HP ProLiant BL660c ISS Technology Focus, Number 13 - Page 3

remotely. It keeps track of fire-suppression, smoke and leak detection, HVAC, and airflow control systems. The ECS displays power consumption data, PUE, and alarm conditions on a touch screen monitor inside the EcoPOD or on a remote computer. You can integrate the ECS with existing building management systems through system modbus or TCP/IP. Additional resources » HP Performance Optimized Datacenter 240a QuickSpecs » EcoPOD Interactive Demo Meet the Expert-Bill Whiteman Name: Bill Whiteman Title: Distinguished Technologist, Electrical Years at HP: 22 University: University of Houston Electrical Engineering-Computer Option U.S. Patents: 10 Bill Whiteman is a Distinguished Technologist in HP Industry Standard Servers (ISS). He is an expert on alternative platforms, analysis, prototyping, and proof-of-concepts, and he writes and edits specifications. He has a broad range of skills with inventions in every computer subsystem. He is also on the Board of Directors of the HyperTransport Consortium. Bill grew up in southeast Houston, Pasadena to be exact, where his father was in Engineering Design at the Shell Deer Park chemical plant. He has an eye for innovation Bill has the ability to see potential in new ideas and then influence others to make them a reality. As a case in point, he championed putting GPGPUs into servers about seven years ago by showing working prototypes. Today, HP provides GPGPUs on 14 different ProLiant servers in multiple configurations and offers complete supercomputer clusters of purpose-built ProLiant servers. Even vendors for proprietary supercomputers are using this idea. Favorite project: Birth of the AMD x86 server Before AMD-based x86 servers took their first breath, Bill proved mathematically that the Opteron architecture could achieve benchmark performance above 100,000 tpmC. At that time, the industry's best score was around 80,000 tpmC. After engineers built and tested the first prototype, it turned out that Bill's calculations were a little conservative. The server achieved 112,000 tpmC. That prototype eventually became the ProLiant DL585, which paved the way for subsequent AMD-based industry-standard servers. Dreams of AI Bill has several hobbies: automotive restoration and repair, ‖shooting and reloading,‖ R/C airplanes, modeling and casting, and surfing. But he has always wanted to be involved with Artificial Intelligence and robots ever since Asimov made his debut. Because of Bill's experiences, he understands the complexities of creating a device that can think on its own. He says, ―This era hasn't happened yet, so I'm still plugging away.‖ HP has the right formula Bill believes that HP has the right formula for leadership. He says HP listens to its customers and uses emerging technologies to create solutions to their ―real‖ problems. ―And for that,‖ he says, ―HP will remain an industry leader.‖ Recent publications The following is a list of papers published since our last edition of the ISS Technology Focus.