See the Leading High Performance Computing Systems from Compaq

Meet with Compaq's technical experts and executives

SC2001
Denver Convention Center
Denver, Colorado
November 12-15, 2001

SC2001 is the premier conference for high-performance technical computing. It provides an opportunity for the leaders in supercomputing to meet, learn, plan and see the latest developments in the industry. Technical tracks, formal and informal meetings, presentations and exhibits are all part of the conference.

Over the past year, Compaq has delivered several of the largest terascale supercomputing systems around the world, including:

World's most powerful supercomputer for unclassified research
6 TeraFLOPS system at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center/
National Science Foundation
Worlds most powerful Linux system
Cplant system at Sandia National Laboratory
Initial phases of the world's most powerful supercomputer
ASCI Q system at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Japan's most powerful supercomputer
Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI),
Kansai Science City, Kyoto

Compaq intends to significantly grow its business and maintain its key strengths in the HPTC market. Our partnerships and investments in HPTC provide us with indispensable expertise and technology for large system integration, distributed resource management and application performance scaling capabilities that enhance our high volume commercial solutions over time.

Compaq's alliance with Intel will significantly enhance our long-term solutions roadmap for HPTC. Compaq will continue with plans to deliver EV7 and EV79 AlphaServer systems, including the AlphaServer SC (supercomputing) family. Through mid-decade, these systems will continue to represent the highest performing and best price-performance platforms for HPTC. Starting in the 2004 timeframe, Intel will introduce new generations or Itanium^TM microprocessors that benefit from Alpha intellectual property, design expertise, and tools. We fully expect this next-generation Itanium Processor Family to be the highest-performing processors. We are committed to providing a smooth transition for existing Compaq customers.

To complement these microprocessor enhancements, Compaq and Intel are jointly funding and staffing our Parallelism Technology Program. Initial focus areas will include system optimizations for parallelism and parallel computing software. Compaq will focus investment in key system technologies above the chip level for our HPTC systems -- including more aggressive large system interconnects and higher memory bandwidth per CPU. We are also accelerating our partnerships and investments in Linux and Grid computing solutions.

Our new goal for UNIX on Itanium is to have not just the industry's best performance, highest functionality, superior RAS features, and unmatched clustering embodied in Tru64 UNIX. But also to have increased ISV support and momentum, as well as a general-purpose UNIX offering for the data center to augment our leading position in HPTC, telecommunications, and e-business.

Compaq's SC2001 Exhibit (booth #1005)

Compaq has a large booth (#1005) at SC2001 that will highlight several of our large HPTC customers and showcase the breadth and depth of Compaq's HPTC product line and roadmap. The Compaq booth will feature our full range of HPTC capabilities:

The latest low-profile, Intel-based ProLiant systems, including the Itanium-based ProLiant DL590 system. These systems will run various Linux Beowulf clustering technologies, including Scyld and ROCKS. The PowerCockpit Linux Deployment Tool and Sistina, an open sourced, certified Global File System, will also be demonstrated.High-performance Alpha systems, including a 32-processor AlphaServer GS320 system and the scalable AlphaServer SC Series supercomputer capable of supporting over 500 processors. A preview of the powerful Alpha EV7 processor technology StorageWorks Enterprise Storage Solutions Unlimited Linux from USI integrated with LSF from Platform Computing: Linux cluster management based on Sandia National Laboratory's Cplant system. Visualization solutions Parallel tools technology, including UPC, OpenMP and MPI tools Grid computing technology, including the Globus toolkit, running on Intel-based and AlphaServer systems. HPTC applications for CAE, life sciences, and high-end film & video

Events and Meetings

Compaq is also hosting several events and meetings at SC2001:

Scheduled customer meetings with Compaq's HPTC technical experts and senior managers, Nov. 13, 14, & 15, Adams Mark Hotel. To schedule a meeting, contact your Compaq account manager.

Executive briefing and reception, Expanding the High Performance Computing Systems roadmap, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM, Tuesday Nov. 13, 2001, Adams Mark Hotel, Plaza Ballroom E. Contact your Compaq account manager for an invitation.

Customer seminar on Parallel Development Tools for High Performance Computing, Monday, Nov. 12, 8:00 AM 5:00 PM, Adams Mark Hotel, Plaza Ballroom E. For agenda and registration information go to www.innoviz.com/pdtseminar.

Compaq Alpha Scientific & Technical (CAST) User Group Meeting, Monday, Nov. 12, 8:00 - 12:00, Adams Mark Hotel, room TBD, for more information contact Frank Pietryka (phone 505-343-7100 or email frank.pietryka@compaq.com).

Exhibitors Forum Presentation: Expanding the High Performance Computing Systems Roadmap, Richard Kaufmann, HPTC Technical Director, Compaq Computer Corporation, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 11:30 12:00, Room A107, Denver Convention Center.

Emerging Life Sciences I, an SC2001 Masterworks session, Nov. 13, 10:30 Noon, Room A207/209: Applications in Computational Biology and Computational Chemistry: Similarities and Differences, Eamonn O'Toole, Compaq Computer Corporation Computing Requirements for the Bioinformatics Revolution: Genomics, Proteomics and Cellular Machinery, Bill Camp, Sandia National Laboratory.

Emerging Life Sciences II, an SC2001 Masterworks session, Chairman: Ty Rabe, Compaq Computer Corporation, Nov. 13, 1:30 PM 3:00 PM, Room A207/209: The Computational Impact of Genomics on Biotechnology R&D, Scooter Morris, Genentech.

Emerging Life Sciences III, an SC2001 Masterworks session, Nov. 13, 3:30 PM 5:00 PM, Room A207/209: Computing Challenges for Structure-based Drug Design on a Genomic Scale, Tod M. Klinger, Structural GenomiX.

HPC in Entertainment, an SC2001 Masterworks session, Chairman: Steve Briggs, Compaq Computer Corporation, Nov. 15, 10:30 AM 12:00 Noon, Room A207/209: Computational Challenges in Computer Animation in Blue Sky Studios, John Turner, Blue Sky Studios.

Virtual Product Development with CAE I, an SC2001 Masterworks session, Chairman: Ed Turkel, Compaq Computer Corporation, 8:30 AM 10:00 AM, Room 102/104/106.

Virtual Product Development with CAE II, an SC2001 Masterworks session, 10:30 AM Noon, Room A102/104/106: Systems and Software Technology for Automotive Crash Simulation, Ed Turkel, Compaq Computer Corporation Do you have questions? Do you need to hear more about Compaq's strategy and roadmap for HPTC? Do you want to learn how Compaq is delivering the world's fastest supercomputers? At SC2001 you can be briefed on Compaq products, future products, and discuss needs and problems with engineers and technical experts.

We are scheduling customer meetings, including non-disclosure briefings on technology and product roadmaps, and meetings with Compaq's technical experts. You can also meet the Compaq executives who are responsible for our high performance computing business.

Contact your Compaq account manager if you want to schedule a meeting or need additional information. Meetings are planned for November 13, 14 & 15.

For more information on SC2001 visit the SuperComputing 2001 web site.