The Supercomputing Engine Technology (SET), the
basis of the
Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica, and its newest
application
SET/Scilab
is officially released at Supercomputing 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
These newly parallelized applications use technology
based on Patents #8082289 and #8140612.
Please come see SET at the Exhibitor Forum on Thursday afternoon.
Interviewed on the Podcast for Mac Geeks, by Mac Geeks
The
MacCast is
possibly the first podcast dedicated to Mac users, made possible only by all the hard work of the great
Adam Christianson. We're proud to join in the discussion.
The interview is about what is possible with Mac-based 1080p home theater.
Listen to the online post
or
access it
via iTunes as a podcast.
The Supercomputing Engine Technology (SET), the core property of
ACS, Inc., a new joint venture
with direct participation by Dauger Research, Inc., and the
basis of the
Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica, has been
given a Notice of Allowance by the US Patent and Trademark Office without its examiners offering prior art.
See USPTO #8082289 and #8140612.
ACS, Inc., will be debut the newly patented SET at the Supercomputing 2011 in Seattle, Washington.
Please come see SET at the Exhibitor Forum on Wednesday morning.
We at Dauger Research remember Steve Jobs.
Many of us feel like we've known him as well as any of our friends.
Steve Jobs set out to put a dent in the universe by helping the lives of others through the medium of
technology.
We believe that was his overriding goal, one we genuinely respect and strive for, and that Steve would say that
the world would be a better place if everyone strived for that goal too, whatever their medium.
We hope these ideals he espoused carries on forever.
Dauger Research ships version 1.8.3 of the
Pooch family of clustering software,
the only patented easy-to-use clustering technology
merging a modern graphical user interface with supercomputer-compatible parallel computing.
Today we update the Pooch family for
OS X 10.7 "Lion".
Click to read more.....
The Economist Babbage Podcast - May 18, 2011
- The Economist magazine's
Babbage weekly podcast about science and technology discusses Gorden Moore's Law in light of
the latest advances in three-dimensional chip construction. While they observe that this is the latest in a series of techniques chip makers
use to maintain Moore's original observation about transistor densities, that leads them straight to the consequences for software. Some quotes:
"The problem there is that actually pushes the need for continual progress onto the software industry."
"What used to be quite an obscure programming problem for supercomputers and academics,
which is 'how to you reliably and efficiently take advantage of massively parallel computers',
is starting to become a real problem on the desktop."
"If software doesn't take advantage of these cores, then Intel can go on pushing out chips that have more and more processing
cores inside them but the software won't be getting any faster, and we'll have this growing gap between what
my computer is theoretically capable of and what it actually does."
Update: The Economist didn't stop there. Their June 4, 2011, issue shows they expanded on it more
in Parallel Bars article in their Technology Quarterly:
"There has been so little progress in parallel programming, even though multicore chips have been widespread for five years."
Dauger Research, Inc.,
proudly introduces Atom in a Box for the iPad. The popular,
award-winning Atom in a Box educational and scientific software uses 3D
real-time volumetric raytracing to present what the Hydrogen atom
"looks" like. By presenting the Hydrogenic atomic orbitals in an
immersive and intuitive user interface, Atom in a Box stimulates appreciation of the
aesthetic in science yet portrays its subject faithfully, appealing to
all from children to Nobel laureates. Long available on the Mac and iPhone, Atom
in a Box is available today internationally via Apple's new App Store
for the iPad.
Winner in Computers In Physics' Ninth Annual Educational Software
Contest, Atom in a Box applies highly-optimized code to directly
calculate the otherwise unwieldy quantum mechanical wavefunction of an
electron in the Hydrogen atom. Via the iPad's multitouch interface, magnetometer, and accelerometer,
the user can reorient and interact with the atomic orbital. The software
is even able to show the "flow" of the electron around the orbital by
presenting the time-evolving phase of the wavefunction as color.
Applying the easy-to-use, patented Pooch clustering technology,
our Supercomputing Engine Technology makes applications like Wolfram Research's
Mathematica to be combined with the programming paradigm of today's
supercomputers.
We discuss our technology's API,
structure, and supporting technologies on Mac and
64-bit Linux.
We are pursuing means to apply this parallelization
technique to other applications.
Please see
Advanced Cluster Systems' booth 1316,
starting Tuesday, where we
can answer questions about this solution. If you are
attending SC10 or are in the New Orleans area, please come by to say hello.
Dauger Research ships version 1.3.1 of the
Pooch QuickTime exporter today, adding compatibility
with iMovie '08 and '09 and a rewritten, modularized sound conversion manager.
Click to read more.....
At Supercomputing 2009, Dauger Research announces version 1.8 of the
Pooch
family of clustering software. This patented easy-to-use clustering
technology, merging a modern graphical user interface with
supercomputer-compatible parallel computing, debuts support of both Mac
OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" and 64-bit Linux compute nodes.
Click to read more.....
Applying the easy-to-use, patented Pooch clustering technology,
the Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica enables Wolfram Research's
Mathematica to be combined with the programming paradigm of today's
supercomputers. Our patent-pending approach takes advantage of
Mathematica's Kernel-Front End infrastructure to parallelize it without
its code being "aware" it is running in parallel. This adaptation of
Mathematica to parallel computing closely follows the industry-standard
Message-Passing Interface (MPI), as in modern supercomputers.
As every Supercomputing attendee knows, that behavior is necessary to
address the largest problems in scientific computing.
After
creating an "all-to-all" communication topology connecting Mathematica
kernels on a cluster, this new technology supports low-level and
collective MPI calls and a suite of high-level calls, all within the
Mathematica programming environment.
We present our technology's API,
structure, and supporting technologies
including new ways we leverage
64-bit Linux. We also discuss the possibility of applying this parallelization
technique to other applications that have a Kernel-Front End formalism.
Please see
Advanced Cluster Systems' booth 2295,
on the northwest end
of the exhibit hall near the Wolfram Research booth, starting Tuesday, where we
can answer questions about this solution. If you are
attending SC09 or are in the Portland area, please come by to say hello.
We apply the
programming paradigm of today's supercomputers
and the easy-to-use Pooch clustering technology
to Wolfram Research's Mathematica. In contrast to typical
master-slave "grid"s, this solution instead closely follows MPI, from
inside the Mathematica environment, and has every kernel in the cluster
communicate with each other directly and collectively.
If you are
attending MEW19 or are in the British vicinity, please come by to say cherrio.
Update: It was a very pleasant trip, including
a visit to the Liverpool Apple Store in near-freezing temperatures.
We apply the
programming paradigm of today's supercomputers
and the easy-to-use Pooch clustering technology
to Wolfram Research's Mathematica. In contrast to typical
master-slave "grid"s, this solution instead closely follows MPI, from
inside the Mathematica environment, and has every kernel in the cluster
communicate with each other directly and collectively.
As every Supercomputing attendee knows, that behavior is necessary to
address the largest problems in scientific computing.
Please see
Advanced Cluster Systems' booth #162,
on the north
side of the exhibit hall across from the Wolfram Research booth, starting Tuesday, where we
can answer questions about this solution. If you are
attending SC08 or are in the Austin area, please come by to say hello.
Dauger Research, Inc.,
proudly introduces Atom in a Box for the iPhone. The popular,
award-winning Atom in a Box educational and scientific software uses 3D
real-time volumetric raytracing to present what the Hydrogen atom
"looks" like. By presenting the Hydrogenic atomic orbitals in an
intuitive user interface, Atom in a Box stimulates appreciation of the
aesthetic in science yet portrays its subject faithfully, appealing to
all from children to Nobel laureates. Long available on the Mac, Atom
in a Box is available today internationally via Apple's new App Store
for the iPod Touch and the iPhone.
Winner in Computers In Physics' Ninth Annual Educational Software
Contest, Atom in a Box applies highly-optimized code to directly
calculate the otherwise unwieldy quantum mechanical wavefunction of an
electron in the Hydrogen atom. Via the iPhone's multitouch interface and accelerometer,
the user can reorient and interact with the atomic orbital. The software
is even able to show the "flow" of the electron around the orbital by
presenting the time-evolving phase of the wavefunction as color.
"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."
Dauger Research and Advanced Cluster Systems Announce SEM Xserve Cluster at UCI
UCI's Network & Academic Computing Services has partnered with Advanced Cluster Systems,
Dauger Research, and Wolfram Research to deploy a 32-core, 64 GB RAM XServe G5 2
GHz computational cluster. The cluster is made available to campus
researchers to evaluate the use of the
Supercomputing Engine for
Mathematica. The cluster provides an easy to use, parallel
programming environment that decreases the execution time of standard
codes, scalable to larger clusters and newly emerging desktop,
multi-core systems. UCI researchers can apply for accounts for a limited time.
Dauger Research, Inc., ships version 1.7.6 of
Pooch and Pooch Pro clustering software.
The easy-to-use clustering technology now taps Open MPI, an open-source
MPI implementation formed by a partnership of academia, research, and
industry.
This is among the many updates to
Pooch clustering technology, in both functionality and user interface
design,
in response to Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard".
Click to read more.....
This evolutionary approach to parallel hardware [multicore] and software [multithreading] may work from 2 or 8 processor systems,
but is likely to face diminishing returns as 16 and 32 processor systems are realized...
We argue general-purpose
computing is taking an irreversible step toward parallel architectures.
What's different
this time? This shift toward increasing parallelism is not a triumphant stride forward
based on breakthroughs in novel software and architectures for parallelism; instead, this
plunge into parallelism is actually a retreat from even greater challenges that thwart
efficient silicon implementation of traditional uniprocessor architectures.
The MacResearch site provides the Mac science
community a means for sharing news, ideas, resources, and discussion.
It features an op/ed article Multicore Eroding Moore's Law
warning of serious consequences of the industry's multicore approach to date.
Perhaps now they are looking for a way out?
While we are watching for their results,
we suggest MPI.
The
MacCast is
one of the first podcasts dedicated to Mac users, especially everyday users
getting things done with their Mac, made possible only with all the hard work of the great
Adam Christianson.
At 52:10 (chapter 18) in the February 22 edition, while answering a listener question,
Adam cites the
Pooch cluster computing solution
and the
Pooch QuickTime Exporter
at Dauger Research
as a way to accelerate video compression.
Listen to the online post
or
access it
via iTunes as a podcast.
Abstract: In our goal to enhance the understanding of and enthusiasm for
scientifically and technically challenging subjects, we provide advanced
technologies in scientific computing and visualization. Our emphasis
includes quantum mechanics, optics, and high-performance computing for
the sciences. In this presentation we show how we advance the state of
the art of scientific visualization as well as cluster computing via
demonstrations of Fresnel diffraction, time evolution of quantum states,
and a parallel computing cluster capable of running supercomputing
applications. We accomplish this not only with powerful technology but
by making it easy to use, maximizing its accessibility by the
mainstream.
Also we are presenting
our solution at
ACS's booth #177,
on the north
side of the exhibit hall, starting Tuesday. If you are
attending SC07 or are in the Reno area, please come by to say hello.
The MacResearch site provides the Mac science
community a means for sharing news, ideas, resources, and discussion.
Today it features an op/ed article Multicore Eroding Moore's Law
questioning the industry's party line
and highlighting the what multicore means for the computer industry as a whole.
Motion Graphics Los Angeles (MGLA) provides a way for
professionals creating imagery for
video, film, and other media using desktop tools to meet every month.
They usually meet in Hollywood, a center of such activity.
To achieve accessible computational power for our research goals, we developed, on the Macintosh platform, the tools to build easy-to-use numerically-intensive parallel computing clusters.
By "reinventing" the cluster computer, we provide a unique solution designed to maximize accessibility for users.
The underlying computing paradigm of Message-Passing Interface (MPI) has revealed itself to be the most efficient and economical way yet found to apply large numbers of processing "cores" effectively for general purposes.
We present two new applications of our approach to clustering:
The new Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica enables Wolfram Research's Mathematica to be combined with the programming paradigm of today's supercomputers. In contrast to typical master-slave "grid"s, this solution instead closely follows MPI, from inside the Mathematica environment, and has every kernel in the cluster communicate with each other directly and collectively, necessary to address the largest problems in scientific computing.
Dauger Research Invited to Present At Torrey Pines
AbbyMath.com,
a great educational site led by Abby Brown, an enthusiastic math teacher
at Torrey Pines High School,
introduces fascination of math
and science to young students and encourages their enthusiasm. The site
is updated as her classes evolve, producing examples of how other
students can learn about math, including some that are interactive on
the web. She and her students presented their work at the
recent Wolfram
Technology Conference. See also her
MathRules.org site.
After discussing the idea at that conference,
Ms. Brown
invites Dauger Research
to present, in the same spirit as hers, to her students on January 29, 2007.
Dauger Research releases version 1.0 of a
QuickTime Exporter plug-in that automatically parallelizes
video compression from video-editing applications like iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro.
It uses Pooch technology to apply high-performance computing to desktop video editing.
The new version
supports compressing several movies at once for multi-format
video podcasting and compression
bracketing, a more robust fault recovery system, H.264 and AAC support, and
a renovated user interface.
Dauger Research Invited to Present At Occidental College's Physics Department
The Physics Department ofOccidental College
invites Dauger Research
to present to the undergraduate student body on November 7 at 4:30 pm in the Fowler Hall.
All in the area are invited to attend!
Abstract: In our goal to enhance the understanding of and enthusiasm for
scientifically and technically challenging subjects, we provide advanced
technologies in scientific computing and visualization. Our emphasis
includes quantum mechanics, optics, and high-performance computing for
the sciences. In this presentation we show how we advance the state of
the art of scientific visualization as well as cluster computing via
demonstrations of Fresnel diffraction, time evolution of quantum states,
and a parallel computing cluster capable of running supercomputing
applications. We accomplish this not only with powerful technology but
by making it easy to use, maximizing its accessibility by the
mainstream.
At the Wolfram Technology Conference 2006 in Champaign, Illinois,
Advanced Cluster Systems and Dauger Research
jointly present the
PoochMPI Toolkit for Mathematica.
By truly running Wolfram Research's Mathematica in parallel, its power can be combined with
Pooch clustering technology's ease of use and
reliability in high-performance computing.
WTC 2006 Attendees: See the latest on supercomputer-style Mathematica at:
The Advanced Cluster Systems booth the Grand Foyer in the Exhibit Hall
Wolfram Research's Mathematica Parallelized using Pooch
At WWDC 2006 in San Francisco,
the PoochMPI Toolkit for Mathematica is announced, which enables
Wolfram Research's Mathematica to be combined with the easy-to-use, supercomputer-compatible
Pooch clustering technology of Dauger Research.
By truly running Mathematica in parallel, its power can be combined with Pooch' ease of use
and reliability in high-performance computing.
This new technology, as Pooch as done before, will further enhance the power of clusters for
its users.
Dauger Research previews a
QuickTime Exporter plug-in that automatically parallelizes
video compression from video-editing applications like iMovie and Final Cut Pro.
It uses Pooch technology to apply high-performance computing to desktop video editing.
At WWDC 2006 in San Francisco, Dauger Research
presents a
poster
on
"Semiclassical modeling of multiparticle quantum systems using high-performance clustering and visualization on the Macintosh"
and a demonstration
of the Pooch clustering solution
at
the Science Connection
and how it benefits scientific users and developers on the platform.
Entire DR Product Line Ships for both Intel and PowerPC Macs
All of Dauger Research's award-winning products are now available as Universal Applications,
supporting the latest Intel-based Macs as well as older PowerPC-based Macs.
Besides shipping with new features, the new applications:
Pooch and Pooch Pro - supports Universal Clustering, head node configurations, and job file types
Pooch First and Only Cluster Solution to Support Universal Applications
Pooch and Pooch Pro clustering software goes Universal!
Pooch technology becomes the first and only clustering solution to launch Universal
Applications in parallel. While still retaining full backwards compatibility,
Pooch also introduces new features, including a new Job file format, new head-node and
job retrieval features to take advantage of clusters configured Linux-style, more
flexible multiprocessing support, and enhancements to its AppleScript interface.
Click to read more.....
Parallel Computing Manager debuts.
Dauger Research, Inc., introduces the Parallel Computing Manager (PCM) software
for running and and managing clusters in the enterprise. PCM is an unmatched combination of
powerful tools to manage and maintain cluster resources, maximizing the power
of cluster computing for its corporate and institutional clients. Today PCM
debuts as a Universal Application.
Click to read more.....
MacTech Cites Dauger Research
Dauger Research's Pooch Cited in MacTech's article on HPC
The feature article of the
February 2006 issue of MacTech magazine
cites Dauger Research and its Pooch clustering technology.
MacTech is dedicated to developers applying Macintosh technology.
This article (page 32) focuses on
an example of how Xserves can be used to create
a large high-performance computing cluster.
Pooch v1.6.5 Released
Update to Pooch Software Enhances the Cluster Experience
Dauger Research ships version 1.6.5 of
Pooch and Pooch Pro clustering software.
"Evidenced by our
long history leveraging the latest desktop computing technologies, such as
Bonjour, AppleScript, drag-and-drop clustering, multiprocessing, multiple MPI
library support, and OS X, we have a long history of growing with renovations
to the Macintosh. We continue to innovative with the latest platform
transitions in Pooch and Pooch Pro, making clusters as easy-to-use as possible
for users", said Dr. Dean Dauger, President of Dauger Research, Inc. "We bring
Macintosh-style computing to supercomputer-compatible clusters, producing the
best and most flexible user experience in parallel computing."
Click to read more.....
JCP Publishes New Article on Modeling Quantum Systems
New Article on Modelling Quantum Systems Published in the Journal of Computational Physics
The Journal of Computational Physics publishes "Using semiclassical trajectories
for the time-evolution of interacting quantum-mechanical systems" by
Dauger, Decyk, and Dawson, 209 (2005) 559-581.
This article describes a modeling technique, based on Feynman path integrals,
its authors use to model variety of quantum phenomena,
validating the technique as an accurate way to model complex, dynamic
quantum systems. Because the technique is based on a plasma particle-in-cell (PIC) code
designed to run on massively parallel computers, it potentially is an
approach to model very large dynamic quantum systems using high-performance computing.
Access
this article online.
New DR Site is Online
Dauger Research Debuts New Web Site
The Dauger Research web site gets a whole new and updated look.
With all-new graphics and a major reorganization, the DR web site makes
knowledge about high-performance, scientific, and cluster computing more accessible to its users.
Major new or updated sections include:
Pooch Technology of Dauger Research Selected for Omneta Supercomputer
Omneta Selects Pooch Pro Cluster Technology for Several Thousand Node System
Omneta selects
Pooch Pro, clustering technology of Dauger Research, to support its
distributed supercomputer cluster.
Dauger Research's
Pooch technology is a part of the software backbone of their supercomputer and Omneta's RAP ("Rent-A-Processor") service.
Dauger Research Speaks at UC Irvine
UCI Holds HPC Event featuring Dauger Research
Apple Invites Dauger Research to join them at a High-Performance Computing seminar at
University of California, Irvine, on June 22, to show
the Pooch clustering solution
and introduce how to write for high-performance computers.
Held in
the University Club Library starting at 9 am,
this all-day event benefits from successful presentations at WWDC 2004 and 2005 and in Apple's Seminar Series on HPC.
Seating is limited so sign up soon!
Dauger Research Speaks at WWDC 2005
Apple Invites Dauger Research to Present at WWDC 2005
--> Don't miss this session! - Tuesday at 3:30 in The Mission <--
At WWDC 2005 in San Francisco, Apple
invites Dauger Research to
speak at
Session 606: "Mac OS X and Scientific Computing"
and demonstrate how
the Pooch clustering solution inspires scientific users and developers
to excel on the platform.
Motivated by the success of DR's presentations at WWDC 2004 and in Apple's Seminar Series on HPC,
this session is hosted by Apple's Senior VP of Software Engineering, Dr. Bud Tribble.
Pooch Taps Tiger, Grid, and Web
Pooch Cluster Software Makes Cluster and Grid Computing Easier
Dauger Research releases version 1.6 of Pooch and Pooch Pro clustering software
today. Leveraging new technologies introduced with OS X "Tiger", the Pooch family introduces new enhancements,
including "playlist"-like node lists and network tools, enriching the user experience of
supercomputer-compatible cluster computing. Long recognized as a leader in
cluster solution providers, Dauger Research delivers the latest powerful tools
to manage and maintain cluster resources.
Click to read more.....
"Keeping America Strong" Award Goes to DR
Dauger Research Honored with "Keeping America Strong" Award
Dauger Research, Inc., is the proud
recipient of the "Keeping America Strong" award, part of a special television
broadcast hosted by William Shatner. This production is one of a "Heartbeat of
America" TV series focusing on innovative small businesses performing
breakthrough work. The program features interviews by Doug Llewelyn, well-known
as "The People's Court" reporter, of the team running Dauger Research, with a
special focus on the only easy-to-use yet
supercomputer-compatible cluster computing solution.
Doug Llewelyn interviews
Dr. Dauger and Kevin Sinclair, VP Operations, while they perform a live
demonstration of their cluster technology.
The program airs nationwide on Tuesday, May 2, 2005, at 9 AM EST on the AmericanLife Television Network.
You may also view the program online.
Dauger Research to Present at WWDC 2005
MacEnterprise.org Invites Dauger Research to Present at WWDC 2005
MacEnterprise, the Mac OS X Enterprise deployment project,
is hosting a special MacEnterprise Day on Sunday, June 5, in San Francisco
in connection with WWDC 2005.
One of the tracks in their "Thinking Outside the Box" Presentation series is on Parallel Computing Software for OS X,
where Dauger Research is presenting.
Full details are available on
MacEnterprise web site.
Dauger Research to Present at ICCS 2005
Dauger Research to Present at International Conference on Computational Science 2005
In Atlanta, GA, Emory University hosts the 2005 International Conference on Computational Science
aiming to bring together scientists of all disciplines
to discuss problems and solutions for research utilizing
computation.
Glad to be part of the program, Dauger Research is
speaking in a workshop on
"Plug-and-Play" Cluster Computing:
HPC Designed for the Mainstream Scientist
at 3:40 pm on Monday, May 23.
If you are in the area, please attend.
Full details are available on
ICCS web site.
CiSE Cluster Issue Publishes Article on Mac Clustering
Computing in Science and Engineering, a joint publication of IEEE and the
American Institute of Physics, just published a special issue (March/April 2005)
focused on Cluster Computing.
Available here with permission, one of its five cluster articles is about Mac clusters:
"This article is a must-read for anyone who wants to apply clustering... but faces limited resources for actually managing the cluster." - Prof. George K. Thiruvathukal in the Guest Editor's Introduction
Apple HPC Seminar Series with Dauger Research
Apple Seminar Series on High-Performance Computing featuring Dauger Research Continues into Week 7
Apple invited Dauger Research to present as part of the Apple Seminar Series,
presenting the Pooch Application and code optimization
techniques for high-performance computing.
This series, "Apple and High Performance Computing",
inspired by the success at Dauger Research's presentation at WWDC 2004, continues.
The schedule is:
"Dawson" Cluster exceeds a TeraFlop using 256 2-GHz G5's
Huntington Beach, California, USA - January 11, 2005 - Dauger Research,
Inc., announces today that a new milestone for cluster computing and the
Macintosh platform has been accomplished. Software written by
researchers at Dauger Research and the University of California, Los
Angeles, (UCLA) achieved 1.21 trillion floating-point operations
per second on a cluster of 128 Dual-Processor Xserve G5s.
Apple Seminar Series on HPC Features Dauger Research
Dauger Research Is Featured Presenter in Apple Seminar Series on High-Performance Computing
As part of the Apple Seminar Series,
Dauger Research, Inc., was invited to present the Pooch Application and code optimization
techniques for high-performance computing.
This series, "Apple and High Performance Computing",
was inspired by the success at Dauger Research's presentation at WWDC 2004 (see below).
The schedule so far is:
The "Plug and Play" Cluster Solution Adds Support for LAM/MPI and Myrinet hardware
Huntington Beach, California, USA - September 21, 2004 - Dauger Research, Inc.,
ships version 1.5.5 of Pooch, the Parallel OperatiOn and Control Heuristic
application. This version introduces new technologies to access and run clusters
behind firewalls and automatically access job output.
In addition, it adds support for the use of
Myrinet hardware from
Myricom and
the open-source
LAM/MPI implementation.
Click to read more.....
Dauger Research Exhibits and Presents at Apple's WWDC 2004
Dauger Research Exhibits and Presents Cluster Computing at Apple's 2004 Developer Conference
In addition, Apple has invited Dauger Research to present in their High-Performance Computing track!
Dr. Dauger will be a guest speaker at Session 642: "HPC Software Optimization" on Thursday at 2 pm.
- Don't miss this session!
Pooch Adds New Brains and Beauty
The "Plug and Play" Cluster Solution Adds Queuing, Scheduling, and Sports
Updated Graphical User Interface
MACWORLD EXPO, San Francisco - January 6, 2004 - Dauger Research, Inc., delivers
version 1.4 of Pooch. This version debuts a new graphically-based, dynamic job queue and scheduling system
taking advantage of Pooch's built-in heuristic functions and cluster diagnostics.
It also sports an updated graphical user interface taking advantage of features
introduced in Panther, Apple's latest Mac OS X.
From Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of
Worldwide Developer Relations: "Leveraging the power of the Macintosh platform, Pooch 1.4
delivers easy to use software for numerically-intensive parallel computing."
Click to read more.....
Dauger Research Exhibits at SuperComputing 2003
Apple Computer Invites Dauger Research to Exhibit Cluster Computing at SuperComputing 2003 Conference
Dauger Research at the Apple Booth of SuperComputing 2003!
Apple Computer invited Dauger Research to exhibit
the Parallel OperatiOn and Control Heuristic Application and the
latest news regarding powerful, easy-to-use cluster computing at the SuperComputing
held on November 17-20, 2003 in
Phoenix, Arizona.
The Dauger Research station was manned for the duration of the exhibition.
New Tutorials on Writing for Parallel Computers
New Discussions and Tutorials Introduces Users to Parallel Computing
By creating and supporting Pooch, we hope to make parallel computing accessible to the user.
In this spirit, we have written a new series of discussions and tutorials and posted them
on the Pooch web site.
We encourage you to begin with the
Parallelization page, introducing the issues
involved with designing and writing parallel code, then see how these concepts apply to
three example codes: Parallel Knock,
Parallel Adder,
and Parallel Pascal's Triangle.
You are welcome to download and examine the source code in these examples.
Pooch Taps Unused Cycles and Extends Command-Line Support
"Plug and Play" Cluster Software Extends Use of Unutilized Computational Power and Command-Line Interface
Huntington Beach, California, USA - June 20, 2003 - Dauger Research, Inc., is shipping version
1.3.5 of Pooch, the Parallel OperatiOn and Control Heuristic application. This version debuts
new features designed to take advantage of the untapped power of a Mac computer lab or other
administered environment. It also extends its command-line support with a new suite of command-line
tools and the ability to install Pooch via a command line, capabilites designed for the
Compute Node Xserve.
Read more.....
Flagship publication of the American Institute of Physics publishes article
urging readers to try the orbital visualization program
Physics Today published an
article by Professor Frank Wilczek of MIT that references
Atom in a Box.
While emphasizing the beauty of quantum mechanical theories, he says to the reader,
"let me urge you to contemplate the wave-mechanical hydrogen atom, using Dauger's
remarkable shareware 'Atom in a Box'. ... [it] represents a deep aspect of reality."
The article appears on page 11 in the Reference Frame section of the May 2003 issue of Physics Today.
We thank Professor Wilczek for his software registration and kind comments!
Dauger Research Presents at FOSE 2003
Apple Computer Invites Dauger Research to Present on Cluster Computing at FOSE 2003
Dauger Research at the Apple Booth of FOSE 2003!
At the invitation of Apple Computer, Dr. Dean Dauger of Dauger Research presented
the Parallel OperatiOn and Control Heuristic Application and the
latest news regarding powerful, easy-to-use cluster computing at FOSE,
the information technology expo for the government marketplace held on April 8-10, 2003, in Washington, D. C.
The presentation was scheduled for Wednesday, April 9, and the Dauger Research station was
manned for the duration of the show.
We also demonstrated Pooch for those who
visit the Dauger Research station!
View the full sized presentation here.
See more at the
Pooch What's New Page.
33-Xserve Cluster Achieves 217 GigaFlops
Xserve Cluster achieves over 1/5 TeraFlop using 66 1-GHz G4's
Huntington Beach, California, USA - November 14, 2002 - Dauger Research, Inc., announces
today that a milestone for cluster computing and the Macintosh platform has been
accomplished. Software written by researchers at Dauger Research and the University
of California, Los Angeles, achieved over 217 billion floating-point operations per
second on a cluster of 33 Xserves.
The President of Dauger Research reviews the latest
update to Wolfram Research's symbolic and technical mathematics package
On the AppleLust web site, Dr. Dean Dauger of Dauger Research and Pooch fame
reviews the latest
update to the symbolic and technical mathematics package, Mathematica 4.2.
For the complete review, follow
this link.
Pooch Builds on Rendezvous and Multiprocessing
"Plug and Play" Parallel Computing Combines Rendezvous, Multiprocessing, and Cluster Computing
Huntington Beach, California, USA - October 16, 2002 - Dauger Research, Inc., has shipped version 1.3 of Pooch,
the Parallel OperatiOn and Control Heuristic application.
The latest version of the cluster management software now enables application writers to take advantage
of multiprocessor Macs and cluster computing using just one API.
Read more.....
USC 76-Node Macintosh Cluster Achieves 233 GigaFlops
Large Macintosh cluster at USC achieves over 1/5 TeraFlop on 152 G4's and
demonstrates excellent scalability
Los Angeles, California, USA - January 11, 2002 -
Researchers and staff at the University of Southern California (USC)
collaborated with scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA)
to achieve a milestone for cluster computing and the Macintosh platform.
Software from Dauger Research, Inc., and UCLA achieved 233 Gigaflops on a
Macintosh cluster at USC's Language Arts computer lab and other USC facilities.
Read more.....
SET and SET/Scilab debut at Supercomputing 2012
The MacCast 
USPTO Grants Patent to the Supercomputing Engine Technology
The Passing of Steve Jobs
Pooch v1.8.3 Ships Today
The Economist on Multicore Pushing Problems onto Software Writers
Atom in a Box on the iPad
Dauger Research at Supercomputing 2010
Dauger Research at WWDC 2010
Pooch QuickTime Exporter v1.3.1 Ships Today
Pooch v1.8 Released
Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica at Supercomputing 2009
Dauger Research at WWDC 2009
Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica in the United Kingdom
Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica at Supercomputing 2008
Ten Years of Mac Clustering
Research Computing Symposium at UC Irvine
Industry Sees "Multicore Eroding Moore's Law" Coming True
Bridging the Scientifically Complex to the Mainstream
Supercomputing Engine for Mathematica at Supercomputing 2007
Digital Production BuZZ Interview
Conferencia Latinamericana de Computatición de Alto Rendimiento
Dauger Research Presents at MGLA
WWDC 2007 Scientific Poster Presentation
North Carolina A&T Professor Presents at Supercomputing 2006
Bridging the Scientifically Complex to the Mainstream
PoochMPI Toolkit for Mathematica Announced
QuickTime Compression Clustered with Pooch Preview
Dauger Research in WWDC Campaign
Special Cluster Issue includes Mac Clusters
Apple HPC Seminar Series with Dauger Research
128 Dual-Processor Xserve G5 Cluster Achieves 1.21 TeraFlop
Pooch Adds Support for LAM/MPI and mpich-gm
Dauger Research Exhibits and Presents at Apple's WWDC 2004
Dauger Research Exhibits at SuperComputing 2003
The New Dauger Research Store
Atom in a Box referenced in Physics Today
Dauger Research Presents at FOSE 2003
33-Xserve Cluster Achieves 217 GigaFlops
Review of Mathematica 4.2 Posted on AppleLust
USC 76-Node Macintosh Cluster Achieves 233 GigaFlops