SiCortex Named One of Five High Performance Computing Companies to Watch in 2007.Company is recognized for low power, high delivered performance Linux cluster systems TAMPA, Fla. -- SiCortex, the first company to engineer a cluster computer from the silicon up, has been named one of five companies to watch in 2007 by HPCwire, it was announced today. HPCwire is the most recognized and accessed news and information site covering the entire ecosystem of high productivity computing computing - computer . The announcement was made at the SC '06 high performance computing conference in Tampa by Mike Bernhardt, Associate Publisher of HPCwire. The online publication selected five companies after reviewing more than 50 candidates. Selection criteria for SiCortex included the technology that the company is bringing to market, the strength of the management team and its ability to have a lasting impact on the High Performance Computing marketplace. SiCortex recently announced a family of Linux cluster computer systems that provide superior delivered performance while dramatically reducing energy and infrastructure needs. SiCortex has achieved this breakthrough by implementing a complete cluster node on a chip, including six 64-bit processor cores, multiple memory controllers, a high performance cluster interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. and a PCI express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. connection to storage and internetworking. A complete SiCortex cluster node with DDR-2 memory consumes 15 watts of power, an order of magnitude A change in quantity or volume as measured by the decimal point. For example, from tens to hundreds is one order of magnitude. Tens to thousands is two orders of magnitude; tens to millions is three orders of magnitude, etc. less than the 250 watts used in a conventional cluster node. "As close observers of the industry, we have seen the impact that cooling and energy demands have had on 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. , and the subsequent limitations placed on delivered performance," said Mike Bernhardt, Associate Publisher of HPCwire. "SiCortex's innovative and elegant solution has the potential to have a dramatic impact on the future of the industry." SiCortex recently introduced its first two models, the SC5832, an enterprise class computer that provides 5.8 teraflops of 64-bit floating point performance, and the SC648, designed for departmental users and offering 648 gigaflops (GIGA FLoating point OPerations per Second) One billion floating point operations per second. See FLOPS. (unit) gigaflops - (GFLOPS) One thousand million (10^9) floating point operations per second. of 64-bit performance. "It is rewarding to receive such an honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. from HPCwire." said Dr. John Mucci, SiCortex 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. . "When we started the company several years ago, we foresaw that excessive power consumption would ultimately pose a significant obstacle to both the performance and proliferation proliferation /pro·lif·er·a·tion/ (pro-lif?er-a´shun) the reproduction or multiplication of similar forms, especially of cells.prolif´erativeprolif´erous pro·lif·er·a·tion n. of cluster systems. We are pleased that HPCwire is as excited as we are about our original vision for multi-teraflop computing" About SiCortex SiCortex, the first company to engineer a cluster computer from the silicon up, is dedicated to the proliferation of multi-teraflop computing to a wide variety of users. Founded in 2003 by a respected team of computer industry veterans, the company has received a total of $42 million in funding from Chevron Technology Ventures, Flagship Ventures, JK&B Capital, Polaris Venture Partners and Prism Venture Partners. For more information visit http://www.sicortex.com/. For more detailed technical information please visit http://www.sicortex.com/products About HPCwire HPCwire is the most recognized and accessed news and information site covering the entire ecosystem of High Performance Computing. HPCwire is the publication of choice for the global community of business and technology professionals interested in computationally- and data-intensive computing, including infrastructure topics such as software, middleware Software that functions as a conversion or translation layer. It is also a consolidator and integrator. Custom-programmed middleware solutions have been developed for decades to enable one application to communicate with another that either runs on a different platform or comes from a , hardware, networking, storage, tools and applications. NOTE TO EDITORS: SiCortex is exhibiting at SC '06 in booth #629. |
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