Wolfram Research and Colfax International Bring an Integrated
gridMathematica Solution to Desktop Supercomputing
May 28, 2008--Wolfram Research announced today a groundbreaking
solution for technical computing. Through its partnership with Colfax
International, a major producer of business-in-a-box server systems,
and in collaboration with Microsoft and Intel, Wolfram is making
gridMathematica 2.2
available preinstalled on the Colfax CX6000 Workgroup Cluster.
"With the gridMathematica Colfax solution, researchers and
analysts can focus on their work, rather than on IT
administration. We've done the heavy lifting for configuration,
performance testing, and installation," says Roman Maeder, director of
parallel computing technology for Wolfram Research. "Wolfram can
assist with onsite setup and code conversion to help the smooth
transition to the high-performance computing [HPC] environment."
According to HPC industry expert Tony Hey of Microsoft Research, "The
gridMathematica Colfax solution addresses a clear need in the
market for a turn-key technical computing platform, usable by
individuals without needing an IT workforce to maintain the system.
Customers are demanding the precision and speed that only HPC can
provide, but are concerned about the burden for accessing parallel
capabilities." This integrated hardware and software solution provides
an expedient, straightforward path for migrating from a single-core
desktop to a multi-core cluster. The preconfigured system removes the
work required to set up and maintain the system, allowing you to just
"get to work" with a minimal amount of set up. The systems are
available via the Colfax International website.
Colfax International President and CEO Gautam Shah echoes Hey's
sentiments and adds, "This solution, with its attractive price point
and strong performance, will allow even those with no previous
parallel programming experience to experiment with the possibilities
of these new tools. This finally removes the barriers to having access
to supercomputing tools for any technical computing user."
"The multi-core Intel-based server solution built on Intel Multi-Flex
Technology has a combination of storage and CPU horsepower that is one
of its kind in this space," said Tom Rampone, Intel's Sales and
Marketing Group vice president and Channel Platforms Group general
manager. "Intel Multi-Flex Technology is a breakthrough in terms of
providing a variety of building blocks to system builders and solution
providers such as Colfax and Wolfram Research to create a
collaborative and powerful environment for technical computing."
gridMathematica 2.2 couples the new functionality of Mathematica 6--such as
dynamic interactivity, 2D and 3D visualization, and integrated
load-on-demand data services--to the efficiency of Colfax's cluster
technology. Dynamic visualization brings a new way to look at data,
while the load-on-demand data services allow access to and use of
curated data in numerous fields, including finance, chemistry,
mathematics, and astronomy, in parallel and multi-core computing
environments. This latest gridMathematica version
combines Mathematica's powerful control of parallel operations
with broad platform support, 64-bit optimization, and seamless
integration with Microsoft's Compute Cluster Server.
In addition to over 1000 new computational functions and interface
enhancements, gridMathematica features:
- Easy development and deployment of parallel applications
- Machine-independent portable code
- Support for multiprocessor machines, clusters, and grids
- Effective utilization of high-performance networking
- Efficient, adaptive load balancing
- Speculative parallelization for nondeterministic problems
For more information, see the gridMathematica
website.
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