Appro Unleashes Its New Line of GPU Cluster Computing

Appro HyperPower(TM) Cluster Offers 78 TeraFlops in a Single Rack

MILPITAS, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Appro (http://www.appro.com), a
leading provider of supercomputing solutions, announced today the launch of
the new Appro HyperPower(TM) Cluster Solution that combines a GPU 1U system
based on NVIDIA(R) Tesla(TM) with an Appro server based on Intel(R) Xeon(R),
formerly code named Nehalem.

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The Appro HyperPower Cluster offers a scalable computing architecture that can
execute thousands of concurrent throughput parallel processing threads for
mathematically intensive problems. It features Appro's high density servers
paired together with an equal number of NVIDIA(R) Tesla(TM) S1070 servers to
include interconnect switches for node-to-node communication, master node, and
clustering software all integrated in a 42U standard rack configuration. The
Appro HyperPower cluster supports up to 304 CPU cores and 18,240 GPU cores
with 78TF single precision GPU performance. By using fewer systems than
standard CPU-only clusters, this cluster delivers more computing power in an
ultra dense architecture at a lower cost.

The Appro HyperPower Cluster together with NVIDIA's CUDA toolkit for
leveraging the massively parallel architecture of the GPU simplifies the
development of scientific applications and their subsequent deployment across
multiple generations of processors. In addition, the Appro HyperPower cluster
gives customers a choice of configurations with open-source commercially
supported cluster management solutions that can easily be tested and
pre-integrated as a part of a complete package to include HPC professional
services and support. The new system is aimed at HPC markets in government,
academia and industry.

"Appro HyperPower Cluster allows us to continue delivering best of breed
supercomputing cluster solutions using open standards technology," said John
Lee, VP of Advanced Technology Solutions. "Appro HyperPower takes advantage of
massively parallel Tesla GPUs together with the Appro Intel Xeon based servers
to deliver incredible levels of floating point processing performance for
research scientific computing."

"HPC standards-based cluster architectures have propelled the HPC market's
skyrocketing growth in recent years and drove HPC revenue past $9 billion in
2008. HPC buyers are always looking for ways to increase the performance on
their codes in a cost-effective way, so the use of hybrid designs that combine
standard CPUs with GPUs, accelerators and FPGAs are being explored to increase
performance on key codes," said Earl Joseph, IDC program vice president,
Technical Computing Systems. "Appro HyperPower Cluster addresses this growing
market requirement with its new GPU hybrid processing solution that can
execute thousands of concurrent throughput parallel processing threads,
pushing science and research projects to the next level of computing."

"We are excited to work with Appro to broaden our high performance computing
customer base through the provision of easy to deploy, ready to power up
clusters," said Andy Keane, General Manager of the Tesla Business Unit at
NVIDIA. "Together, we look forward to extending the reach of NVIDIA Tesla
technology into a wide range of HPC customers who can now benefit from
unparalleled supercomputing performance at lower price points."

For more information about the Appro GPU Computing Clusters, go to
http://www.appro.com/product/gpu_computing_main.asp. Now, Universities are
eligible for 20% discounts.

About Appro
Appro is a leading developer of supercomputing solutions. Appro is uniquely
positioned to support High Performance Computing markets focusing on small to
large-scale deployments where lowest total cost of ownership is a primary
consideration. Appro accelerates technical applications and business results
unlocking the value of IT through outstanding price/performance, balanced
architecture, open standards and engineering expertise. Appro headquarters is
in Milpitas, CA with offices in Korea and Houston, TX. To learn more go to
http://www.appro.com.

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Maria McLaughlin of Appro International, Inc., +1-408-888-6661,
mmclaughlin@appro.com