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SAN DIEGO -- Accelrys Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pharmacopeia, Inc., and HP today announced that DMol(3) and CASTEP, Accelrys' state-of-the-art quantum codes in Materials Studio(TM) 2.2, will be available on Itanium(R) 2-based HP servers in October 2002. Accelrys intends to port the remaining Materials Studio server codes in 2003 to the 4-way Itanium 2-based HP Server rx5670 and dual Itanium 2-based HP Server rx2600 systems running Red Hat Linux 7.2. "The fact that Materials Studio now will be available on HP's Itanium 2-based platform underlines our continued commitment to enable chemical and materials research organizations to adopt the latest and best performing hardware platforms available," said John S. Delli-Santi, vice president and general manager, Materials Science. "This significant development couples state-of-the-art software with state-of-the-art hardware, a powerful combination to push forward the boundaries of chemical research and development." HP's Itanium 2-based servers, enabled by the HP Chipset zx1, deliver record-breaking performance that will address the most computationally and data-intensive scientific projects of Materials Studio customers utilizing applications such as DMol(3) and CASTEP, and at a better price / performance than comparable RISC platforms. Invented by HP, the HP Chipset zx1 provides customers with a cost-effective, high bandwidth and low latency solution for 1- to 4-way workstations and servers. Under the companies' current alliance, Materials Studio is available on HP AlphaServer systems running Tru64 UNIX and industry-standard HP ProLiant servers running either Windows or Linux. "The planned introduction of Materials Studio on HP's family of Itanium 2-based servers points to exciting new possibilities in scientific computing by significantly expanding problem solving capabilities," said Steve Joachims, director of marketing and solutions for HP's High Performance Technical Computing Division. "Today's announcement by Accelrys and HP exemplifies the benefits and momentum behind the Itanium 2 processor for high performance computing environments," said Mike Graf, marketing manager for Intel's Itanium processor family. "Accelrys' choice of operating systems coupled with the high performance and cost effectiveness of these systems reflect the value Itanium 2-based systems provide in accelerating chemicals and materials research."