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San Francisco, CA, USA -
Apple WWDC - June 9, 2008 - Dauger Research,
Inc.,
celebrates ten years of "plug-and-play" cluster computing at
Apple's WWDC.
In 1998, a time when the Bondi-blue iMac was new,
two UCLA
physicists invented the Mac cluster. As a side project, they
"reinvented" the cluster computer to better advance their scientific
research. Today, reincarnated as the
patented Pooch (Parallel OperatiOn
and Control Heuristic application) and Pooch Pro clustering software,
the technology combines cutting edge supercomputing components like Open
MPI and leverages the famed ease-of-use of the Macintosh, producing a
solution so easy to use that
children have built clusters using it.
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"After clustering Macs for ten years, ours is still the simplest way to
get into clustering", said Dr. Dean Dauger, President of Dauger
Research, Inc. "For a decade, we produce reliable, accessible, 'ad hoc',
powerful Mac clusters that continue to inspire others in academia,
research, and industry. When we built the first Mac cluster ten years
ago, we knew we had something great, and it was clear others could
benefit. 2008 is a great time to look back and see what sprung from the
seed we planted. We thank all the wonderful people who helped us with
this vision."
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Winner of IEEE Cluster's "most innovative software" award, Pooch
technology set numerous milestones over the years. An indispensable
component of the first OS X cluster solution,
it was the
first to use
Bonjour network discovery for clusters, incorporate drag-and-drop with
clustering, support
automated "grid"-behavior from GUI apps, launch
Universal Applications on mixed clusters of Intel- and PowerPC-based
Macs, and
apply clustering to directly accelerate multipass H.264 HD
video encoding. It supports multicore, all OS X executable types,
mpich, MPI/Pro,
mpich/gm, LAM/MPI,
Java, and
Open MPI. Finally, the technology
supports running
Wolfram Research's Mathematica like modern
supercomputing and
accelerate compression from mainstream video editing
applications.
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On Wednesday evening of
WWDC, Dauger Research presents a retrospective,
"Ten Years of 'Plug-and-Play' Cluster Computing",
in the
Scientific
Poster Session. See the website for
accompanying materials as well as
resources and tutorials on writing and running parallel code and
full
product details.
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