Announcing the HP AlphaServer DS20L compute engine and the HP AlphaServer SC20 supercomputer

The hp AlphaServer DS20L system is designed for the high performance technical computing and telecommunications markets where density matters. It includes 2 CPUs in a 1U package and is available with hp Tru64 UNIX and Linux solutions. Up to 80 CPUs can be enclosed in a single 6' 6" rack.

The hp AlphaServer SC20 system is a ready-to-go supercomputer offering the highest sustained performance per rack in the industry. It is ideally suited for computationally intensive applications that demand the utmost in floating point and memory bandwidth capacity. Examples include, pattern recognition applications in the security and defense industry, automotive crash simulation, molecular chemistry modeling and rendering for the entertainment industry.

hp AlphaServer SC20:

• ready-to-go Supercomputing
• scalable single-system-image (SSI)
• doubles the sustained performance density of competing systems
• superior floating-point, memory bandwidth and message-passing

The hp AlphaServer DS20L system is shipping now in response to very strong demand. You can test-drive the AlphaServer DS20L system today! It is easy to load and test specific applications. Connect now, to experience more power per cubic than ever before!

Orders are also being accepted now for the hp AlphaServer SC20 systems which begin to ship in August 2002. Both new products further demonstrate Hewlett-Packard's commitment to previously published AlphaServer system roadmaps.

hp AlphaServer DS20L:

• 1U, 2 CPU high-density supercomputer building block
• fits standard 19" rack with as little as 20" in depth
• 80 CPUs and 132 GFLOPS per rack
• scales out with Tru64 UNIX or Linux clusters
• choice of Quadrics, Myrinet, GbETN and Ethernet interconnects

Customer experience

"In high-end film production, quality is key and projects live or die by the clock and our computer-generated feature film "Ice Age" was no exception. AlphaServer systems helped us increase quality and shorten the design cycle. With the new hp AlphaServer DS20L, we can expect even more power in a single rack, deliver the high quality rendering that made Ice Age so unique and do it even faster." Carl Ludwig, VP, Research & Development Blue Sky Studios   "The new hp AlphaServer DS20L doubles the per rack performance of the nearest competitor. The ability to pack this much power into a small space is very appealing to our government customers." Troy Deel, Lead Engineer Zeta Associates, Federal Program   "To help us increase quality and shorten design cycles, we've combined dozens of AlphaServer DS series building blocks in racks to create a very powerful, easy to manage system that works as one. And, now, the new hp AlphaServer DS20L gives us the opportunity to pack even more power into a single rack and deliver high quality results even faster." Mark Hill, Manager Mid-Range Systems Corning Incorporated   The hp AlphaServer DS20L helps advance automotive design and safety At Ford Motor Company, a 64 AlphaServer DS20L Linux Beowulf Cluster will be implemented for Crash Simulation and Testing within the Numerically Intensive Computing Group. This solution will increase Ford's state-of-the-art Computer Aided Engineering capabilities while helping to reduce their cost of computing.

The hp AlphaServer DS20L doubles the sustain performance for many memory-bandwidth intensive HPTC applications