Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- 11 November 2004 -- Terra Soft Solutions(R), Inc., the leading developer of high performance, integrated PowerPC Linux solutions today announced it is now offering IBM PowerPC 970 based clusters with 64-bit Y-HPC and Platform Computing's Platform LSF HPC.
IBM's 970 provides a new foundation for advanced cluster computing. Terra Soft's Y-HPC with 64-bit support for both Apple G5 and IBM JS20 products not only enables simultaneous use of more than one brand of PowerPC hardware, but also the integration of otherwise disparate architectures to function under a relatively seamless Linux umbrella. Coupled with Terra Soft's work with SBS for a 64-bit InfiniBand PowerPC Linux driver and IBM's beta XL compilers, Platform LSF HPC enables maximum application performance.
"With the relatively recent introduction of the IBM 970 CPU, commodity 64-bit PowerPC computing has opened doors into large scale clusters where primarily Alpha, Intel, SGI, and AMD systems used to compete," said Kai Staats, co-founder and CEO, Terra Soft Solutions. "This has lowered price points thereby increasing the size and scope of clusters, making it imperative the management layer be best of class. By offering Platform LSF HPC, we are using the industry's leading, commercially available workload management software for high performance computing."
Steve Salkeld, Director of Services, Government, Platform Computing, said "Platform LSF HPC offers the most efficient and effective means of distributing work across distributed and parallel clusters. We anticipate Y-HPC and IBM 970 based systems to play a significant role in near-future HPC clusters."
To learn more about Platform LSF HPC, visit www.platform.com/products/hpc/
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About SBS Technologies
SBS Technologies delivers a rich mix of standard and custom embedded computing solutions backed by our engineering expertise and dedicated OEM support. SBS customers benefit from our ability to leverage our technology experience across a variety of markets.
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About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft is a leading Integrated Solutions Provider with proven expertise in the PowerPC architecture and Linux OS platform. As an Apple Authorized Proprietary Solutions Provider and IBM Business Partner, Terra Soft provides turnkey and build-to-order portables, desktop workstations, application and network servers, and HPC clusters. Terra Soft offers both 32-bit and 64-bit distributions to the Linux on POWER developer community.
For more information, visit www.terrasoftsolutions.com
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