Petapath embarks on HPC market study

PRESS RELEASE

24 November 2009


Bristol-based start-up company Petapath has received funding from the South West
Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) to perform a market study into high-
performance computing requirements in the region.

Petapath has been set up to deliver heterogeneous computing solutions to a range
of applications in the high-performance computing sector. Systems used in
enterprise computing often use only a fraction of their available computing
capacity. Petapath's technology will give customers access to the unexploited
capacity, delivering increased performance with only a moderate increase in
power usage.

"The purpose of the study is to identify and assess key areas of system
architecture and software methodology, using specific examples to test where the
greatest level of gain would be for enterprises," explains Michal Harasimiuk,
CEO of Petapath. "It is anticipated that this project will lead to new
solutions, which deliver enhanced return on investment through maximizing the
efficient use of existing systems and of IT skills."

Petapath is developing software that uses existing standards, is platform-
independent and exploits powerful distributed computing technology to harness
the parallel processing capabilities of multi-core CPUs/GPUs. It is applicable
to any industry that require energy-efficient high-performance computing power
such as the finance industry, oil and gas companies, scientific computing
applications and the aerospace industry.

"Because we are platform independent, we can work with a wide variety of
hardware providers to deliver the best solution to our customers," says
Harasimiuk. "Improving the efficiency of systems in which multi-core technology
is used and combining it with acceleration technology can reduce simulation
times from days to hours."

The study is expected to take five months and the participants will have access
to the results. Anyone interested in participating in the study should contact
Michal Harasimiuk (michal@petapath.com; +44(0)117 911 7544).

- END -

About Petapath
Petapath is a supplier of heterogeneous computing solutions in the high-
performance computing sector. Its expertise and technology dramatically
increases computing performance with only a moderate increase in power
dissipation. Petapath's software technology can be applied to any application
using high-performance computing, from banking and entertainment, to scientific
and mathematical modelling. Petapath's technology is a cost-effective, energy-
efficient way of increasing computer performance into the petaflop/s regime.
www.petapath.com


Press contact:
Michal Harasimiuk
michal@petapath.com
+44(0)117 911 7544
+44(0)778 718 5248