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Clusters have become the mainstays of computing in science, research and engineering within HPC environments. The amount of data generated by today's cluster systems is expanding exponentially. More and more scientists and engineers are relying on visualization techniques to turn this data into information, and to gain better insights. Vast amounts of  data span the computing world, from simulations of a variety of physical systems to huge quantities of telemetric data, an example being seismic processing and analysis in the Oil and Gas industry.

ISVs and research institutions from a wide array of disciplines continue to advance the state of the art with new algorithms for rendering the raw data. HP has been complementing this work by researching ways of supplying vast amounts of scalable computational, rendering and storage  power needed by these users at an affordable cost.

Distributed clusters with commodity processors and graphics cards coupled by high-speed networks provide the affordable computational and visualization power. HP, through this collaboration, is investigating techniques for distributing once monolithic rendering codes across the CPUs and GPUs of such a cluster.

Central to the current investigation is the Parallel Compositing Library. This Library greatly reduces the effort needed to distribute rendering across a set of machines and develop parallel graphics applications.

The advanced visualization collaboration provides a way for the visualization community to exchange information, ideas, questions, and issues about parallel graphics, and to advance the state of technology and its effective use through applications. Collaboration members receive early exposure to this new and powerful visualization technology and have a mechanism for interacting and sharing ideas with many other interested parties. Through the different collaboration mechanisms, members are able to help influence and shape the development of this advanced technology.

Compositing API/Library Development Program: The goal of this program is to advance the availability of a stable, readily available API and library of compositing functions that enable parallel rendering.

In the past HP has worked  with its SVA customers and partners under the HP CCN umbrella.  HP intends to move forward, working with a broader community in the further evolution of this Library.

Webinar: To keep participants updated about SVA technology, to share results and to expose the different usages of the technology, periodic Webinar broadcasts by technical experts are scheduled and announced to members.

Interest List: Subscribe to our Interest List to keep up-to-date on this technology. This gives you the chance to learn more about the technology, track its progress and find out about opportunities to see SVA demonstrations at trade shows. When ready, you can increase your participation level as needed.

All members are invited to the annual HP CCN conference for in-depth technical presentations and discussions.

If you are interested in joining the Advanced Visualization collaboration please fill out and submit this application form.