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Delivering Fully Tuned and Tightly Integrated Compute and Visualization Systems
SALT LAKE CITY, April 25th, 2006 - Linux Networx, The Linux
Supercomputing Company, today announced a new partnership with
Computational Engineering International (CEI), a leader in
visualization software, to deliver a family of application-tuned,
tightly integrated, compute and visualization systems. These high
performance systems will provide a new approach to visualization,
offering two times the power of legacy visualization systems at reduced
cost. Linux Networx visualization systems will scale from the
department level to large visualization centers, enabling users across
industry, government and research environments to visualize scientific
datasets containing tens of millions, and even billions, of polygons.
“Going forward Linux Networx is our platform of choice for distributed
memory visualization solutions," says Kent Misegades, President of CEI.
"Our belief is that their approach represents the first true commitment
to deliver integrated, tuned systems for this market, thereby
delivering the price/performance, scalability and flexibility required
by today’s cluster users.”
"Large data visualization is driving the need for specialized graphics
clusters with high performance I/O and scalable parallel software,”
said Charles J. Nietubicz, director of the ARL MSRC and director of the
High Performance Computing Division in the Computational and
Information Sciences Directorate (CISD). “The Linux Networx
visualization cluster to be delivered to ARL in Q2 2006 will be used to
visualize data resulting from enormous calculations such as
computational fluid dynamics, computational chemistry and structural
mechanics codes run on their HPC systems.”
“Linux Networx visualization solutions draw upon our industry-leading
Linux Supersystems to provide the next generation integrated
visualization and compute systems with unparalleled price/performance,
scalability and Total Cost of Ownership,” said Robert “Bo” Ewald, CEO
of Linux Networx. “CEI is a leader in distributed visualization and
rendering, and by partnering together we are driving new levels of
value in the visualization market.”
The collaborative efforts of Linux Networx and CEI in the form of
design, configuration, testing, validation and ultimate application
tuning of Linux Networx visualization systems will provide users with a
scalable, integrated compute and visualization system that delivers
unrivaled price/performance value. Diverse configurations will be
available to meet the specific needs of different classes of users in a
variety of markets including: aerospace, automotive, manufacturing,
defense, national labs, government, energy and academic research. They
will be optimized for use with specific applications and uses including
CFD, FEA, impact analysis, and many more. Finally, data storage will be
fully integrated with the visualization system, thereby eliminating
data transfer tasks and dramatically improving productivity.
Linux Networx visualization systems will also be available with
pre-installed evaluation copy of CEI’s EnSight DR. As a result,
customers can evaluate the software and discover the value and power of
the Linux Networx visualization system. In addition EnSight DR software
has been specifically tuned to ensure the optimal utilization of the
distributed rendering platform from Linux Networx. By pre-installing
and validating the CEI software on each system shipped, Linux Networx
will offload the installation and tuning tasks from our users,
delivering production visualization on power-up. Linux Networx will
also tune CEI’s application development kit for the LS-1 Series of
Supersystems, thereby enabling customers with custom visualization code
to quickly take advantage of Linux Networx visualization systems.
The first Linux Networx visualization systems will be available in the
second quarter of 2006. Linux Networx will develop fully tuned and
integrated systems for key applications in Ultimate, Premium and Value
performance environments. The full range of application-tuned systems
will be introduced throughout 2006.
About CEI
CEI (www.ensight.com)
offers the industry’s most complete suite of tools for engineering and
scientific simulation, including meshing, plotting, animation and data
visualization. The company’s software can be run on every type of
computer, from laptops to the most advanced VR displays, and interfaces
seamlessly to all popular CAE software and most scientific research
codes. CEI has corporate headquarters in Apex, N.C., and authorized
distributors around the world.
About Linux Networx
For over a decade Linux Networx has delivered Linux Supercomputers
specifically designed to drive new levels of Total Application
Throughput for our customers. The company’s Linux Supercomputing
offerings power value in application-tuned price/performance and
utilization, overall system reliability, uptime and Total Cost of
Operations. The company has delivered over 475 supercomputing clusters
to more than 175 supercomputing customers around the world. In 2005,
the company achieved record orders, finishing the year with three
consecutive quarters of record growth. Our global customer base
represent supercomputing leaders ranging from Boeing in aerospace; BMW,
Daimler Chrysler, Audi, Caterpillar and John Deere in heavy
manufacturing; Total, Schlumberger and Shell Oil in the Oil and Gas
industry; and Los Alamos National Laboratories, Sandia National
Laboratories and the Department of Defense in the government arena. In
2005 the company received three HPCWire Editor and Reader’s Choice
Awards – for Most Innovative Technology in two categories and for Best
Price/Performance. For more information about Linux Networx, visit www.linuxnetworx.com.
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