Scyld Beowulf Next Generation Cluster Operating System softwareAnnapolis 29 January 2001 Scyld Computing Corporation today released the first commercial version of its Scyld Beowulf Next Generation Cluster Operating System software. The Scyld Beowulf distribution is the next generation Beowulf operating system. It includes an enhanced Linux kernel, libraries, and utilities specifically designed for clustering.
Beowulf-style cluster systems are computers running open-source operating
systems that are networked together to form a parallel processing supercomputer.
The Scyld Beowulf system provides a stable, standard, supported platform for the
deployment of advanced clustering applications.
The Scyld Beowulf release and Scyld's formation is in response to a driving
market need for a cluster operating system for high performance computing. The
operating system is the next generation of Beowulf style computing originally
architected by Donald Becker, Scyld's CTO, along with other Scyld developers who
were also part of the original Beowulf project at NASA.
Patrick Webb, a Steering Committee Member of the Houston Technology Center and
CEO of the venture capital firm Enfinit Global Partners stated, "With the Scyld
Beowulf operating system as a standard, many industries will be able to write
computational and data intensive applications that can be applied on commodity
hardware around the world at significant price savings from traditional
systems."
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