HP Leads High-performance Computing Market for Third Consecutive Year

HP Leads High-performance Computing Market for Third Consecutive Year

For the third consecutive year, HP is the revenue leader in the $9 billion high-performance computing (HPC) market. HP took the No. 1 position with more than 31 percent market share, according to 2005 figures released by research firm IDC.(1) Fueled by the success of its Unified Cluster Portfolio, HP produced industry-leading revenues across the HPC market segments of workgroup, departmental and enterprise as well as in overall clustered systems.

In the fastest growing segment – technical combined workgroup and departmental systems – HP has the top position with 30 percent market share. These systems now account for more than 55 percent of the HPC market, up from 37 percent in 2002. IDC defines workgroup systems as those costing less than $50,000 and departmental systems as those costing between $50,000 and $250,000.

HP also holds the No. 1 position in the enterprise segment, which includes through-put oriented systems costing more than $1 million, with a 47 percent revenue share. In addition, HP is No. 1 in technical cluster revenues with a 31 percent market share. The market for technical clusters has been growing at more than 70 percent for the past four years. “HP is delivering affordable, easy-to-use industry standard-based supercomputing solutions to an increasingly broad range of research teams in diverse application areas around the globe,” said Winston Prather, vice president and general manager, High Performance Computing Division, HP. “The expansion of HPC is fostering more, better and faster scientific discovery and HP is at the forefront – advancing the power of computing to boost scientific productivity.”

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