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NEC Solutions America, a premier provider of integrated solutions for the Connected Enterprise in North America, will showcase its complete suite of high performance computing (HPC) and supercomputer technologies at SUPERCOMPUTING 2005 (SC|05), the premier international conference on high performance computing on November 14-November 17, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle. In booth #714, NEC will highlight its capabilities in developing, integrating, implementing and managing large scale HPC solutions by displaying its wide range of HPC platforms, including the SX-series vector supercomputers, NEC's EM64T blade server and NEC's Intel Itanium Express5800/1000 server series, which combines the power of Intel Itanium2 CPUs with NEC's leading technology in high-end computing to deliver outstanding scalability and computing power. Additionally on display will be NEC's Fault Tolerant servers and its Storage series. In order to best answer scientific needs of large scale and high-speed calculations, NEC has made consistent improvements to its HPC technology. NEC further underscores its commitment to the market by delivering the most advanced vector architecture, LSI technology, optical interconnect cabling and low loss PCB technology in a condensed format -- NEC's new generation of SX-8 vector supercomputers. These technologies are NEC's latest solution to create new opportunities for scientific and engineering developments. "NEC's vector supercomputers have been at the forefront of the world's latest developments in scientific research and engineering," said Larry Sheffield, executive vice president, Solutions Platform Group of NEC Solutions America. "NEC is proud to exhibit its HPC solutions at SC|05, as we see the importance of supercomputing technology as a way to provide a strong contribution to improve quality of life and benefit society." NEC has been providing HPC solutions based on state-of-the-art technologies for more than two decades. Currently, NEC's supercomputing technology is used to simulate many real-world applications, including weather forecast, hurricane tracking, earthquake prediction, oil and gas exploration, automotive design and nuclear energy safety, to name a few.