Convey Computer™ Corporation Contributes to HPC Industry at SC08 and HPRCTA '08
Keynote Speech, Plenary Session, Historical Display, UCSD Panel, Intel Theater Presentation, New Company and Product Launch, and Multiple Awards Mark Industry Contributions of New Start-Up Company.
Austin, Texas (PRWEB) November 17, 2008 -- New start-up company Convey Computer Corporation plans to make a significant contribution to the HPC industry right from the beginning. At this week's SC08 conference the company will participate in a number of technical presentations, launch the company and its first product, and be honored with two industry awards. Media are invited to stop by the booth or to call Cynthia Stine at 214-458-2012 to arrange appointments at the show.
First, Convey Chief Scientist and industry notable Steve Wallach gave the keynote address "Processor Architecture: Past, Present, Future" to the attendees of the second international workshop on High Performance Reconfigurable Computing Technology and Applications (HPRCTA) held in conjunction with SC08 at 8:30 a.m. this morning.
This evening, the company was honored with a 2008 HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Award as one of the Top 5 Vendors to Watch in 2009.
Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m., Steve Wallach will moderate and present "High Performance Proteomics Applications Boosted with Convey's New Way of Computing," a joint exhibitor forum panel between University of California, San Diego and Convey.
On Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Wallach will give his Plenary session for the Seymour Cray Award: Processor Architecture: Past, Present, and Future
At 11:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, Convey CTO and company co-founder Tony Brewer will present: Hybrid-Core Computing: Extending Intel Xeon Architectures for Application Specific Environments at the Intel Theater (booth #1609).
Finally, SC08 caps off for Convey with IEEE's presentation of the prestigious Seymour Cray Award to Steve Wallach at 1:30 p.m.
Throughout the show, Convey executives will talk about the technological breakthroughs of the Convey HC-1™ both at Convey's booth #1753 and at the University of California, San Diego's booth #568.
Steve Wallach also contributed a C3 chip from Convex Computer Corp. to SC08's lobby history museum celebrating 20 years of the progression of high performance computing which opens Monday at 7:00 p.m.
About Convey Computer Corporation
Based in Richardson, Texas, Convey Computer breaks power, performance and programmability barriers with the world's first hybrid-core computer--a system that marries the low cost and simple programming model of a commodity system with the performance of a customized hardware architecture. Convey brings decades of experience and intellectual assets to performance problem-solving. Its executive and design teams all come from successful backgrounds of building computer companies, most notably Convex Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard. More information can be found at: www.conveycomputer.com.
Convey Computer, the Convey logo, and Convey HC-1 are trademarks of Convey Computer Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
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