First SC072 Catapult Installed at Rutgers

System to Support Next-Generation Computer Science Curriculum
MAYNARD, Mass.--(Business Wire)--SiCortex, the emerging leader in compact, low power Linux(R)
clusters, announced today that the first SC072 Catapult personal
cluster was shipped to Professors Gyan Bhanot and Manish Parashar at
Rutgers University. The 72-processor deskside unit, which was named
the industry's sexiest product by ZDnet at the Supercomputing 07
conference in November, will be used to develop a new computer science
and engineering course at Rutgers, to develop novel algorithms to
study mitochondrial and viral evolution, and to find useful markers
for the treatment of cancer.

"Progress in Distributed High Performance Computing requires an
improvement of three elements of the architecture: CPU speed, memory
access and network performance, while balancing total cost of
ownership, which includes price and power requirements." said
Professor Bhanot. "The design point of the SC072 seems to be an
unusually promising balance of these factors for a range of
applications. We will test its performance on applications in many
different fields including evolutionary population genetics,
bioinformatics, analysis of networks and the design of efficient
parallel algorithms and data layouts. Our students cannot wait to get
their hands on it." In fact, students in Prof. Parashar's spring 2008
course on parallel computing will begin using the system immediately.

"Teaching modern computer science on single processor computers is
like teaching thermodynamics with one molecule," said Professor
Parashar. "It does not make sense. We are hoping that our success with
the new SC072 will lead to a lab full of SC072's."

Priced at under $15,000, the SC072 offers a unique starting point
for parallel processing education. With 72 full 64-bit Linux
processors, it allows serious exploration of parallel algorithms and
approaches, draws less than 200 watts of power and fits in standard PC
chassis. This eliminates the heat and fan noise issues that have
previously made it impossible to put such a large cluster in a
deskside environment.

"The development of applications for high processor count
computers has been hampered by the need to have access to these
computers," said SiCortex CEO Dr. John Mucci. "We designed the SC072
to simplify the development process, and accelerate the growth of high
performance computing applications. The enthusiastic response from
Professors Bhanot and Parashar reflects what we are hearing from many
in the industry, and we are grateful for their support."

About SiCortex

SiCortex, the emerging leader in compact, low power Linux(R)
clusters, is dedicated to the proliferation 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 is backed by a number of top tier investors, including
Chevron Technology Ventures, Flagship Ventures, JK&B Capital, Polaris
Venture Partners and Prism VentureWorks. For more information visit
http://www.sicortex.com/.

For SiCortex:
Oake Public Relations
Chris Oake, 781-248-6513
coake@oakepr.com
or
SiCortex, Inc.
John Goodhue, 978-897-0214 x328
Vice President, Marketing
press@sicortex.com

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