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 Co-founded
in January 2002 by HP and seven of the world's leading
research institutions, the Gelato Federation, also
known as Gelato, is working to fulfill their mission
of advancing Linux on the Itanium platform by bringing
together those developing and using Linux on Itanium
for the purpose of fostering Itanium-specific research,
focus groups, and collaborative discussions. Today,
membership has expanded to nearly four dozen and
sponsorship has increased to four.
An open exchange of ideas and solutions is nurtured
through diverse lines of communication, including
interactive areas of the Gelato portal, several interest-specific
mailing lists, and regular meetings. In addition,
Gelato facilitates the development and dissemination
of Itanium-specific, open-source solutions, including
a complete and robust tool chain. Gelato invites
participation from all interested organizations and
individuals.
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Gelato offers participants the opportunity to take a leading role in the
worldwide development and promulgation of Linux on Itanium, the next generation
of high-performance computing. By collaborating and partnering with other world-class
institutions, Gelato participants are building credibility and reputation in
this critical research area, as well as exerting immediate impact through www.gelato.org.
As an affiliated program, Gelato members are welcome to attend and participate
in the annual HP CCN conference for additional IA-64 relevant technical presentations
and discussions.
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Consistent with the tenets of the open-source movement, all interested parties
are welcome to participate in Gelato. Both organizations and individuals can
engage with Gelato on an informal level by contributing to our portal either
by adding or downloading
utilities, libraries, or applications working on Linux on Itanium or by joining
one of Gelato's technical
mailing lists.
If participants are interested in becoming involved in the governance of
the organization, they are welcome to apply for official Gelato membership.
Membership in the Federation confers the right to determine Gelato's direction
and objectives by having voting representation on the Gelato Strategy Council.
Member organizations may introduce new topics for consideration at the biannual
Federation meetings and will have access to all internal Gelato documents,
presentations, meeting notes, and Strategy Council communications. Please contact
Mark K. Smith at mksmith@gelato.org for
more information on becoming a Gelato Member.
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The Gelato portal – www.gelato.org – provides
the Linux Itanium community with the most current and useful resources. It's
the place to go for information on Linux on Itanium, with up-to-date information
about events, developments, projects, and software releases. It is also the
central repository for details about all Gelato Federation news, including
information about its diverse and globally-dispersed members and their activities.
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With members from almost every continent on the globe, the work of the Federation
centers around seven main focus areas: compilers, parallel filesystems, performance,
scalability, cluster and grid computing, Linux Itanium Standards, and Linux
Itanium tool integration. Within these areas, Gelato members are applying new
technology and solutions to specific applications in bioinformatics, high-energy
physics, and atmospheric sciences just to name a few. The current demographics
of Gelato Members include 15% supercomputing centers, 30% national labs and
research centers, and 55% universities.
As an organization representing the research computing communities in government,
industry, and academy, Gelato's primary objective is to be responsive to community
needs and interests. By working together to meet real-world problems and application
needs, we strive to achieve a balance between long-term and short-term goals
with attention to both cutting-edge research and the long-term perspective.
Gelato is committed to providing the research community with open-source solutions
for the Linux Itanium platform.
For a list of and information on the current members of the Gelato Federation,
go to the portal's members'
page.
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- To sign up for a Gelato technical mailing list, download or contribute
software, or learn more about this affiliate, visit the Gelato portal at www.gelato.org.
- For general questions about Gelato, please email info@gelato.org.
- If you are interested in membership opportunities, please contact Mark
K. Smith at mksmith@gelato.org.
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