SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --

The HPC Advisory Council, a leading organization for high-performance computing research, outreach and education, today announced the formation of the HPC Advisory Council's 4^th Annual China High-Performance Computing Workshop on October 28^th, 2012 in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China in conjunction with the HPC China 2012 Conference. The workshop will focus on HPC productivity, and advanced HPC topics and futures, and will bring together system managers, researchers, developers, computational scientists and industry affiliates to discuss recent developments and future advancements in High-Performance Computing.

"We are pleased to collaborate again with HPC China and to have our fourth high-performance computing education and outreach workshop in China as part of HPC China's overall conference program," said Gilad Shainer, chairman of the HPC Advisory Council. "The HPC Advisory Council's worldwide workshops have become world renowned as an excellent educational opportunity for HPC and data center IT professionals who are looking to deploy or provide additional enhancements and functionality to their advanced high-performance solutions."

For the agenda and schedule, please refer to the workshop website. The workshop is free to HPC China attendees and to the HPC Advisory Council members. Registration is required and can be made at the HPC China Conference website.

The HPC Advisory Council 4^th Annual China Workshop is being sponsored by the following companies: AMD, DataDirect Networks, HP, Inspur, Mellanox Technologies, and Paratera. Media sponsorship and coverage is being provided by China Network World, HPCwire, and ZDNet China.

Supporting Resources:

• HPC Advisory Council China Workshop Website
• Workshop Registration
• Workshop Agenda
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About the HPC Advisory Council

The HPC Advisory Council's mission is to bridge the gap between high-performance computing (HPC) use and its potential, bring the beneficial capabilities of HPC to new users for better research, education, innovation and product manufacturing, bring users the expertise needed to operate HPC systems, provide application designers with the tools needed to enable parallel computing, and to strengthen the qualification and integration of HPC system products. For more information about the HPC Advisory Council, please visit www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com.

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