Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 13:08:58 -0800
From: Jack Rubinger 
Subject: PGI - OSC News Announcement


News Release 
For Immediate Release

OSC ACQUIRES 200 SEATS OF LINUX FORTRAN, C AND C++ COMPILERS AND TOOLS 
FROM THE PORTLAND GROUP (PGI)
Collaboration Announced To Enable And Promote Linux Cluster Computing

PORTLAND, Ore., November 15, 1999 The Portland Group, Inc. (PGI) and OSC 
(Ohio Supercomputer Center) today announced that OSC has acquired 200 
copies of PGI Workstation, PGI’s suite of parallel Fortran, C and C++ 
compilers and tools for Linux workstations. The announcement was made from
SC99, the world’s 
largest conference for high performance computing sponsored by ACM SIGARCH 
and the IEEE Computer Society. 

In addition, PGI and OSC have also announced the formation of a strategic 
alliance to enable and promote the use of Linux cluster systems for parallel 
computing throughout Ohio’s public and private colleges and universities. As 
part of the strategic alliance, PGI has adopted OSC-developed training 
materials into PGI’s recently announced PGI CDK Cluster Development Kit. The 
PGI CDK is a set of compilers, tools and utilities that simplifies setup, 
management and application development for Linux cluster systems used for
high 
performance technical computing.

“The opportunities created by this agreement will be extremely 
important for Ohio’s academic and research community,” said Charlie Bender, 
OSC executive director. “This collaboration will help facilitate the 
development of clusters for individual campus departments or research labs.”

“OSC is one of the most important regional high performance 
computing centers in the country,” said Douglas Miles, VP of marketing and 
sales at PGI, “We're extremely pleased that OSC has chosen to standardize on 
PGI’s Linux compilers and tools for users migrating from RISC/UNIX 
workstations to Linux. As discussions progressed, it became clear we had 
very similar plans and goals for Linux clustering software. A formal alliance
to further 
both of our efforts is the perfect means for PGI to add important tutorial 
content to the PGI CDK, and for OSC to have the means to easily distribute 
both their software and the other elements of the PGI CDK to their partner 
institutions throughout the state of Ohio.”

PGI is a leading independent supplier of high performance compilers 
and software tools for high-end parallel computing systems and Intel 
processor-based workstations, servers, and clusters. More information on PGI 
can be found at www.pgroup.com.

OSC is Ohio’s flagship center for high performance computing and networking. 
It is a place where networking, computing and education converge to position 
Ohio as the education and information state of the future. For more than a 
decade, OSC has connected the state’s higher education community to advanced 
computing and networking resources. Today, OSC continues to present new 
technologies to the state, helping to advance science, engineering, education 
and industry. More information on OSC can be found at www.osc.edu. 

For more information contact:
Mike Bernhardt 
The Bernhardt Agency 
(503) 293-8480 
michaelb@bernhardt.com 
Stacy Wood 
OSC External Relations 
(614) 292-6067 
swood@osc.edu
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PGI, CDK and Cluster Development Kit are trademarks of The Portland Group, 
Inc. Other brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

Jack Rubinger
The Bernhardt Agency
503.469.9209
jackr@bernhardt.com