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Rackable
Systems Powers One of World's Largest Supercomputers
-- Rackable Systems Servers Form Backbone of
One of the World's Largest Publicly Accessible Dual-Core AMD Opteron™
Processor-Based InfiniBand Cluster Deployments; Named to Latest TOP500
List --
SEATTLE, WA, SUPERCOMPUTING 2005 (Booth
446), November 15, 2005 – Rackable Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
RACK), a leading provider of servers and storage for scale out data
center deployments, today announced that its cluster deployment at
the AMD Developer Center in Sunnyvale, California achieved a ranking
of 323 in the latest TOP500 Supercomputing list, released yesterday.
Based on the High-Performance Linpack (HPL) benchmark, the TOP500
list highlights the 500 most powerful computer systems in the world.
The AMD Developer Center's newest and largest cluster, named Emerald,
is powered by Rackable Systems' highly dense, thermally efficient rack-mount
Foundation Series C1000 servers. Comprised of 144 nodes, each leveraging
two Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ Model 275 processors with Direct Connect
Architecture and InfiniBand interconnect, the Emerald cluster features
the processing power of 576 total cores contained in just two Rackable
Systems Foundation Series server cabinets. High density levels are
achieved with Rackable Systems' patented back-to-back server mounting,
while the use of DC power technology reduces power consumption and
increases reliability.
"Enabling the Developer Center with Rackable Systems DC-powered
servers reaffirms our commitment to offering the industry's best performance-per-watt
and provides our developers and partners with a state-of-the-art research
cluster," said Ben Williams, vice president, Commercial Business,
AMD (NYSE: AMD). "Our users can now test the next generation of
server computing with a major Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor-based
InfiniBand cluster, known for its outstanding benchmark results and
high reliability."
As the largest publicly accessible Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor-based
InfiniBand cluster in the world, Emerald achieved 2.073 TFlop/s on
the HPL benchmark, with peak TFlop/s of 2.5344 for an efficiency of
81.8%. It outperformed larger clusters from leading competitors in
The HPC Challenge, sponsored by DARPA, the National Science Foundation
and the U.S. Department of Energy.
"The supercomputing community looks to the TOP500 list as the
benchmark of high performance computing, and we are pleased to be recognized
for powering the Emerald cluster," said Tom Barton, president
and CEO of Rackable Systems. "Rackable Systems Dual-Core AMD Opteron
processor-based servers are ideal for HPC environments, largely for
their thermal efficiency and reliability."
About Rackable Systems
Rackable Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RACK) is a provider of servers and
storage products for scale out data center deployments. The company's
servers are designed to provide benefits in the areas of density,
thermal efficiency, serviceability, power distribution and remote
management. Founded in 1999 and based in Milpitas, California, Rackable
Systems serves Internet, semiconductor design, enterprise software,
federal government, entertainment, financial services, HPC, oil and
gas exploration and biotechnology customers worldwide.
To learn more about Rackable Systems, go to www.rackable.com,
call 408-240-8300, or write to info@rackable.com.
Contact Information:
Rackable Systems is a registered trademark of Rackable
Systems®, Inc. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, and combinations
thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other product
and company names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks
of their respective companies.
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