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CORONADO, CA -- This month, Supercomputing Online, the leading source for news and information for high-performance computing, networking and communications professionals is celebrating its sixth month on the Web. The online publication has published its 1500th article, surpassed 18,000 users and achieved a circulations milestone, surpassing 40,000 requests for pages for the month of January. Partially responsible for this rapid circulations growth is the site’s mobile version, which was introduced in November. To celebrate the mobile version’s runaway success, Supercomputing Online has announced a PDA giveaway. All current registered users and those readers who register before March 1, 2002 will be eligible. Winners will be selected at random. "Supercomputing Online is a welcome addition to the world of HPC (High Performance Computing), where up-to-date information is critical," said Horst Simon, Director of NERSC (National Energy Research Scientific Computing) Division located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "In HPC, if you're standing still, you're falling behind. Supercomputing Online is one of the leading sources of information for us, providing the latest news and a critical perspective. Their coverage is solid, accurate, up to the minute and easily accessible. Supercomputing Online is everything you could want in a news source covering this fast-moving arena." High reader demand for specialized information has continued to attract new users since the Website launched in August 2001. "Supercomputing professionals understand the importance of getting an informed first look at how technology, new companies or business models will affect them," said Supercomputing Online Publisher Chris O'Neal. "Supercomputing Online has become a must read. It dwarfs any other news site in our competitive set in terms of readers, quantity of content, and more importantly quality of content." With its insightful daily coverage of trends, people and companies, Supercomputing Online keeps readers abreast of the latest corporate and research-focused developments and provides perspective on how high-end computing and networking is constantly changing the high-technology landscape. "Supercomputing Online provides timely access to breaking news for high performance computing customers," said Greg Estes, Vice President of Marketing, SGI. "We are pleased to work with Supercomputing Online as its staff reports on the latest technologies." About Supercomputing Online Supercomputing Online is dedicated to covering high-end computing, communications, and networking issues, applications, research, and more. The publication will come to be known as the voice of the entire market segment. Published by Atomic Communications, Inc., the company is headquartered in Coronado, CA. WWW.SUPERCOMPUTINGONLINE.COM ---------- NOTE: Supercomputing Online is a trademark of Atomic Communications, Inc. Any other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACTS: Media, Steve Fisher, 1.888.343.2038, steve@supercomputingonline.com All other inquiries, Chris O'Neal, 1.888.396.9128, Chris@supercomputingonline.com SOURCE: Atomic Communications, Inc.