LSI High-Performance Storage System Receives Honors in 2009 HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards
November 17 2009 - 8:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
Award recognizes LSI contribution to Hyperion Project at Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SC09 -- LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) has
been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice
Awards, presented at the 2009 International Conference for High
Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC09),
held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. Tomas
Tabor, publisher of HPCwire, revealed the list of winners at the
HPCwire booth during the event's opening gala. LSI was recognized
with an Editors' Choice Award for "Best HPC Collaboration Between
Government and Industry" for the company's contribution to the
Hyperion Project at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
LSI teamed with nine computing industry leaders at LLNL to create a
large-scale testbed for high-performance computing technologies
with the goal of accelerating the development of powerful
next-generation Linux® clusters. LSI contributed the first storage
system installed on the Hyperion cluster, an LSI(TM) Engenio® 7900
HPC storage system with initial capacity of over 384 terabytes of
data and utilizing a 20 Gb/s InfiniBand® host interface. "This
award, which represents a partnership between the HPCwire global
readership and our publishing team, is a salute from the global HPC
community," said Tomas Tabor, Publisher of HPCwire. "Being selected
as an award recipient means you are at the top of mind of HPCwire
readers, editors and luminaries in the field. I'd like to
congratulate LSI for being selected by our editors for a 2009
award." The HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards are
determined through a survey conducted by HPCwire and online polling
of the global HPCwire audience, along with a rigorous selection
process involving HPCwire editors and industry luminaries. The
awards constitute prestigious recognition from the global HPC
community and are revealed each year to kick off the SC conference.
"We are very honored to have been selected by the HPCwire editors
for this respected award," said Steve Hochberg, senior director,
worldwide HPC segment, LSI. "It recognizes our leadership in the
field, but also reinforces the increasingly important role that
high-performance storage systems play in supercomputing
environments and the advancement of technology and scientific
research." More information about LSI HPC storage solutions can be
found at http://www.lsi.com/hpc. Visit LSI at SC09 in booth #440 at
the Oregon Convention Center from November 17-19. About LSI LSI
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