"Wolfram Research" <newsdesk@wolfram.com> wrote in message news:1d2acad5-06ec-4b3b-a36c-2fd8dddae658@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > July 29, 2008--SEM 1.0.2 (Supercomputing Engine for > Mathematica) creates a standard way for each Mathematica kernel > in the cluster to communicate directly with every other kernel by > utilizing Message-Passing Interface (MPI) specification. > > As a result of the collaboration between Advanced Cluster > Systems, LLC (ACS) and Dauger Research, Inc., SEM enables > Mathematica to be combined with Dauger Research's Pooch (Parallel > OperatiOn and Control Heuristic application) clustering > technology. > > By running gridMathematica with MPI technology, its power can be > integrated with Pooch's ease of use and reliability in > high-performance computing. This new technology will further > enhance the power of both clusters and gridMathematica for SEM > users. > > SEM works with gridMathematica and Mathematica Personal Grid > Edition to provide supercomputing capabilities to users in a wide > array of research and industry fields. > > Key Features > * Offers ease of programming parallel algorithms > * Runs Mathematica symbolic manipulation across a cluster, as > cluster computing handles more than numerics > > * Reduces execution time needed for gridMathematica algorithms > (up to 700% decrease in execution time when utilized on an 8-CPU node) > * Utilizes the maximum amount of resources in multi-CPU machines > * Performs symbolic manipulations across a cluster > * Employs a distributed memory model for using the RAM of the > entire cluster to run memory-consuming applications > > SEM requires Mathematica 6 or higher with gridMathematica 2.2 or > Mathematica Personal Grid Edition 6, and is available for Mac OS > X 10.4.11 and up. > > Current users of gridMathematica and Mathematica Personal Grid > Edition who love the Mathematica standard MathLink technology can > still enjoy peer-to-peer, parallel communication between kernels > as they always have. > > More information about SEM is available: > http://www.wolfram.com/products/applications/sem > > SEM can be purchased at the Wolfram web store: > http://store.wolfram.com/view/app/sem > > A complete list of Wolfram Research software products is available: > http://www.wolfram.com/products/all_products.html
