A small number of large awards are
anticipated. The Council has identified and reported on industry-specific
"grand challenges" that could make a significant contribution to national
productivity and competitiveness if more computational capability could be
made available to solve them. Gamers using the AGEIA physX processor will experience
these effects with greatly increased performance and quality.blastcode. is a fabless semiconductor company and the
pioneer of hardware -accelerated physics for games.
Developers can define these worlds to obey the laws of classical physics , or
create their own physical laws that make their game a unique,
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the U.
http://www. Also planning
to experiment with new techniques for facial animation using AGEIA
physX processor, for example using physics to more accurately describe
how skin slides over the facial bones and muscles.com/
-- OverTheEdge: Using AGEIA physX to enable realistic physics simulation
for Unity Mac-based game editor.com."
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DOE INCITE program provides a way for researchers to explore challenging
applications on machines that are going to define the future of science," said
Rick Stevens, acting associate laboratory director of Physical, Biological and
Computing Sciences at Argonne. Examples cited by the Council include full
vehicle design, oil and gas recovery, auto crash safety, textile manufacture
and customized catalysts to improve crude oil yields. Applicants must also present evidence that
they can make effective use of a major fraction of the processors of the high-
performance computing systems offered for allocation. The University of Chicago
manages Argonne for the U.
In addition to content aligned to leading textbooks, NutshellMath also
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How Tools Vendors Are Using AGEIA PhysX Technology

-- EPHERE Productions: Collaborating with AGEIA to add physics capability
to Ornatrix, a hair solution plug-in for 3ds Max. NutshellMath also offers interactive
quizzes to check for mastery of subjects.

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Proposals can be for one to three years.forkparticle. http://www . http://otee. Once they've selected a specific problem
from their textbook, they then view an interactive explanation of how to solve
a very similar problem to the one found in their textbook.

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These innovative companies are
using the AGEIA physX(TM) SDK (formerly called NovodeX(TM)) to enhance the
power of their tools in a variety of unique ways, while providing support for
hardware acceleration using the AGEIA physX(TM) processor. Fork Runtime SDK
and AGEIA physX integration empowers game developers to simulate
computationally intense effects in real-time.

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Argonne and IBM are developing a plan for researchers to request
computation time on the IBM Blue Gene system nicknamed "BGW. All these could benefit
from increased availability of computing power to researchers , according to
the Council.

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Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory will provide
significant enhancements to computer capabilities available to scientific
researchers around the world. The INCITE program also provides the opportunities for industry
to use high-end computing as encouraged in recent reports by the Council on
Competitiveness. Department of Energy Office of Science.
"It is truly fascinating to see the ways that tools vendors are using
AGEIA physX technology, beyond even what we ourselves could have imagined at
AGEIA," said Andy Keane, vice president of marketing at AGEIA. The plug-in allows
artists to create, model, animate, and render any type of hair, fur, or
fiber-based object via the 3ds Max interface., Academy123(TM), an
innovative provider of multimedia homework help and self-study guides, today
announced the launch of NutshellMath(TM ), a groundbreaking math homework
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"IBM invested in BGW, the fastest privately owned supercomputer in the
world, to explore a range of fields including life sciences , hydrodynamics,
materials sciences, quantum chemistry, molecular dynamics and fluid dynamics
-- as well as business applications," said Dave Turek, vice president Deep
Computing, IBM. "These vibrant
entrepreneurial companies represent the future of creative tools and game
development , and it's very gratifying to see that AGEIA physX is a part of
their vision. Its flagship product , the
physX processor, is the world's first dedicated physics processing unit -- a
completely new hardware category.com

"By providing this affordable online tool to
their children, parents provide real homework help for their kids struggling
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"Due to the overwhelming demand of requests for this platform,
we are pleased to be participating in the INCITE program with Argonne and the
DOE, and look forward to the results of research conducted on Blue Gene.
The INCITE program is open to all scientific researchers and research
organizations, including industry.ibm . Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous
federal agencies and other organizations to help advance America's scientific
leadership and prepare the nation for the future. NutshellMath is available at http://www.

About Academy123
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Argonne Taps IBM Blue Gene for DOE INCITE Program

At Argonne, 10 percent of the
resources on its IBM Blue Gene/L will be available under the INCITE program. The program seeks computationally intensive
research projects of large scale that can make high-impact scientific advances
through the use of a large allocation of computer time and data storage.
Successful proposals to the INCITE program will describe high-impact
scientific research in terms suitable for peer review in the area of research
and also appropriate for general scientific review comparing them with
proposals in other disciplines . For more information about IBM, visit
http://www.S.com/
-- Orbaz Technologies: Using AGEIA physX for collision simulation for
Particle Flow Tools(TM) Box#2, a set of operators for Particle Flow for
fragmentation/fracturing and dynamic collision simulation in particle
systems . The physX processor and supporting software
deliver the processing horsepower to calculate real -time interactive worlds. Consumer
add-in boards and systems equipped with the AGEIA physX processor and games
that take advantage of the technology will be available in late 2005.
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capacity of 91 teraflops -- 91 trillion calculations per second .com/
-- FerReel Animation labs: Incorporating AGEIA physX as a rigid body
solver to enhance speed and capability of Blast Code MOAB, a unique
method of creating fully geometric animated demolition sequences using
NURBS surfaces.ageia. It is aligned, page-for-page, with leading Pre-Algebra, Algebra I,
Algebra II, and Geometry textbooks used by middle and high school math
students.

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The computer time will be made available to researchers through the
Department of Energy's INCITE program -- Innovative and Novel Computational
Impact on Theory and Experiment .
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NOTE: AGEIA, physX and NovodeX are trademarks of AGEIA Technologies, Inc. The online service provides users with nearly
40,000 interactive math explanations and multimedia demonstrations of math
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ARGONNE, Ill." BGW is the
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IBM and Argonne have agreed to augment Argonne's
INCITE computer capacity with compute cycles on IBM's Blue Gene system at IBM
T. Recent accomplishments under the INCITE program have
included detailed three-dimensional combustion simulations of flames,
providing new insight into reducing pollutants; astrophysics simulations of
the forces that help newly born stars and black holes increase in size; and
protein simulations designed to advance scientists' knowledge about the
function of proteins and their use in drug design. Drawing on resources from across
IBM and key Business Partners , IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions
and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full
advantage of the new era of e-business. http://www.dk/

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"This strategy should pay off in their efforts
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About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years
of leadership in helping businesses innovate.com/
-- OC3 Entertainment: Integrating AGEIA physX technology into the
sampling rendering engine of FaceFX, a solution for synchronizing
facial animations to audio dialog with realtime feedback.orbaz. Providing scripting to determine
whether end user is using an AGEIA physX processor, allowing increased
use of particles, objects and effects. For
more information visit http://www. With the company's Listen + View(TM) technology, students actually
hear the teacher's voice and see the teacher 's handwriting as they illustrate
math concepts and solve problems.

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J.AGEIA physX Hardware and Software Used in Highly Imaginative Ways by Creative
Entrepreneurs Building Tools for Artists

LOS ANGELES, At SIGGRAPH 2005, AGEIA(TM)
Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware -accelerated physics for games,
today announced that it is receiving broad support from third-party vendors of
tools, plug-ins, game editors, and middleware.

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"The Blue Gene systems offer an exciting path to petascale computing. The program includes high-end computing
resources not only at Argonne but also at DOE's Oak Ridge, Lawrence Berkeley
and Pacific Northwest national laboratories .

About Argonne
The nation's first national laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory
conducts basic and applied scientific research across a wide spectrum of
disciplines, ranging from high-energy physics to climatology and
biotechnology.

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-- Fork Particle: Integrating AGEIA physX directly into Fork Particle
Studio, an authoring application for particle systems. Advanced physics
and collision support from the AGEIA physX platform will aid artists
and designers in creating spectacular special effects.
AGEIA seeks to ignite innovation in the games industry by working with
leading developers, publishers, add-in board vendors and console manufacturers
to deliver the next generation of physically immersive entertainment.

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Prospective uses of such fast computer capability include large
applications in aerospace , automotive engineering, biotechnology, chemistry,
energy and physics. Applicant codes must be
demonstrably ready to run on the requested computing systems."
"AGEIA is creating many interesting synergies by drawing on the talents of
third-party tools vendors in the digital content creation space," said Jon
Peddie of Jon Peddie Research.