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SGI to Demo Latest HPC Solutions at ISC'10


Dr. Eng Lim Goh, SGI Chief Technology Officer, to deliver two technical addresses

FREMONT, Calif., and READING, England, May 18 -- SGI, a global leader in HPC and datacenter solutions, announced today that it will showcase new and innovative high performance computing (HPC) datacenter and storage solutions at the upcoming International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) 2010, taking place from May 30 to June 3, 2010, in Hamburg, Germany. SGI Chief Technology Officer Dr. Eng Lim Goh, an expert in next generation computing architecture, will lead technology sessions on managing massively large data sets and on accelerated computing technology.

"SGI is continually innovating with cutting edge solutions for the most demanding HPC applications in the world," said George Skaff, chief marketing officer at SGI. "ISC provides an excellent opportunity to demonstrate how SGI accelerates results for HPC with groundbreaking server and storage products like Altix UV, Altix ICE, SGI InfiniteStorage and ICE Cube."

SGI Products Exhibit: SGI Booth #330 and ICE Cube Booth #823

SGI will demonstrate new and popular HPC, datacenter and storage solutions, including:

HPC:

  • Altix ICE 8400 -- With world record breaking cluster performance, it's the latest addition to the award-winning Altix ICE scale-out HPC blade platform.
  • SGI Altix UV -- Altix UV leverages next generation Intel Xeon x86 processors to deliver the fastest, most scalable shared memory supercomputer in the world.
  • Cyclone -- The world's first large-scale, on-demand cloud computing service specifically dedicated to technical applications.
  • CloudRack X2 -- Extreme server density and 99 percent power distribution efficiency with Power XE in a small, 5-square-foot form factor.

Datacenter:

  • ICE Cube -- SGI's award-winning modular datacenter delivers extreme server and storage density in a self-contained, easily deployable 20' or 40' container.

Storage:

  • SGI InfiniteStorage Server 3500 -- An integrated storage server that features the latest Intel dual-socket processors to provide full x64 application compatibility.
  • COPAN 300M -- Enterprise MAID storage for disk-based, persistent data-aware applications.

SGI Speaking Session: "Next-Generation Accelerated Computing Technology," presented by Dr. Eng Lim Goh, senior VP and CTO at SGI

Date: Tuesday, June 1
Time: 10:10 a.m. CEST
Location: Hall 3, CCH-Congress Center Hamburg

SGI Speaking Session: "Managing Massively Large Data Sets With Breakthrough Technology at ICR," presented by Dr. Eng Lim Goh, senior VP and CTO at SGI

Date: Wednesday, June 2
Time: 4:15 p.m. CEST
Location: Hall 3, CCH-Congress Center Hamburg

About SGI

SGI (NASDAQ:SGI) is a global leader in large-scale clustered computing, high performance storage, HPC and datacenter enablement and services. SGI is focused on helping customers solve their most demanding business and technology challenges. Visit www.sgi.com for more information.

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Source: SGI

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