URBANA, Ill. (March 28, 2007)—The Gelato Federation is proud to announce the technical program for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on April 16-18, 2007, in San Jose, California. International Itanium architecture experts are scheduled to deliver over 70 top-notch presentations focusing on Linux® on the Intel® Itanium® architecture. The full program is now available online at www.ice.gelato.org/program/program.php.

"This year's program is phenomenal," stated Mark K. Smith, Gelato managing director. "The Program Committee has brought together all the big names in Linux and Itanium architecture. Attendees will not want to miss the presentation from Intel's James Fister outlining the latest, yet to be disclosed, Itanium processor roadmap."

Gelato ICE is the world's only conference dedicated specifically to Linux on the Intel Itanium architecture. Gelato ICE is targeted for technical users, application and tool developers, system researchers and vendors, and ISVs wanting to network and extend the impact of the platform. The conference is sponsored by HP, Intel, and the Itanium® Solutions Alliance, and media partners HPCwire and GRIDtoday.

Program Sessions and Tracks for Gelato ICE 2007

Program tracks covering the three-full days of Gelato ICE include: multi-core programming, IA-64 Linux kernel work, virtualization, tools and tuning, topics for enterprise, GCC improvements, and cutting-edge research. Linux keynote speakers will be Andrew Morton, Maintainer of the Linux 2.6 Kernel, and Wim Coekaerts, Senior Director for Linux Engineering at Oracle.

Intel and Gelato are offering a full day multi-core programming seminar and lab. Gelato and the Itanium® Solutions Alliance have organized a series of presentations covering the Itanium architecture and tool selection and use for porting applications and optimizing system performance.

Gelato ICE San Jose will be the year's highpoint for those wanting to learn more about using and developing Linux on Itanium architecture. Anyone working with this platform—or thinking about working with the platform—should attend. More information is available at www.ice.gelato.org.

About Gelato

The Gelato Federation is the global technical community dedicated to advancing Linux on the Intel Itanium-based platform through collaboration, education, and leadership. Information about Gelato members' software and solutions are available through the Gelato portal, and the community is welcome to participate and contribute.

For more information, please contact:
Nan Holda
nan@gelato.org
+1.217.265.0947

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

URBANA, Ill. (January 17, 2007)— On the eve of their fifth anniversary, the Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) announces the opening of registration for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on April 15-18, 2007, in San Jose, California. Gelato ICE is the world's only conference dedicated specifically to Linux® on the Intel® Itanium architecture and is sponsored by HP, Intel, and the Itanium® Solutions Alliance.

Gelato ICE 2007 will feature three full days and 70+ technical presentations spotlighting Linux on Itanium-based platforms. Presenters will include international experts working on this architecture and speaking on topics such as: optimization, multi-core programming, virtualization, compilers, and Gelato member research.

There will be a heavy emphasis on Linux at this year's event. Gelato ICE 2007 will feature a new track focusing on IA-64 Linux Kernel work. Keynote speakers will include: Wim Coekaerts, Senior Director for Linux Engineering at Oracle, and Andrew Morton, Maintainer of the Linux 2.6 Kernel.

"Many people are not aware that in the four-year period 2002 to 2005, Linux customers spent nearly $1.2 billion on Intel Itanium-based servers. This is second only to x86-based servers and almost six times as much as on all RISC-based servers running Linux combined," stated Mark K. Smith, Gelato managing director. "Because of this strong connection between the Linux operating system and the Itanium processor, we decided to highlight Linux at this Gelato ICE."

Gelato ICE is *the* conference for technical users, application and tool developers, system researchers and vendors, and ISVs looking to extend the impact of Linux on Itanium architecture. The event will address current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to Linux on the Itanium processor, and will feature presentations, poster sessions, and the exchange of information in formal and informal settings. Attendees can network with key researchers, system vendors, industrial users, and ISVs. Participants will learn how to maximize the performance of their systems and discover which tools to use and how to use them.

Gelato ICE 2007 will be the year's highpoint for those wanting to learn more about using and developing Linux on Itanium architecture. Anyone working with this platform—or thinking about working with the platform—should attend. Conference sponsor and exhibitor opportunities are still available. For attendees, an Early Bird discount is in effect until March 22. More information is available at www.ice.gelato.org.

About Gelato

The Gelato Federation is the global technical community dedicated to advancing Linux on the Intel Itanium-based platform through collaboration, education, and leadership. Gelato members are suppliers and users of Linux/Itanium processor technology with a shared goal of producing open-source solutions for academic, government, and industrial high-performance computing users. The Gelato portal (www.gelato.org) serves as the primary channel for Federation business and collaborations. Information about Gelato members' software and solutions are available through the portal, and the community is welcome to participate and contribute.

For more information, please contact: Nan Holda nan@gelato.org 217.265.0947

URBANA, Ill. (November 1, 2006)‧'Over 100 scientists, developers, and engineers from more than 30 companies and institutions convened from all around the globe for the October 2006 Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo held in Singapore. The event was organized by the Gelato Federation (http://www.gelato.org), an international user community dedicated to advancing Linux® on the Intel® Itanium® architecture. The conference was hosted by the Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC), and National Grid Office (NGO). Conference sponsors included HP, Intel, and the Itanium® Solutions Alliance, and media sponsors included HPCwire and GRIDtoday.

"NGO was very proud to partner the A*STAR research institutes in hosting Gelato ICE and to help provide a conducive environment for attendees to learn more about Linux on Itanium-based platforms," stated Hing-Yan Lee, deputy director of NGO. "As a user of this platform ourselves, we recognize the great asset that the Linux on Itanium architecture provides for high-end grid computing and high-performance computing in general."

Presentations and Cutting-Edge Projects Showcased

A major goal of the Gelato Federation is education, an area in which the October 2006 Gelato ICE excelled. Focused on areas such as virtualization, multi-core programming, grid, scalability, research, and techniques for software developers, the event delivered an exceptional speaker line- up and technical program with nearly 40 presentations. Highlights were the keynote speeches given by Steve Geary (HP), Cameron McNairy (Intel), and Jeff Adie (SGI and the Itanium Solutions Alliance), and a ceremony for the inaugural Gelato Innovative Projects for Itanium Processors (IP)2 Award, given to Peter Chubb of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) for his team's work on large memory pages (superpages).

A new program track on multi-core programming was voted a favorite by attendees as was a track targeting software developers sponsored by the Itanium Solutions Alliance. Notable in this track were: "An Update on the Perfmon2 Interface" by Stéphane Eranian (HP); "64-Bit Migration to Linux on Itanium: Challenges, Advantages, and Tools" by Soumitra Chatterjee (HP); and "Hyper-Threading on Dual-Core Intel Itanium 2 Processors" by Cameron McNairy (Intel).

Presentations from the conference can be found at http://ice.gelato.org/about/oct06_index.php.

In addition to presenting, Gelato members‧'some of the world's top supercomputing centers, national labs, research centers, and universities‧'were able to highlight their current Linux/Itanium research during a poster session. Thirty-nine member institutions presented over 80 projects, denoting a wide range of activities, including: kernel work from UNSW; testing of the Xen virtual machine monitor by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul; various compiler work at the Russian Academy of Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, and Tsinghua University; diverse scientific applications from the Riken Genomic Sciences Center and the University of Tokyo; and projects from Singapore hosts IHPC and NGO.

Posters from the conference can be found at http://www.gelato.org/participants/member_posters.php.

"It was amazing to see the enthusiastic exchange and collaborative spirit among end users, developers, researchers, ISVs, and system vendors during this conference," said Mark K. Smith, Gelato managing director. "It was also exciting to hold this Gelato ICE in Singapore, given the strong Itanium processor adoption rate in the Asia-Pacific region."

Upcoming Events for Gelato Federation

Gelato will exhibit at booth #848 at the upcoming Supercomputing Conference (SC06) on November 13-16 in Tampa, Florida and will feature a demonstration highlighting Xen on the Itanium processor as well as examples of the Gelato ICE multi-core programming training.

With the tremendous amount of high-quality technical information delivered and critical mass of Linux and Itanium processor experts attending, the October 2006 Gelato ICE was a major success. The next Gelato ICE is planned for April 15-18, 2007, in San Jose, California. The following Gelato ICE is set for September 30-October 3 in Singapore. Stay tuned to http://www.ice.gelato.org/ for details.

About Gelato

The Gelato Federation is the global technical community dedicated to advancing Linux on the Intel Itanium-based platform through collaboration, education, and leadership. Gelato members are suppliers and users of Linux/Itanium processor technology with a shared goal of producing open- source solutions for academic, government, and industrial high-performance computing users. The Gelato portal (http://www.gelato.org) serves as the primary channel for Federation business and collaborations. Information about Gelato members' software and solutions are available through the portal, and the community is welcome to participate and contribute.

For more information, please contact: Nan Holda nan@gelato.org 217.265.0947

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

URBANA, Ill. (August 16, 2006)--The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) is proud to announce the keynote speakers for the Gelato ICE: Itanium® Conference & Expo to be held on October 1-4, 2006 at the Biopolis in Singapore. The conference is hosted by the Bioinformatics Institute, Institute of High Performance Computing, and National Grid Office and sponsored by HP, Intel, and the Itanium® Solutions Alliance. Keynote speakers, Steve Geary (HP) and Cameron McNairy (Intel), will deliver vital insights regarding the Intel® Itanium® architecture.

"The recent release of the Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 Processor 9000 series, with its excellent raw performance, performance/watt, and reliability features, has generated intense interest in the Itanium architecture processors. Gelato ICE offers a great setting to learn more about the architecture and the opportunities and challenges the new processor brings," stated Cameron McNairy, Principal Engineer and Intel Architect.

Gelato ICE (www.ice.gelato.org) is the world's only conference dedicated specifically to Linux® on the Intel Itanium architecture. The event will address current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to the platform through three full days of presentations and tutorials. Learn how to get the best performance out of your Itanium-based systems and discover which tools to use and how to use them. International experts will speak on topics such as: optimization, scalability, compilers, and grids. New for Gelato ICE Singapore are sessions targeting multi-core programming and an Itanium® Solutions Alliance software developer track.

Gelato ICE Keynotes

Steve Geary, HP Steve Geary will discuss ideas for harnessing the power of the world's largest Linux/Itanium community. Geary is responsible for overseeing HP's open-source and Linux technical strategy as well as development of open-source and Linux technologies and solutions. Geary is also responsible for centralized open-source and Linux functions such as technical support; HP's Open Source Program Offices; HP's Open Source Review Board; and HP's R&D relationship with commercial distributions.

Cameron McNairy, Intel Cameron McNairy will present an exploration of systems and software built around Itanium processors. McNairy is a Principal Engineer and an Intel Architect for the Montecito program. Previous to Montecito, McNairy was a micro-architect for the Itanium 2 processor, contributing to its design and final validation. He came to the Itanium 2 team soon after its inception from performance work on the first Itanium processor.

Register Now--Early Bird Pricing Ends September 1

Gelato ICE Singapore will be the year's highpoint for those wanting to learn more about using and developing Linux on Itanium architecture. Anyone working with this platform--or thinking about working with the platform--should attend. Early Bird pricing and special hotel rates are available until September 1. Details are available at www.ice.gelato.org.

About Gelato

The Gelato Federation is the global technical community dedicated to advancing Linux on the Intel Itanium-based platform through collaboration, education, and leadership. Gelato members are suppliers and users of Linux/Itanium processor technology with a shared goal of producing open-source solutions for academic, government, and industrial high-performance computing users.

Contact info: Nan Holda nan@gelato.org +1.217.265.0947

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URBANA, Ill. (June 28, 2006)--The Gelato Federation (www.gelato.org) announced today the opening of registration for the Gelato ICE: Itanium(r) Conference & Expo to be held on October 1-4, 2006 at the Biopolis in Singapore. Gelato ICE is the world's only conference dedicated specifically to Linux(r) on the Intel(r) Itanium architecture. The conference will be hosted by the Bioinformatics Institute, Institute of High Performance Computing, and National Grid Office and will be sponsored by HP. Conference sponsor and exhibitor opportunities are still available. For attendees, an Early Bird discount is in effect until September 1, 2006.

Gelato ICE Singapore will feature three full days and 40 technical presentations spotlighting Linux on Itanium-based platforms. Presenters will include international experts working on this architecture and speaking on topics such as: optimization, scalability, compilers, and grids. New for Gelato ICE Singapore are program tracks targeting Itanium processor customers and multi-core programming.

"With the upcoming release of the dual-core Intel Itanium 'Montecito' processor, we are very pleased to provide ICE presentations on multi-core programming to address the software challenges and opportunities it brings," stated Mark K. Smith, Gelato managing director. "We are also excited about holding Gelato ICE in Singapore, given the strong Itanium processor adoption rate in the Asia-Pacific region."

Gelato ICE is *the* conference for technical users, application and tool developers, system researchers and vendors, and ISVs looking to extend the impact of Linux on Itanium architecture. The event will address current high-performance computing issues and collaborative solutions specific to Linux on the Itanium processor, and will feature presentations, poster sessions, and the exchange of information in formal and informal settings. Attendees can network with key researchers, system vendors, industrial users, and ISVs. Participants will learn how to maximize the performance of their systems and discover which tools to use and how to use them. More information is available at www.ice.gelato.org.

Call for Speakers

Gelato ICE is seeking quality technical speakers to share their expertise of Linux on Itanium architecture for the October 2006 conference. We are looking for a wide-variety of presenters--researchers, developers, engineers, end users, system vendors, and ISVs--knowledgeable about the platform and willing to give a speech on a technical level.

Are you wrapping up an interesting project that involves the Itanium architecture? Do you have an idea for a compelling presentation topic? Perhaps you or someone you know would be an interesting speaker? If so, now is the time to start thinking about submitting your contribution for consideration as part of the Gelato ICE technical program. Gelato will be accepting speaker/topic proposals until July 31, 2006.

About Gelato

The Gelato Federation is the global technical community dedicated to advancing Linux on the Intel Itanium-based platform through collaboration, education, and leadership. Gelato members are suppliers and users of Linux/Itanium processor technology with a shared goal of producing open-source solutions for academic, government, and industrial high-performance computing users. The Gelato portal (www.gelato.org) serves as the primary channel for Federation business and collaborations. Information about Gelato members' software and solutions are available through the portal, and the community is welcome to participate and contribute.

For more information, please contact: Nan Holda nan@gelato.org 217.265.0947

Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.