The University of Dayton and OpenFPGA Establish

New Training and Validation Center for Tomorrow’s Computers

The University of Dayton announced today the opening of a new high tech facility created to support the training on and validation of advanced technologies for tomorrow’s high performance computers. Supported by Institute for the Development and Commercialization of Advanced Sensor Technology (IDCAST), an Ohio Center of Innovation, the University of Dayton secured an SRC-7, a world-class platform employing advanced reconfigurable computing technology. The system joins existing capabilities at the new center, serving as a cornerstone for regional efforts to develop the workforce necessary to incorporate reliable high-speed data processing with large scale integrated sensor technologies. These technologies are responsible for advances in medical imaging, satellite image processing, and even environmental monitoring.

Serving as the host sponsor for OpenFPGA, an international organization dedicated to advancing reliability and portability in adaptable and reconfigurable computing platforms, the University of Dayton is taking the necessary steps to even better prepare a highly skilled regional workforce for tomorrow’s challenges. The new center positions the Dayton region to be the focal point for emerging standards of interoperability in tomorrow’s highly adaptable computing environments.

“The future for integrated sensor technology products will require mobility and adaptability in its computing needs. This center is an essential first step to begin meeting these needs as well as mission-critical demands for robustness and reliability” says Larrell Walters, director of IDCAST.

“The system provides a state-of-the-art platform for developing critical new applications using the right solution technology for the task,” says Bill Turri, OpenFPGA lead at the University of Dayton Research Institute. “We are excited to have the SRC system as part of our center, and the opportunity it provides for our local experts to develop and validate their innovative solutions,” he continues.

Jon Huppenthal, CEO of SRC further shares, ‘SRC has been a long time active supporter of OpenFPGA and we are very pleased to see the University of Dayton making the SRC-7 available to OpenFPGA members.”

Partnered with OpenFPGA, the new center takes another critical step forward to realize a future of interoperability among the rapidly emerging hybrid computing environments. “The fact that IDCAST will make this resource available to business, government and academic interests alike is key. We see the University of Dayton, the center and its location in a region of solid expertise in reconfigurable application development as a great opportunity to achieve open portability for tomorrow’s systems,” says Eric Stahlberg, president of OpenFPGA.

About the University of Dayton and IDCAST

The University of Dayton - Catholic, Marianist, innovative, transformative - stands as a leader in higher education and one of the preeminent Catholic universities in the nation. It's the largest private university in Ohio and number two in the nation in funded material research (NSF).  The University of Dayton boasts a friendly, welcoming campus that embraces diversity. Nationally recognized as a top-tier university, the University of Dayton offers the resources of a large university and the personal attention you'd expect at a small college.

Falling under the umbrella of the University of Dayton Research Institute, IDCAST, the Institute for the Development and Commercialization of Advanced Sensor Technology, is a world-wide center of excellence in remote sensing and CBRNE sensing technology for
safety/security, environmental, and bio-medical markets.  Established by a $28 million State of Ohio Third Frontier Grant, IDCAST brings remote sensor and CBRNE sensor technology to market. Through innovative collaborations of Academia, AFRL, and Industry IDCAST conducts game-changing sensor research. The IDCAST partnership, led by the University of Dayton, joins several Ohio institutions including The Ohio

State University, Miami University, the University of Cincinnati, Wright State University and the University of Toledo with The Air Force Research Laboratory and industry partners that include Boeing, Qbase, GE Healthcare, General Dynamics, Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI), and Woolpert.

About OpenFPGA

OpenFPGA (www.openfpga.org) works with the industry to advance and develop best-practices and standards for application interoperability and portability in reconfigurable computing systems. As a non-profit organization with over 50 members and in excess of 500 participants worldwide, OpenFPGA serves the global community seeking better ways to faster application performance.

About SRC

SRC Computers, Inc. is a privately owned company established in 1996 by legendary computer architect Seymour Cray. SRC has developed the IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT Architecture that provides orders of magnitude increases in performance over conventional microprocessors alone. SRC is the only reconfigurable system vendor that also provides a tightly integrated ANSI standard C and Fortran high-level language programming environment with both development and debug capability. Because this

SRC-developed software and hardware architecture is applicable to products ranging from uniprocessor handheld devices to large-scale multiprocessor computer systems, SRC is able to offer high performance servers, workstations and embedded solutions.

In addition to its headquarters in Colorado Springs, SRC also maintains a software development facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carte, MAPstation,SNAP, IMPLICIT+EXPLICIT, and MAP are trademarks or registered trademarks of SRC Computers, Inc. SRC's website is located at www.srccomputers.com.