Bangkok--4 Jul--Hill & Knowlton HP today announced that the company continues to strengthen its position on the TOP500 list, a ranking of the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers, with its HP BladeSystem c-Class servers dominating as the most prominent computing architecture on the list. HP BladeSystem c-Class servers power 176 entries, or 35 percent of the total entries on the TOP500 list. This is more than any other single computing architecture and more blade installations than all other vendors combined. Blade systems have experienced strong momentum in high-performance computing, with 66 percent of the supercomputers on the TOP500 list, 329 total entries, now configured with blade servers. Additionally, for the second consecutive year, the HP BladeSystem installation at Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), a wholly owned company of the Tata Group, India’s largest conglomerate, is ranked in the top 10 of the TOP500 list and remains the most powerful supercomputer in the Asia Pacific region. The HP BladeSystem cluster at CRL is also the world’s largest system used for research in cloud computing. Another HP’s blade server which also ranks on the TOP500 list, is the HP BL2x220c — two independent servers in a single blade configuration that power one of the world’s most energy-efficient clusters. It is designed for high-performance and cloud computing deployment. HP BL2x220c systems were implemented at WETA Digital Ltd, a New Zealand-based animation company, renowned for the visual effects of “The Lord of the Rings” and “King Kong” movie blockbusters, with the objective of creating a high-performance platform that would increase processing density and reduce energy consumption. The system, consisting of four clusters equipped with156 BL2x220c server blades each, ranks 219 through 222 on the current TOP500 list. Picture 1 — HP BladeSystem c-Class servers dominate as the most prominent computing architecture, powering 176 entries or 35 per cent of the total entries on the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. Picture 2 — The HP BL2x220c server blade powers one of the world’s most energy-efficient clusters at WETA Digital Ltd, an animation company renowned for the visual effects of “The Lord of the Rings.” The system, consisting of four clusters equipped with156 BL2x220c server blades each, ranks 219 through 222 on the current TOP500 list.About the rankings The TOP500 ranking of supercomputers is released twice a year by researchers at the Universities of Tennessee and Mannheim, Germany, and at NERSC Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The list ranks supercomputers worldwide based on the Linpack N*N Benchmark, a yardstick of performance that is a reflection of processor speed and scalability.More information about HP high-performance computing is available at www.hp.com/go/hptc.About HP HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers — from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $110.4 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended April 30, 2008. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com. For more information please contact: Pensri Iem-Klai or Weeranuch Puttachatsaewee Hill & Knowlton Thailand Tel. 0-2627-3501 ext.105 or 101 Fax. 0-2627-3510 e-mail: [email protected] knowlton.com, [email protected]