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attention to the topic, further validating the need for developers to connect
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PRESS RELEASE PathScale EKOPath(TM) Compiler Suite Voted '2004 Supercomputing Product of the Year' in Online Reader's Poll

pathscale. The Sex SIG, which has been in the making since the 2005 Game
Developers Conference last March, will provide an outlet where information can
be shared among developers and those who wish to enter the field.org/sex

About the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit membership
organization that advocates globally on issues related to digital game
creation.

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Technical Information

Three months earlier, the PathScale Compiler Suite was honored with the
Reader's Choice Award for "Greatest Price Performance in a Software
Application " presented at the Supercomputing 2004 Conference by the
publishers of HPCwire, a global publication for High Performance Computing. PathScale compilers enable the
world's fastest applications performance for 64-bit Linux systems, and
developers targeting Linux clusters will realize immediate performance
benefits by switching to EKOPath 2. PathScale's
investors include Adams Street Partners, Charles River Ventures, Enterprise
Partners Venture Capital, CMEA Ventures, ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures
and the Dow Employees Pension Plan.

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"But the fact that so many HPC professionals are telling leading
journalists that they are impressed with the performance and stability of
the PathScale compilers is testament to the strong market momentum that
PathScale has achieved.

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PathScale, developer of innovative
software and hardware solutions to accelerate the performance and
efficiency of Linux clusters, has been voted the 2004 Supercomputing
Product of the Year in an online reader's poll conducted annually by
SupercomputingOnline.

About PathScale

Based in Mountain View, California, PathScale develops innovative software
and hardware technologies that substantially increase the performance and
efficiency of Linux clusters, the next significant wave in high-end
computing.com or telephone
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com/trial. "This
is evidence that the PathScale compilers have scored a big win in the minds
of our readers and says volumes about the reputation that PathScale earned
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The annual survey of readers of the online journal asks HPC professionals
to cast their votes for the year's top supercomputing products. The online
poll was completed on February 1, 2005, with the PathScale EKOPath Compiler
Suite receiving close to 50 percent of the total votes among nine nominated
HPC products. For more details, visit
sales@pathscale.

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"Sexual content in video games is not a new phenomenon," said Jason Della
Rocca, Executive Director, IGDA.

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"Many of our readers voted in this poll and PathScale was ahead by a
substantial margin when we officially stopped recording the votes on
February 1st," said Chris O'Neal, publisher of SupercomputingOnline .pathscale.

PathScale EKOPath compilers provide comprehensive support for the AMD64 and
Intel Xeon EM64T processor families. Global HPC vendors such as HP, IBM,
Linux Networx, Fujitsu Siemens and Sun routinely use PathScale compilers to
showcase the performance gains that can be achieved with their systems when
running applications compiled with PathScale.
"The Sex SIG will serve as an arena for developers to address the issues
and challenges facing the use of adult sexual content in video games," said
Brenda Brathwaite, Sex SIG Chair/Founder and Lead Designer on Playboy: The
Mansion from Cyberlore Studios. The IGDA's mission is to strengthen the international game
development community and affect change to benefit that community.

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php. Applications that benefit from PathScale 's technologies include
seismic processing, complex physical modeling, EDA simulation, molecular
modeling , biosciences, econometric modeling, computational chemistry,
computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, weather modeling,
resource optimization, decision support and data mining. "Our main objective is to encourage
responsible development. The group is also working on several initiatives to fortify
adult content representation, including conference lectures and white papers
outlining responsible development practices and how to promote appropriate
access to content."
For more information on the IGDA's Sex SIG, please visit:
http://www. For more
information on the IGDA , please visit info@igda.

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"Reader polls are generally not scientifically conducted surveys and we do
not want to overstate their significance," said Scott Metcalf, CEO of
PathScale.com/trial .org.

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More information about EKOPath is available at
www. Group to Address Issues Related to Development of Adult Content in Games

SAN FRANCISCO, A Sex Special Interest Group
(Sex SIG) has formed within the International Game Developers Association
(IGDA) to address the challenges and possibilities for adult content within
games .