Supermicro Announces 4 Teraflop GPU Computing System
August 10 2009 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
New SuperWorkstation Supports 4 Double-Width GPUs SAN JOSE, Calif.,
Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance
server and workstation solutions, today announced availability of
its dual Intel Xeon 5500 Series (Nehalem) processor-based
7046GT-TRF SuperWorkstations. These powerful SuperWorkstations are
the first to support four NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPUs as well as three
additional PCI-e add-on cards for high-bandwidth I/O. These new
systems also feature redundant Gold Level (93%+ efficiency)
1400-watt power supplies and quiet operation making them ideal for
both enterprise and office supercomputing applications. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090810/AQ59009 ) "Extending
our leadership in GPU computing system architectures, the new
7046GT-TRF features multiple x16 non-blocking native Gen2
PCI-Express connectivity, Supermicro's first system to support four
double-width GPUs," said Charles Liang, CEO and President of
Supermicro. "Equipped with Supermicro's patented thermal design,
and industry-leading power efficiency, these highly parallel,
multi-GPU systems are optimized for a wide range of graphics and
computationally intensive applications in fields like medical
imaging, oil and gas exploration, quantum chemistry, financial
simulation, genomics and astrophysics." "Scientists and engineers
rely on Tesla GPUs for the unrivalled levels of performance
delivered for the dollar," said Andy Walsh, director of product
marketing, Tesla business at NVIDIA. "Supermicro's innovative
Tesla-based 4U Personal Supercomputer brings cluster level
performance to the desktop, dramatically increasing the pace of
computational research." Supermicro and NVIDIA recently unveiled
the world's fastest 1U server, the SuperServer 6016GT-TF-TM2, at
Computex. This latest addition to Supermicro's family of GPU-based
systems, the 4U SuperServer 7046GT-TRF, is suitable not only for
cluster configurations like the 1U systems, but also for personal
supercomputing. The 7046GT-TRF is housed in Supermicro's new 4U
rackmount convertible tower chassis, the SC747TQ-R1400. This
chassis supports up to 11 full-height, full-length expansion cards,
eight hot-swap 3.5" SAS/SATA drives, and special design features
that are intended for graphics and computationally intensive
applications. To support educational research projects, Supermicro
and NVIDIA offer special discounted pricing to accredited two- and
four-year educational institutions on Supermicro 1U or 4 GPU
systems equipped with NVIDIA Tesla GPUs. Please contact your sales
representative for further information or visit
http://www.supermicro.com/gpu/. Supermicro Server Building Block
Solutions offer exceptional flexibility and feature advantages. For
more information on Supermicro's complete line of server,
workstation and blade solutions go to http://www.supermicro.com/.
About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMCI) 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 www.Supermicro.com,
email or call the San Jose, CA headquarters at +1 408-503-8000.
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