[November 18, 2009] Intel and NEC form HPC alliance Tweet Nov 18, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Chip giant Intel and NEC Corporation have agreed to jointly develop High Performance Computing (HPC) system technologies to push the boundaries of supercomputing. The companies said NEC will bring these technologies to market in future supercomputers based on the Intel Xeon processor. The alliance said NEC's expertise and Intel Xeon's performance and vector capabilities such as AVX will allow for higher performance supercomputers. NEC will also continue to sell their existing SX vector processor-based products. The alliance will initially focus on the development of hardware and software solutions to enhance the memory bandwidth and scalability of Intel Xeon processor-based platforms. Such enhancements are intended to benefit systems targeting not only the very high end of the scientific computing market segment, but also smaller HPC installations. Richard Dracott, general manager of High Performance Computing at Intel, said: "Intel's substantial investment in the Intel architecture, including the development of processors, chipsets, software compilers and other related products has expanded the usages of Intel Xeon processors in both the volume and high-end HPC market segments. With NEC further innovating on Intel Xeon processor-based systems, Intel is poised to bring Intel Xeon processor performance to an even wider supercomputing audience." In March, Intel invested in a new high-performance computing research facility in France as part of a five-year collaboration. The lab, which is part of the Intel Labs Europe initiative, was designed as an exascale HPC center focused on hardware and software optimization. http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]