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The article reports on the contract awarded to Milpitas, California-based Appro by the University of Tsukuba in Tsukuba, Japan. The company has been awarded a contract for a 95TF Appro Xtreme-X(TM) Supercomputer to be deployed at the university's Center for Computational Sciences. The university selected Appro's Xtreme-X3 Supercomputer for its matchless Quad-Rail system interconnect. Appro will partner with Cray Technical Services and Sumisho Computer Systems to deliver the system and service.

The article reports on the move of Milpitas, California-based Appro, a leader provider of supercomputing solutions, to support the 2000 and 8000 series of the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors codenamed Shanghai. It states that Appro will refresh its Dual and Quad-socket server line with performance optimized and power-efficient server platforms. According to the company, the new processors are expected to deliver 35% lower central processing unit (CPU) power consumption at idle compared to previous generations.

This article reports on the financial performance of Milpitas, California-based handheld computer maker palmOne in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2005. The company reported a 26 percent increase in its fourth-quarter revenue from its earnings in 2004. The net income of the company rose to $17.7 million, up from a year-earlier $13.3 million. Excluding costs and charges, three-month net income was $19.2 million, compared with $15.9 million in 2004. The company reported that it shipped more than 1 million Zire, Tungsten, Treo and LifeDrive family devices during the fourth quarter and about 4.5 million during the 12 months. The company said its carrier and channel partners reported very strong sell-through on Treo smartphones in the fourth quarter, a 250 percent increase over the comparable three months in 2004. For the 12 months, palmOne revenue soared 34 percent, hitting $1.3 billion, up from $949.7 million in the same period in 2004. Net income for the 12 months climbed to $66.4 million, compared with a net loss of $21.8 million in 2004. Excluding costs and charges, 12-month net income was $78.9 million, compared with the $8 million net income in the same period in 2004.

Introduces the 1142H server from Appro, a Milpitas, California developer of high-density, high-performance servers. Design objective; Advantages of the server; Key features of Appro 1142H; Comments from Daniel Kim, chief executive officer at Appro.