Supermicro SuperBlade(TM) Shipping in Volume Now
01/08/2007 22:23
PR Newswire
SAN JOSE, California, August 1 /PRNewswire/ --
- Less than 2,700 watts for 10 Xeon DP Quad-core Blades
Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a worldwide leader in
application optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced
volume shipping of its new SuperBlade(TM) product line. With industry-leading
power efficiency, the SuperBlade architecture supports current and next
generation processors at all speeds. For instance, a fully loaded 10 DP blade
system using quad-core Xeon L5310 or L5320 processors consumes less than
2,700 watts at maximum performance and still maintains the flexibility to
support 4P blades at maximum frequency. SuperBlade supports the latest
dual-processor (2P) quad-core and dual-core Intel Xeon(TM) processors as well
as quad-processor (4P) AMD Opteron(TM) CPUs. Supermicro Server Building Block
Solutions(R) provide versatile hot-swappable configuration flexibility for
the enterprise, datacenter, high performance computing (HPC), and office
computing environments.
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"Our earth-friendly power supplies deliver up to 93% efficiency," asserts
Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Combining that with our
super-efficient cooling design makes our SuperBlade the most earth-friendly
server available. The unprecedented efficiency helps customers significantly
lower their total cost of ownership (TCO) and save energy to help protect the
earth."
1400-watt, 2800-watt or up to 7500-watt redundant power configurations
provide high availability and the flexibility for customers to optimize the
system power budget for specific applications. This helps customers achieve
optimal power efficiency.
In addition to outstanding CPU performance-per-watt benefits, the
SuperBlade features multiple integrated switch fabrics to optimize I/O
performance and connectivity. High-speed, low-latency infiniband switching
(20Gb/s per port) is ideal for clustering applications while two
10-external-port Gigabit Ethernet switches provide optimum network
connectivity. A 10-Gigabit Ethernet switch will be in production soon.
For industry-leading density, the SuperBlade 7U enclosure holds ten 2P or
4P compute blades in any combination and the architecture supports both
quad-core and dual-core CPUs across all speed grades. Six SuperBlade
enclosures fit into a 42U rack. This allows incredible scaling to 160
processor cores per 7U enclosure or 960 processor cores per rack.
Other important advantages include up to 90% cable reduction and 65%
rack-space savings to greatly simplify installation and save on cost
while increasing reliability. The integrated chassis management module (CMM)
with IPMI 2.0, KVM-over-IP, and Virtual-Media-over-LAN provides remote access
to all compute blades, switches, power supplies, and cooling fans.
For detailed information on Supermicro's complete range of
application-optimized Server Building Block Solutions(R), please visit
http://www.supermicro.com.
About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Established in 1993, Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and
uncompromising quality control to produce industry-leading serverboards,
chassis and server systems. These mission-critical Server Building Block
solutions provide benefits across many environments, including data center
deployment, high-performance computing, high-end workstations, storage
networks and standalone server installations. For more information on
Supermicro's complete line of advanced motherboards, SuperServers, and
optimized chassis, visit http://www.Supermicro.com, email
Marketing@Supermicro.com or call the San Jose, CA headquarters at
+1-408-503-8000.
Web site: http://www.Supermicro.com
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