SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov 19, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ --
Super Micro Computer,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance
server solutions, today announced that its 1U Twin(TM) serverboards
(X7DWT-INF+) were recently selected for the prestigious Hyperion Project at
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Key 1U Twin(TM) platform design
advantages enabling Supermicro's continued technology leadership include
compute density, high memory capacity, and performance optimization.
"Our previous successful deployments at other large-scale LLNL projects
were key factors in helping Supermicro win this project," said Charles Liang,
CEO and president of Supermicro. "Our X7DWT-INF+ 1U Twin(TM) server platforms
support up to four high-performance Xeon processors via two DP nodes per 1U of
rack space. This 0.5U density combined with onboard InfiniBand makes these
platforms an excellent choice for high-performance computing (HPC) clusters
where space, cost, energy-efficiency and density are high priorities."
For the Hyperion Project, LLNL has teamed with Supermicro and nine other
computing industry leaders to accelerate the development of powerful
next-generation Linux clusters by developing an advanced technology cluster
testbed. The goal of the project is to provide a development, testing and
scaling environment for new cluster technologies and infrastructure critical
to the mission requirements of the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA)'s Advanced Simulation and Computing program.
"Hyperion represents a new way of doing business. Collectively we are
building a system none of us could have built individually," said Mark Seager,
LLNL project leader. "The project will advance the state-of-the-art in a
cost-effective manner, benefiting both end users, such as the national labs,
and the computing industry, which can expand the market with proven, easy to
deploy large and small-scale Linux clusters."
Hyperion is critical to the industry's ability to make petaFLOP/s
(quadrillion floating operation per second) computing and storage more
accessible for commerce, industry and Research and Development. In addition,
Hyperion will help lay the foundation for future petascale ASC computing
platforms by facilitating the development of processors, memory, networks,
storage and visualization.
The first half of Hyperion is now on-line and being used by the
collaboration. When completed in March 2009 the Hyperion cluster, located at
Livermore lab, will have at least 1,152 nodes with 9,216 cores; with about 100
teraFLOP/s peak; over 9 TB of memory; InfiniBand(TM) 4x DDR interconnect and
access to over 47 GB/s of RAID disk bandwidth. This system is the largest
testbed of its kind in the world and will provide the Hyperion collaborators
with an unmatched opportunity to develop and test hardware and software
technologies at unprecedented scale.
Hyperion helps fulfill U.S. Department of Energy/NNSA goals to: provide
state-of-the-art computing capabilities for national security; advance high
performance scientific computing for meeting energy, climate and other
national challenges; enabling scientific discovery in basic science; and
enhancing U.S. competitiveness in high performance computing.
Supermicro Server Building Block Solutions(R) offer exceptional
flexibility and outstanding feature advantages. For more information on
Supermicro's complete line of server and workstation solutions go to
http://www.Supermicro.com.
About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI)
Established in 1993, Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and
uncompromising quality control to produce industry-leading serverboards,
chassis and server systems. These Server Building Block solutions provide
benefits across many environments, including data center deployment,
high-performance computing, high-end workstations, storage networks and
standalone server installations. For more information on Supermicro's complete
line of advanced motherboards, SuperServers, and optimized chassis, visit
http://www.Supermicro.com, email Marketing@Supermicro.com or call the San
Jose, CA headquarters at +1 408-503-8000.
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