INDUSTRY

Armonk, NY -- IBM was the leading high performance computing vendor in the fourth quarter of 2002, according to International Data Corporation's worldwide High Performance Technical Computer Quarterly View. In the fourth quarter, IBM's overall high performance computing revenue share was 36.7 percent, an 11.5 point jump from the previous-year's fourth quarter, according to IDC. HP dropped 7.9 points to 31.5 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same quarter of 2001. In addition to its overall leadership, IBM has continued dominance in the Technical Capability Segment with 59.7 percent revenue share in the fourth quarter, 2002 compared to the same quarter, 2001. The Technical Capability Segment measures the machines that solve the largest and most demanding scientific problems. HP reports in at 19.4 percent for the same quarter. "IBM is serious about supercomputing and these latest results indicate that we have the right systems for solving a broad range of high performance computing problems that our customer will address today and in the future," said Surjit Chana, vice president, IBM eServer pSeries.