is working on what will become the fastest Linux supercomputer when it is finished later this year, with 17.7T FLOPS of peak theoretical performance. He has also held executive management positions with Memorex, Scientific Micro Systems, DEC and Honeywell, and has held board positions at a number of companies, including Streamlogic Corporation.A number of Linux supercomputers have been announced over the past few weeks. Kenney, an industry veteran, served as Chairman and CEO of Everex Systems, UniSil Corporation, and Quantegy, Inc. Jack Kenney has been named as LNXI’s new CEO.

The shift from manufacturer to system integrator has allowed Linux Networx to compete effectively in the cutthroat HPC cluster market, where system design and software integration define the value of the products. Again, from HPCwire:Īt this point, Linux Networx still does the system design, but the hardware manufacturing and assembly is outsourced to a contract manufacturer (some sources have suggested this manufacturer is actually Dell). There have been rumors on the street for a while that the company is struggling to find a successful financial path, and it is selling this change as a move to solidify its evolution from being a technology creator to a technology integrator and a more stable business model. Ewald began his management career at Los Alamos National Laboratory as the head of its Computing and Communications Division. Ewald also served as executive vice president and COO for Silicon Graphics (SGI) at a time when the company had revenues of about $3.5 billion.

While at Cray, the company quadrupled in size from about $200 million to over $900 million. Before coming to Linux Networx, Ewald was at Cray Research, Inc., where he served in several positions, including president and COO.

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