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HPCwire Announces Results of the Publication’s Annual Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards at SC06 in Tampa

News Release: HPCwire

41 Organizations and Individuals Cited for Their Contributions and Achievements

TAMPA, FL. -- HPCwire, the leading source for global news and information covering the ecosystem of High Productivity Computing, today revealed the winners of HPCwire’s annual Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards at the 19th annual Supercomputing Conference, SC06, in Tampa, Florida.

HPCwire has designated two categories of Awards: (1) Readers' Choice, where winners have been determined by a random poll of a sample of HPCwire readers, and (2) Editors' Choice, where winners have been determined by votes of a panel of recognized HPC luminaries, and contributing editors from industry. These awards are widely recognized as prestigious recognition from the global HPC community for outstanding products, technologies, and individual achievements.

"Once again, HPCwire is proud to serve as the voice of the global HPC community as we present the 2006 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards,” said Tom Tabor, publisher of HPCwire. “This year, the collective nominations from our readers, contributing editors and industry luminaries place more emphasis on recognition of leading end-user organizations for their innovative application of HPC technology and products in their business operations. This is also the first year we have announced the publication’s picks for the “Top 5 Companies to Watch” in 2007, a topic sure to spawn much discussion. HPCwire is honored to be the voice of the evolving and expanding HPC ecosystem.”

The HPCwire 2006 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

Most Innovative Implementation of an HPC Application in Manufacturing
Readers’ Choice Award: Tata Motors
Editors’ Choice Award: Boeing

Most Innovative Use of HPC in Life Sciences
Readers’ Choice Award: Glaxo Smith Kline
Editors’ Choice Award: Merck

Most Innovative Use of HPC in Automotive
Readers’ Choice Award: Toyota
Editors’ Choice Award: BMW

Most Innovative Use of HPC in Financial Services
Readers’ Choice Award: D.E. Shaw & Co.
Editors’ Choice Award: JPMorgan Chase

Most Innovative Use of HPC in Oil and Gas
Readers’ Choice Award: Chevron
Editors’ Choice Award: BP

Most Innovative Use of HPC in Entertainment
Readers’ Choice Award: Microsoft – Xbox Live
Editors’ Choice Award: Threshold Animation Studios

Best HPC Collaboration Between Government & Industry
Readers’ Choice Award: Ohio Supercomputer Center – Blue Collar Computing Initiative
Editors’ Choice Award: NCSA – Private Sector Program

Most Significant New HPC Hardware Product
Readers’ Choice Award: ClearSpeed Technology
Editors’ Choice Award: Liquid Computing


Best Price / Performance HPC Hardware Solution
Readers’ Choice Award: HP
Editors’ Choice Award: Sun

Most Innovative HPC Storage Technology or Product
Readers’ Choice Award: Crosswalk
Editors’ Choice Award: EMC

Best Price / Performance HPC Storage Technology or Product
Readers’ Choice Award: DataDirect Networks
Editors’ Choice Award: Panasas

Most Significant New HPC Software Product
Readers’ Choice Award: The Portland Group – PGI Visual Fortran
Editors’ Choice Award: Interactive Supercomputing – Star-P

Best Price / Performance HPC Software Product
Readers’ Choice Award: Verari Systems
Editors’ Choice Award: Scali – Scali Manage

Most Innovative HPC Visualization Product or Technology
Readers’ Choice Award: NVIDIA
Editors’ Choice Award: NVIDIA

Best Price / Performance HPC Visualization Product or Technology
Readers’ Choice Award: CEI – EnSight Lite
Editors’ Choice Award: ATI

Most Important HPC Networking Product or Technology
Readers’ Choice Award: Cisco
Editors’ Choice Award: Juniper

Best Price / Performance HPC Networking Product or Technology
Readers’ Choice Award: Mellanox Technologies
Editors’ Choice Award: Voltaire

Most Innovative HPC Cluster Solution
Readers’ Choice Award: Appro
Editors’ Choice Award: HP / HP Unified Cluster Portfolio

Best Price / Performance HPC Cluster Solution
Readers’ Choice Award: Dell
Editors’ Choice Award: Sun

Top HPC Vendor for 2006
Readers’ Choice Award: IBM
Editors’ Choice Award: Cray

HPC Public Awareness Award
Readers’ Choice Award: Council on Competitiveness - HPC Initiative
Editors’ Choice Award Recepient: National Science Foundation (NSF)

HPC Community Recognition Award
Readers’ Choice Award: Suzy Tichenor - Council on Competitiveness, HPC Initiative
Editors’ Choice Award: Dr. Donald Paul – Vice President and CTO, Chevron

For more information on HPCwire’s 2006 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, please go to:
http://www.taborcommunications.com/hpcwire/rca06/index.html

 

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