Announcing the HP AlphaServer DS20L compute engine and the HP
AlphaServer SC20 supercomputer


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Continuing its dominance in the High Performance Technical
Computing (HPTC) market, HP introduces the hp AlphaServer DS20L system,
a compute dense, supercomputer building block and the powerful HP
AlphaServer SC20 system, a scalable single-system image supercomputer.

The hp AlphaServer DS20L system is designed for the high performance
technical computing and telecommunications markets where density
matters. It includes 2 CPUs in a 1U package and is available with hp
Tru64 UNIX and Linux solutions. Up to 80 CPUs can be enclosed in a
single 6' 6" rack.

The hp AlphaServer SC20 system is a ready-to-go supercomputer offering
the highest sustained performance per rack in the industry. It is
ideally suited for computationally intensive applications that demand
the utmost in floating point and memory bandwidth capacity. Examples
include, pattern recognition applications in the security and defense
industry, automotive crash simulation, molecular chemistry modeling and
rendering for the entertainment industry.

hp AlphaServer SC20:

  * ready-to-go Supercomputing
  * scalable single-system-image (SSI)
  * doubles the sustained performance density of competing systems
  * superior floating-point, memory bandwidth and message-passing

The hp AlphaServer DS20L system is shipping now in response to very
strong demand. You can test-drive the AlphaServer DS20L system today!
It is easy to load and test specific applications. Connect now, to
experience more power per cubic than ever before!

Orders are also being accepted now for the hp AlphaServer SC20 systems
which begin to ship in August 2002. Both new products further
demonstrate Hewlett-Packard's commitment to previously published
AlphaServer system roadmaps.

hp AlphaServer DS20L:

  * 1U, 2 CPU high-density supercomputer building block
  * fits standard 19" rack with as little as 20" in depth
  * 80 CPUs and 132 GFLOPS per rack
  * scales out with Tru64 UNIX or Linux clusters
  * choice of Quadrics, Myrinet, GbETN and Ethernet interconnects


Customer experience


"In high-end film production, quality is key and projects live or die by
the clock and our computer-generated feature film "Ice Age" was no
exception. AlphaServer systems helped us increase quality and shorten
the design cycle. With the new hp AlphaServer DS20L, we can expect even
more power in a single rack, deliver the high quality rendering that
made Ice Age so unique and do it even faster."

Carl Ludwig, VP, Research & Development
Blue Sky Studios


"The new hp AlphaServer DS20L doubles the per rack performance of the
nearest competitor. The ability to pack this much power into a small
space is very appealing to our government customers."

Troy Deel, Lead Engineer
Zeta Associates, Federal Program


"To help us increase quality and shorten design cycles, we've combined
dozens of AlphaServer DS series building blocks in racks to create a
very powerful, easy to manage system that works as one. And, now, the
new hp AlphaServer DS20L gives us the opportunity to pack even more
power into a single rack and deliver high quality results even faster."

Mark Hill, Manager Mid-Range Systems
Corning Incorporated


The hp AlphaServer DS20L helps advance automotive design and safety

At Ford Motor Company, a 64 AlphaServer DS20L Linux Beowulf Cluster will
be implemented for Crash Simulation and Testing within the Numerically
Intensive Computing Group. This solution will increase Ford's
state-of-the-art Computer Aided Engineering capabilities while helping
to reduce their cost of computing.


The hp AlphaServer DS20L doubles the sustain performance for many
memory-bandwidth intensive HPTC applications

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