by the object and how the data (the Interactive Data Language) from Research Systems Inc. The prototype application will be used by General Atomics for rapid analysis of large data sets from magnetic fusion energy experiments. "The future of scientific computing, data analysis and visualization lies in the parallel use of hundreds or even thousands of processors," says principal investigator David Bruhwiler. "IDL is one of the most widely used data analysis and visualization tools within the scientific and medical imaging communities, and seamless use of IDL on many processors in parallel will represent a true paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. ." "The new initiative at Tech-X Corporation to enable the parallel use of IDL's powerful features on multiple processors is an exciting development, which could add great value to many IDL users," says IDL product manager Harold Cline of Research Systems Inc. About Tech-X Corporation Tech-X Corporation is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. Formed in 1994 to develop modern software for science, engineering and education, Tech-X has government contracts in the areas of distributed computing for technical collaborations, object-oriented applications for designing radar tubes and particle accelerators, development of cross-platform software components, and development of software tools for interactive, web-based physics education. Tech-X Corporation can be found on the web at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. http://www.techxhome.com. |
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