Compaq moves to first position in technical systems and servers measured in revenueHouston 20 March 2001 Compaq has vaulted into the number one overall market revenue position in the technical systems and servers market with 21.6 percent market revenue share and $1.3 billion in sales revenue, according to a recent International Data Corporation (IDC) High Performance Technical Computer QView Report.
In the IDC report, Compaq continues to lead the Divisional Segment (systems
averaging from $250,000 to $1 million, and used to address capacity workloads)
with a 34.1 percent share.
In the Enterprise Server market (capacity systems sold for more than $1
million), Compaq moved into the number two slot with 15.2 percent revenue share.
In the Departmental Server market (systems less than $250,000), Compaq ranked
third at 21.3 percent based on its powerful low-end AlphaServer DS Series.
And, in the high-end Capability Systems market (systems purchased to address the
most demanding challenges), Compaq captured a 10.8 percent share.
Recent orders include:
- A Compaq system being built for the Australian Partnership for Advanced
Computing (APAC) for research is such areas as molecular modeling for new drugs
and pattern discovery for fraud detection - announced on February 14, 2001.
- A 100 Tflop/s system Compaq is building through an agreement between the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE), Sandia National Laboratories, and Celera Genomics,
which will be the world's largest supercomputer when completed in 2004 to be
used for a range of life sciences applications - announced in Washington, D.C.
on January 19, 2001.
- A 30+ Tflop/s system Compaq is building for the DOE's National Nuclear
Security Administration (NNSA) to simulate nuclear testing - announced on
August 22, 2000.
- A 6 Tflop/s system Compaq and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center are
building and managing for the National Science Foundation for non-military
scientific applications - announced on August 3, 2000.
+ A Compaq system built for Celera Genomics to complete the initial mapping and
sequencing of the human genome - announced in a ceremony at the White House on
June 26, 2000.
- And, a 5 Tflop/s system Compaq is building for the French Atomic Energy
Commission as the largest supercomputer in Europe - announced in February 2000.
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