Angstrom Announces World's First Four-Processor AMD Opteron Processor-Based Blade Server: The Titan64 QuadraBlade.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BioITWorld Boston 2004 BIOWIRE2K BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004 A Titan64 QuadraBlade(TM) rack houses 52 blades for a total of 208 AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Opteron(TM) processors -- the densest blade configuration in the industry today Angstrom Microsystems, an AMD Opteron(TM) processor specialist company, is announcing the world's first blade server running on four AMD Opteron processors. These blade servers can be easily racked, providing the highest density of any 4P AMD Opteron processor server in a rack today -- 208 processors and 52 blades. The Titan64 QuadraBlade is available immediately and will be on display at the Bio-IT World show in Boston March 30 - April 1, 2004 A Titan64 QuadraBlade rack is comprised of four stacked nests, each nest housing 13 QuadraBlades for a total of 4 x 13 blade, or 52 blades. Each blade is a four-processor cache coherent, shared memory (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) system with the option of 2 SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. , IDE, SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. HDDs and high-speed interconnects such as Myrinet(TM) or Infiniband. "Angstrom Microsystems is enabling the next evolution in AMD Opteron processor-based server design," said Ben Williams, director of Server and Workstation Marketing at AMD. "The Titan64 QuadraBlade provides Angstrom customers with an HPC-specific design that delivers leading-edge application performance and scalability." "The AMD Opteron processor redefines high performance computing by enabling superb performance for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications," said Lalit Jain, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Angstrom Microsystems, "Angstrom is proud to announce supercomputing technology based on the four-processor AMD Opteron processor-based blade design." Angstrom Microsystems is a high-performance computing (HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) company providing AMD64 expertise and knowledge of HPC software in the bio-informatics, scientific computing, financial modeling, graphics rendering, and oil and gas industries. Angstrom enhances clustering technology for these markets with remote management software and LinuxBIOS expertise. About Angstrom Microsystems Angstrom Microsystems (www.angstrom.com) specializes in the design and manufacturing of AMD Opteron(TM) processor-based blade servers and workstations. Its bio-informatics customers include NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. , U Mass Medical, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and MGH MGH Massachusetts General Hospital MGH McGraw-Hill Companies MGH Montreal General Hospital (Montreal, Canada) MGH Monumenta Germania Historica MGH May Go Home MGH Minneapolis General Hospital . Angstrom has earned a reputation for quality, service, and engineering innovation in the server space. Its high performance AMD Opteron and AMD Athlon(TM) processor-based blade servers lead the industry in quality, price and performance. |
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