Microway announces the 'New Directions in Cluster Technologies' Symposium

Kingston, MA -- September 16, 2002 -- Microway, provider of state of the art clusters and HPTC solutions, today announced that they will be hosting their symposium 'New Directions in Cluster Technologies'. It will be held in Plymouth, Massachusetts on September 18-19, 2002 and is open to technology specialists in the High Performance Computing community.

Sessions will cover a broad set of topics including future processors and chipsets, cluster management tools, performance comparisons of various connectivity implementations, benchmarking information and enhancements to application software and compilers. Presentations and workshops will address factors important to HPTC customers.

"This symposium is an opportunity for us to provide updates to key members of the HPTC community", said Ann Fried, Microway's Chairperson. "The Symposium will bring the top industry vendors into contact with high end users of leading edge clustering solutions to help them better plan future deployments. We are excited that partners like Myricom, Intel and AMD are taking an active role in supporting this event."

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About Microway, Inc .

A major vendor in the Supercomputing marketplace, Microway provides state of the art, cost effective, high end Linux and UNIX solutions to universities, financial institutions, Fortune 500 corporations and government research agencies worldwide. Incorporated in 1982, the company currently integrates Alpha, Intel® Pentium®, and Athlon processors into Linux and UNIX based clusters, servers and workstations. Microway also manufactures dual Alpha 21264 motherboards and daughtercards.

Microway is an Intel Premiere Partner-Education Specialist and utilizes genuine Intel processors, chipsets, and motherboards in many of its workstation, server, and Beowulf cluster products. Microway is also a value-added reseller of Intel compilers and software development tools.

Its trademarks include NumberSmasher, GigaCube, Screamer, RuggedRak and QuadPuter. Recently, API Networks named Microway as its exclusive sales and service provider for all Alpha based API products in the Americas, Europe, and Japan. For more information, please visit http://www.microway.com.