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SGI unveils ultra-dense Altix Ice blade.(PRODUCTS: PROCESSING)(Brief article)
SGI has made available its new Altix Ice, a next-generation platform for high-performance computing. Designed to close the gap between performance and user productivity, the Altix Ice 8200 is the first in a line of cool-running bladed servers built to handle high-performance computing applications and large scale-out workloads.
According to $GI, the Altix Ice minimizes demands on a data center's space and power. Its ultra-dense rack architecture is said to deliver up to 40 percent more compute performance per floor tile than competing blades. A single Altix 8200 rack can be powered by as many as 512 Intel Xeon processor cores and deliver 6 teraflops of performance. Moreover, the product comes pre-integrated for easy power-up and start.
The offering includes a version of the Atoka board, which SGI ...
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 1, 2008 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 20, 2008 700+ words
...4700 shared memory system. The new SGI Altix ICE will be available to all research groups...high-performance computing. The SGI Altix ICE system's unique space-saving design...high throughput computing of the SGI Altix ICE for their projects." Research already...
- With SGI Altix ICE, University of Exeter Aims for the Stars - and Hopes to...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 6, 2007 700+ words
...realized its wait was over. "Our new SGI Altix ICE system was up and running the afternoon...performance Exeter has seen from the SGI Altix ICE system, the gas cloud simulation that...their own gravity to form stars. The SGI Altix ICE system provides Exeter's astrophysics...
- On Latest Top500 List, SGI Altix Ice Leads the Way Among Industry-Standard...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 17, 2008 700+ words
...The new Top500 list reveals how SGI Altix ICE leads the way among industry-standard...of the new NASA Pleiades system, SGI Altix ICE maintains its position as the performance...Leading energy efficiency. SGI Altix ICE powers the two most energy-efficient...
- NASA's Aeronautics Research to Get Boost from SGI Altix ICE and InfiniteStorage...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 10, 2007 700+ words
...Aeronautics Program at NASA. "The SGI Altix ICE system makes thousands more processor...Center in late September. Because SGI Altix ICE comes pre-installed with all system...impact on the data center. Both the SGI Altix ICE and SGI InfiniteStorage 10000 platforms...
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- Press release article from: Business Wire March 2, 2004 700+ words
...increased frequency and cache of this new Intel Xeon processor MP combine to deliver a significant...are compatible with previous generation Intel Xeon Processor MP-based platforms, give...and 4 MB level three (L3) cache. The Intel Xeon processor MP has a strong established...
