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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., -- SGI announced that attendees of the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will witness the future of high-performance Linux(R) computing-a new generation of open source computing that pushes Linux to dramatically new levels of performance. SGI will debut the recently announced SGI(R) Altix(TM) 3000 servers and superclusters as part of its broad presence at LinuxWorld, Jan. 22-24, at New York's Javits Center. The SGI Altix 3000 supercluster, fueled by the first high-performance Linux environment capable of scaling to 64 processors in a single node, represents a remarkable leap forward for scientists, engineers and other users of advanced technical computing systems. SGI Altix 3000 systems combine SGI(R) supercomputing architecture with Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2 processors and the Linux operating system, shattering scalability and performance records. At LinuxWorld, under the banner of "Scaling Linux to New Altitudes," SGI will host technical presentations, new technology demonstrations, Birds-of-a-Feather meetings and roundtable discussions. All presentations and discussions are designed to help attendees and journalists gain insight into a new class of 64-bit computing introduced by groundbreaking Linux technologies, including global shared memory and enhanced open-system operating environments. At the SGI exhibit (Booth 221, Level 3, Hall 3D), attendees can attend ongoing technical discussions and view all-new technology demonstrations, including: -- Daily presentations by Jon "maddog" Hall, executive director of Linux International, and SGI representatives on topics including "Extreme Linux," "Scaling Linux," "Porting Linux to Big Iron" and "Global Shared Memory" -- Demonstrations of Gaussian(R) computational chemistry, STAR-CD(TM) computational fluid dynamics, engineering analysis and other advanced technical computing applications scaled to 64 Intel Itanium 2 processors on a single node -- Integration of Linux into Visual Area Network and storage area network technology displays In the conference area, SGI will host two Birds-of-a-Feather meetings designed for attendees to network with other like-minded Linux users in an informal setting to discuss the latest developments in extreme computing. SGI also will sponsor a roundtable discussion for journalists about science applications of the SGI Altix 3000 family of servers and superclusters. -- "New Breakthroughs in Linux Supercomputing" will explore the new frontier of problems that now can be addressed with scalable, 64-bit Linux implementations in a low-latency NUMA architecture. The Birds-of-a-Feather discussion will be led by Paul McNamara, SGI vice president of products and platforms, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in Room 1E05, Javits Center. -- "Extreme Linux: Moving Forward" will probe ways to naturally take advantage of parallelism found in Beowulf systems, NUMA machines and the grid-all with an eye toward making programs run faster. Hall and McNamara will host this Birds-of-a-Feather meeting from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 in Room 1E05, Javits Center. -- A roundtable discussion for journalists about science applications will feature SGI's Dan Stevens, Ph.D., marketing manager, life and chemical sciences, and Addison Snell, SGI product marketing manager. It will take place at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 (see related media advisory). SGI also will host a LinuxWorld press conference at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Room 1E05 (see related media advisory). The company's several news announcements will spotlight the rapidly growing base of support for 64-bit Linux computing among users of technical and scientific applications.