OptimaNumerics, leader in high performance technical and scientific computing software, today announced OptimaNumerics Libraries for IBM eServer OpenPower system, providing customers with the highest performance numerical software tools to enable efficient technical and scientific computations. OptimaNumerics is a Qubis Ltd backed company.

Benchmark results of OptimaNumerics Libraries show significant performance improvements, with components delivering 2x faster solutions compared to competitor solutions.

"The combination of OptimaNumerics Libraries' higher performance with portable and reliable technologies, and IBM eServer OpenPower systems' flexibility and capability allows customers to maximize their hardware investments utilization and complete their computations faster and more cost effectively," said Dr Kenneth Tan, CEO of OptimaNumerics.

For more information, contact: sales@OptimaNumerics.com, or visit http://www.OptimaNumerics.com .

About OptimaNumerics Libraries:

OptimaNumerics Libraries, with linear algebra, parallel linear algebra and parallel random number generators modules, provide high performance versions of LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, PETSc, SPRNG and PLFG libraries.

The new OptimaNumerics Libraries for IBM eServer OpenPower with POWER5 processor build on OptimaNumerics' innovative technologies that have consistently delivered superior performance and portability across a wide range of platforms. Other platforms supported include the Intel Xeon, Xeon EM64T and Itanium processor families, the AMD Opteron, IBM PowerPC970, HP PA-RISC, HP Alpha and Sun UltraSPARC architectures.