Xyratex will be exhibiting at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'11) in Hamburg, Germany beginning today. This year marks the first exhibitor level participation for Xyratex at ISC with a large booth on the exhibition floor, informative presentations on The Future of HPC Data Storage, Lustre roadmap futures from Xyratex at the HPC Advisory Council workshop, multiple sessions introducing ClusterStor 3000 and inclusion in the world's first FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand ISCnet demonstration along with other key HPC organizations including Microsoft, Mellanox, HP, DELL, and Fujitsu. The HPC Advisory Council, a leading organization for HPC research and education, 56Gb/s InfiniBand demonstration will interconnect participating exhibitors' booths via the ISCnet network to demonstrate various HPC applications and products including Xyratex's new ClusterStor 3000…

A BMI Corp. SmartTruck technology that could save 1.5 billion gallons of diesel fuel and $5 billion in fuel costs per year has hit the road in record time in part because of simulations performed on the nation's most powerful supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. While South Carolina-based BMI Corp. has just won an industry award from Heavy Duty Trucking magazine, the real winners could be trucking companies and the environment. With installation of BMI's SmartTruck UnderTray System to improve the aerodynamics of 18-wheeler (Class 8) long-haul trucks, the typical big rig can achieve fuel savings of between 7 and 12 percent, easily meeting the new California Air Resources Board mandate that calls for a…