EI RELEASES COMPILER FOR GRID
CLUSTER COMPUTING
EI is launching its new software product solution for parallel programming,
the CxC compiler, to generate executable programs using this innovative
language.
The parallel programming language CxC is optimized to model and simulate
the behavior of particles and their interactions in that historically
required parallel supercomputing power, such as life sciences and
biotechnology companies, where computational biology and quantum chemistry
depends on modeling the interaction of molecules and particles in complex
compounds.
Aerospace companies, where fluid dynamics and airflow simulation is a key
ingredient in product development. Automotive manufacturers, where car-crash
simulation requires the complex interaction of millions of particles
with increasing demand for accuracy. Atmospheric modeling and meteorology,
where complex mathematical models of particle simulation are used for weather
forecasting and environmental analyses.
The scalability of CxC allows scientists and engineers to develop, test and
execute parallel algorithms on a PC or laptop and run the same executable
on hundreds of grid clustered computers without dead-locks and synchronization
problems.
"Parallel computation is key for many simulation applications. Cluster
computing combines affordable hardware with high performance, particularly
in industries such as biochemistry and computer-aided engineering," said
EI's CEO, Matt Oberdorfer.
"With the CxC programming language and EI's compiler, companies can realize
massive processing and computation capability across low-cost hardware
platforms, enabling them to achieve greater levels of productivity, increased
ROI, reduced time to market, and higher quality results by running simulations
and analyses faster than previously possible."
Dramatically different from current approaches for parallel programming,
EI's pioneering high-performance software is designed to simplify modeling
and simulation of a large number of interdependent elements, their parallel
dynamics and interactions. CxC is multi-platform and allows for the
creation of parallel applications on a laptop or PC. By running the same
executable on hundreds of low-cost processors on a compute cluster,
supercomputing performance is achieved.
CxC allows easy prototyping and development of parallel algorithms,
combining simple deadlock-free syntax and semantics with the most powerful
parallel programming paradigm. Its programs are easier to develop and are
faster in performance than equivalent message passing or shared memory
programs. "CxC unleashes the true capabilities of clusters," said
Oberdorfer.
"With EI, customers can truly build their own grid supercomputers from
low-cost, high-performance component systems."
Derek C. Walter, Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, University of California at Los Angeles, relates the
effectiveness of the new CxC Compiler in demanding applications like Molecular
Modeling.
"Using the CxC language and accompanying runtime environment, we were able
to
parallelize portions of our configuration interaction program. The process
involved painlessly converting our FORTRAN subroutines to CxC and then
seamlessly incorporating them into the pre-existing FORTRAN package."
Professor Emily A. Carter, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at
UCLA,
said, "The results were quite good; we observed nearly ideal scalability and
speedups in test calculations on alkanes having up to 6 heavy atoms. We intend
to use CxC in subsequent development projects involving our configuration
interaction program."
U.S Pricing And Availability
CxC Compiler is currently available from EI and through selected resellers
with prices beginning at $2975 for a single-user system.
About Engineered Intelligence
Engineered Intelligence Corporation (EI) is the technological leader in
parallel programming languages for high-performance grid cluster computing. As
developer of software that enables a cluster of low-cost computing
resources to become a virtual single high-performance computing system, EI
solutions meet the needs of customers in life sciences, computer-aided
engineering, financial modeling and other industries where high performance
computing is critical.
EI owns all intellectual property and several patents (pending) related to
this technology.
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