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ClearSpeed TO DEMONSTRATE CS301 25GFLOP PARALLEL PROCESSOR

ClearSpeed Technology, developer of high performance, low power chip-based solutions, demonstrated working silicon of the ClearSpeed CS301, a multi-threaded array processor. The fully- programmable CS301 was demonstrated executing highly complex computational algorithms, running at the target clock speed of 200MHz while consuming under 2 Watts, a fraction of the traditional power requirements. The CS301 is being demonstrated using standard expansion slots within mainstream servers running Linux.

Mike Calise, president of ClearSpeed Technology Inc, said, "This milestone is significant because it follows just one month after the excitement which greeted our first announcement of the CS301 at the Microprocessor Forum on Oct. 14 in San Jose, Calif. This demonstration therefore shows not only the significant acceleration of an important application, but also confirms our October commitment to make this new chip available to our partners in Q4 2003."

Commenting on the ClearSpeed CS301, Will Strauss, principal analyst at Forward Concepts Co, commented, "ClearSpeed has a very well-thought-out architecture. I'm pretty impressed. I've seen lots of things like this over the years, but this breaks new ground."

The ClearSpeed CS301 was demonstrated driving a range of applications including drug docking, image processing and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), requiring exceptionally high compute.

The drug docking application developed by the Bristol University Biochemistry department, a leading body in the field of biomolecular recognition, was easily modified to benefit from the breakthrough performance level offered by the CS301. The ability to program the CS301 in C allowed the application's inner loops to be quickly and easily ported to the CS301. With the CS301, developers will be able to build complex drug simulations quickly and affordably, enabling companies to advance their development processes more rapidly then ever before.

"In life-sciences the need for massive computation has limited the development of accurate methods for modelling complex molecules and biological systems," said Bristol University professor Anthony Clarke. "ClearSpeed's technology promises a watershed in the application of computation to rational drug design, and can vastly accelerate our ability to test new drugs in-silico."

"The vision that drives our work is the excitement of knowing what can be achieved by others; of making high compute available to talented individuals and teams across the world," said Tom Beese, CEO of ClearSpeed Technology. "We are thrilled that companies have moved so fast to show the impact of our technology. Their applications show how enterprises and universities in a wide range of industries can now dramatically reduce the time and cost required to conduct research and advance their business."

The ClearSpeed CS301 will be available to partners in Q4 2003, priced at $975 in volume. The corporate development kit includes C compiler, graphical debugger, full suite of supporting tools and libraries, and board, and is available now, priced at $25,000.

The ClearSpeed CS301 demonstration can be found at stand #1312 at SC2003.