Intel and SGI have opened the world’s first Intel and SGI
Parallel Application Centre, providing an environment for
organisations, developers and ISVs to optimise applications for the
Intel Itanium2 processor-based SGI Altix platform.
The aim of the
centre is to reduce software development time and cost and it is
designed to deliver a fully managed platform and all the tools
required for organisations to port, optimise, validate and evaluate
application scalability and performance on the 32-way Intel Itanium
2 processor-based SGI Altix 3000 system.
One- to two-week
exclusive on-site access to the SGI Altix 3000 system is available
for porting software, as well as access remotely through direct
connection over a virtual private network.
In addition to
enhancing existing technical and scientific applications for 64-bit
computing, ISVs and developers can use the centre’s system to
showcase their optimised enterprise applications to customers.
Intel and SGi
believe that by combining the power of high-performance computing
with visualisation, developers and users can test new workflows for
future needs and ever larger data sets in this environment.
“Intel is
committed in bringing advanced technologies and industry leadership
to address the most demanding computational
challenges,"said Richard Wirt, Intel senior fellow and general
manager, Software and Solutions Group.
"The Parallel
Application Centre will accelerate the pace of innovation for
high-performance computing across leading enterprise and advanced
academic environments.
“We are delighted
to be working with SGI in providing application developers of all
types access to the Parallel Application Centre to enable
organisations to continually benefit from the technological
advancement of the Intel Itanium 2 processor and the SGI Altix
platform.”