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"NGO was very proud to partner the A*STAR research institutes in hosting Gelato ICEand to help provide a conducive environment for attendees to learn more about Linuxon Itanium-based platforms," stated Hing-Yan Lee, deputy director of NGO. "As a userof this platform ourselves, we recognize the great asset that the Linux on Itaniumarchitecture provides for high-end grid computing and high-performance computing ingeneral."
Presentations and Cutting-Edge Projects Showcased
A major goal of the Gelato Federation is education, an area in which the October2006 Gelato ICE excelled. Focused on areas such as virtualization, multi-coreprogramming, grid, scalability, research, and techniques for software developers,the event delivered an exceptional speaker line-up and technical program with nearly40 presentations. Highlights were the keynote speeches given by Steve Geary (HP),Cameron McNairy (Intel), and Jeff Adie (SGI and the Itanium Solutions Alliance), anda ceremony for the inaugural Gelato Innovative Projects for Itanium Processors (IP)2Award, given to Peter Chubb of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) for histeam's work on large memory pages (superpages).
A new program track on multi-core programming was voted a favorite by attendees aswas a track targeting software developers sponsored by the Itanium SolutionsAlliance. Notable in this track were: "An Update on the Perfmon2 Interface" byStà phane Eranian (HP); "64-Bit Migration to Linux on Itanium: Challenges,Advantages, and Tools" by Soumitra Chatterjee (HP); and "Hyper-Threading onDual-Core Intel Itanium 2 Processors" by Cameron McNairy (Intel).
Presentations from the conference can be found athttp://ice.gelato.org/about /oct06_index.php.
In addition to presenting, Gelato members some of the world's top supercomputingcenters, national labs, research centers, and universities were able to highlighttheir current Linux/Itanium research during a poster session. Thirty-nine memberinstitutions presented over 80 projects, denoting a wide range of activities,including: kernel work from UNSW; testing of the Xen virtual machine monitor by thePontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul; various compiler work at theRussian Academy of Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, and TsinghuaUniversity; diverse scientific applications from the Riken Genomic Sciences Centerand the University of Tokyo; and projects from Singapore hosts IHPC and NGO.
Posters from the conference can be found athttp://www.gelato.org/parti cipants/member_posters.php.
"It was amazing to see the enthusiastic exchange and collaborative spirit among endusers, developers, researchers, ISVs, and system vendors during this conference,"said Mark K. Smith, Gelato managing director. "It was also exciting to hold thisGelato ICE in Singapore, given the strong Itanium processor adoption rate in theAsia-Pacific region."
Upcoming Events for Gelato Federation
Gelato will exhibit at booth #848 at the upcoming Supercomputing Conference (SC06)on November 13-16 in Tampa, Florida and will feature a demonstration highlightingXen on the Itanium processor as well as examples of the Gelato ICE multi-coreprogramming training.
With the tremendous amount of high-quality technical information delivered andcritical mass of Linux and Itanium processor experts attending, the October 2006Gelato ICE was a major success. The next Gelato ICE is planned for April 15-18,2007, in San Jose, California. The following Gelato ICE is set for September30-October 3 in Singapore. Stay tuned to http://www.ice.gelato.org/ for details.
About Gelato
The Gelato Federation is the global technical community dedicated to advancing Linuxon the Intel Itanium-based platform through collaboration, education, andleadership. Gelato members are suppliers and users of Linux/Itanium processortechnology with a shared goal of producing open-source solutions for academic,government, and industrial high-performance computing users. The Gelato portal(http://www.gelato.org) serves as the primary channel for Federation business andcollaborations. Information about Gelato members' software and solutions areavailable through the portal, and the community is welcome to participate andcontribute.
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation orits subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registeredtrademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. All other trademarks mentionedherein are the property of their respective owners.
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