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SiCortex Enters European Market with High Performance, Energy Saving Linux Cluster
SiCortex, the first company to engineer a Linux cluster from the
silicon up, will introduce its family of ultra compact, high
performance Linux systems to the European market at the International
Supercomputing Conference (ISC '07) June 26-29, in Booth D01-D06.
The company, which plans to ship its first SC5832 and SC648
computers to European customers in the fourth quarter of this year,
will be demonstrating a 648 gigaflop system in its booth at the show.
The SC648 provides an unprecedented level of performance for
departmental use, while eliminating the need for any infrastructure
adjustments, such as adding air conditioning ducts or installing new
power sources.
"The compact packaging and extremely low power requirements of our
product family allow us to install full systems on the show floor
without special site preparation," said Dr. John Mucci, SiCortex CEO.
"Energy concerns are critical in Europe and other international
markets, so we expect our combination of ultra low power consumption
and outstanding performance to be very well received."
SiCortex, whose family of high performance Linux clusters was
selected as the top product at the 2006 IEEE supercomputing conference
in Tampa, has taken a radically different approach to high performance
computing, limiting power consumption and physical size to gain
performance.
SiCortex's breakthrough is to implement a complete cluster node on
a chip, including six 64-bit processor cores, multiple memory
controllers, a high performance cluster interconnect and a PCI Express
connection to storage and internetworking. A complete SiCortex cluster
node with DDR-2 memory consumes 15 watts of power, an order of
magnitude less than the 250 watts used in a conventional cluster node.
SiCortex will initially introduce two models. The SC5832 is an
enterprise class computer featuring 5832 processors, eight terabytes
of memory and 2.1 terabits per second of IO capacity. The SC5832
provides 5.8 teraflops of 64-bit floating point performance, in a
compact low power cabinet.
The SC648 is designed for departmental users and offers 648
gigaflops of 64-bit performance, 864 gigabytes of memory and 240
gigabits per second of IO capacity, while fitting in less than half of
a single standard 19-inch rack. It generates so little heat it can be
powered by plugging into a standard wall outlet.
About SiCortex
SiCortex, the first company to engineer a Linux cluster from the
silicon up, is dedicated to the spread of open teraflop computing to a
wide variety of users by providing "Teraflops from Milliwatts."
Founded in 2003 by a respected team of computer industry executives,
the company has received a total of $42 million in funding from
Chevron Technology Ventures, Flagship Ventures, JK&B Capital, Polaris
Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks. For more information visit
http://www.sicortex.com/.