FREMONT, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
AMAX, the # 1 server and storage system builder in North America,
and one of the 500 largest solution providers in the region, launches
one of the world's 200 fastest supercomputers. This supercomputer
represents a new generation of high-performance computing (HPC)
platform that is based on the energy efficient Intel quad core Xeon
processing technology, providing customers with highly available,
scalable, and low power consumption HPC architecture.
AMAX's high-bandwidth supercomputer offers exceptional value and
impressive price/performance with a significantly reduced TCO for HPC
IT organizations such as data centers, financial services, digital
imaging and animation, aerospace and automotive engineering
simulations, petroleum discovery and production. It provides customers
with increased productivity, faster time-to-results, and an improved
operating experience, from initial power-on through continuing
production operations, and reduced support effort and costs. It also
simplifies cluster management and application deployment for end
customers.
AMAX's supercomputer features a reliable and scalable architecture
with 2,816 Intel Xeon CPU cores, 5,632GB of RAM, and 2,816 Terabytes
of hot swap storage. It includes redundant cooling fans and efficient
"Power Factor Corrected" redundant power supplies. It also features
multiple InfiniBand interconnects with low latency InfiniBand host
channel adapters as well as a multiple Ethernet management fabric and
network switches with all critical components being easily accessible,
hot-swappable, and redundant for reliability and serviceability.
"AMAX is proud to be working closely with technology partners such
as Intel to deliver best-in-class, Linux clustered supercomputing
solutions that address customers' most demanding HPC application and
I/O requirements," said Jean Shih, President of AMAX. "Introducing one
of the world's top 200 fastest supercomputers a testament of our HPC
technological advances. It helps us accelerate the introduction of
clusters to more commercial, government, and academic users with less
cluster expertise, who will now be able to leverage the superior
price/performance ratio of Intel-based energy efficient HPC clusters
for their research and simulations."
AMAX Engineering
James Huang, 510-497-8809
Fax: 510-497-8781
james_huang@amax.com
www.amax.com
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