U.S. DOE's National Energy Research Scientific Computing
Center (NERSC) Implements the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite for its New
Linux Systems Environment
-- EKOPath Enables Researchers to Optimize a Highly Diverse Range of
Applications Including Astrophysics, Life Sciences, Climate Research, Data
Analysis, Accelerator Physics and Modeling --
Berkeley, CA — August 16, 2005 —
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Research Scientific Computing
Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has formally accepted
the PathScale EKOPath™ Compiler Suite for use by as many as 2,500
scientists throughout the nation and internationally. This announcement was
made today by PathScale, developer of innovative software and hardware
solutions to accelerate the performance and efficiency of Linux®
clusters.
NERSC is the flagship scientific computing facility for the Office of
Science in the U.S. Department of Energy. As one of the largest facilities in
the world devoted to providing computational resources and expertise for basic
scientific research, NERSC is a global leader in accelerating scientific
discovery through computation, and is often viewed by other organizations as a
trendsetter in the field of high performance computing.
"Before any new computing resource is accepted and put into full-time
production at NERSC, we have our most demanding users run a number of diverse
applications and perform stringent acceptance tests," said Bill Kramer,
General Manager for NERSC. "The key challenge for any compiler used at
NERSC is in being able to handle the very wide range of applications that our
scientists use on a daily basis. We are happy with the performance we are
experiencing with the PathScale EKOPath compilers, and pleased with the rapid
response we have received from PathScale's support team on questions and
issues that we have raised."
PathScale's EKOPath C, C++, and Fortran 77/90/95 compilers were key
components in the 722- node dual-core AMD Opteron™ processor-based
cluster known at NERSC as the "Jacquard" system. Jacquard was
recently delivered to NERSC by Linux Networx, a leading provider of high-end
Linux-based computing systems designed for maximum sustained performance.
"We provided the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite to NERSC because we
know that maximizing application performance is critical to their
researchers," said Joshua Harr, CTO of Linux Networx. "One of the
key values we provide to our customers is an assurance that complex HPC
applications deployed on sophisticated Linux clusters will continue running
with optimal performance. The PathScale compiler suite has been an important
tool in helping us achieve this for NERSC."
The implementation of PathScale EKOPath compilers at NERSC is one of the
largest in the world. Thousands of scientists and researchers across the U.S.
and overseas are now benefiting from the superior performance and advanced feature
set of the PathScale compilers.
"Its important to note that NERSC is one of the most demanding users
of complex, high performance Linux applications," said Scott Metcalf, CEO
of PathScale. "Our close cooperation with NERSC and six other large DOE
computing sites currently using the PathScale Compiler Suite has resulted in
maximum applications performance for them, and has assisted PathScale in
offering the most stable and highest performance Linux compilers to HPC users
everywhere."
Earlier this year, the PathScale EKOPath compiler suite was voted the
Supercomputing Product of the Year in an online readers poll conducted by
SupercomputingOnline.com. It was also honored with the Reader's Choice Award
for Greatest Price Performance in a Software Application by the publishers of
HPCwire, a global publication for High Performance Computing.
The current shipping version of the PathScale EKOPath Compiler Suite is
version 2.2, which includes complete OpenMP support and an advanced serial
debugger. A free 30-day trial version of the PathScale EKOPath compilers is
available at www.pathscale.com/trial.php.
About NERSC
Established in 1974, the NERSC Center has long been a leader in providing
systems, services and expertise to advance computational science throughout
the DOE research community. NERSC is managed by Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory for DOE. For more information about the NERSC Center, visit www.nersc.gov.
About PathScale
Based in Mountain View, California, PathScale develops innovative software
and hardware technologies that substantially increase the performance and
efficiency of Linux clusters, the next significant wave in high-end computing.
Applications that benefit from PathScale's technologies include seismic
processing, complex physical modeling, EDA simulation, molecular modeling,
biosciences, econometric modeling, computational chemistry, computational
fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, weather modeling, resource
optimization, decision support and data mining. PathScale's investors include
Adams Street Partners, Charles River Ventures, Enterprise Partners Venture
Capital, CMEA Ventures, GF Private Equity LLC, ChevronTexaco Technology
Ventures and the Dow Employees Pension Plan. For more details, visit www.pathscale.com, send email to sales@pathscale.com or telephone
1-650-934-8100.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. AMD
and Opteron are trademarks of AMD. InfiniBand is a registered trademark of
the InfiniBand Trade Association. Pathscale, the Pathscale logo, and EKOPath
are trademarks of Pathscale, Inc. All other product names
mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.
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