IBM, Intel Sun Microsystems, and Super Micro have their wares on display at the SC07 supercomputing conference.
The BoxClusterML is four X38 based systems clustered in a box
from HPC Systems.
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Intel tech shows Intel “Cluster Ready” process using the newly \r\nlaunched “Stoakley” 5400 series \r\nplatform.
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Intel branded 5400 series motherboard with 16 FBDIMM slots.
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Small form factor X38 based motherboard used in high-density blade \r\nsolutions.
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IBM servers based on the new Intel 5400 series “Stoakley” platform \r\nfeaturing 20 gbps InfiniBand DDR interconnects using the new PCI-Express \r\ngeneration 2 bus.
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Equipment powering the SC07 conference.
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IBM’s booth at SC07.
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IBM remote desktop solution.
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IBM’s 32-core System p \r\n575 Power6 4.7 GHz liquid-cooled supercomputer rack.
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Close-up view of IBM’s \r\n\r\n32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz.
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You can see the water hose connector on the lower left. Cold \r\nwater enters the system; warm water leaves the system carrying heat away from \r\nthe 16 Power6 processors.
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This is the back of IBM’s\r\n32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz \r\nserver.
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The power distribution system for IBM’s\r\n\r\n32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz \r\nserver. Two large AC connectors can be seen on the left, DC is distributed \r\nto the individual 2U servers.
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This is the water pump on the bottom of the rack for IBM’s\r\n32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz \r\nserver.
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This is the Super Micro Computer \r\n\r\nbooth. Super Micro is one of the leading white-box server vendors.
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This is a 1U Super Micro server built on the “Cranberry Lake” \r\nplatform with the “San Clemente” chipset. It was launched yesterday but \r\nwas overshadowed by the “Stoakley” \r\n\r\nplatform 5400 series chipset and 45nm CPU launch. What’s unique about \r\nthis Intel based server is that it doesn’t use FBDIMMs so it has the highest \r\nperformance/watt metric of any dual-processor x86 server on the market when \r\nusing 3 GHz 80W 5400 series “Harpertown” CPUs. The limitation is that it \r\nonly has 6 registered DDR2-667 DIMM slots (compared to 16 fully-buffered \r\nDDR2-800 DIMM slots on the 5400 series) and it lacks the PCI-Express generation \r\n2 bus slots which isn’t a problem in many applications.
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Super Micro’s 6015WT-INF is a unique 2-in-1 1U server with two \r\ndual-processor motherboards sharing a single chassis and power supply. It \r\nis one of Super Micro’s best sellers and it’s based on two small form factor \r\n5400 series dual-processor motherboards. This 1U system can pack 16 45-nm \r\nIntel 5400 series CPU cores and a total of 16 fully buffered DDR2-800 DIMMs.
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This is a “San Clemente” chipset motherboard from Super Micro.
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On the left is the small form factor Super Micro X7DWT 5400 series \r\n”Seaburg” chipset motherboard used in the “Stoakley” platform. On the \r\nright is the Super Micro X7DCL-3 “San Clemente” chipset motherboard.
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On the left is the Super Micro X7SBi 3210 “Bigby-P” chipset \r\nmotherboard which is very similar in architecture to Intel’s X38 chipset. \r\nIt is a single processor platform that uses 3000 series entry-level server chips \r\nwhich are essentially desktop processors. On the right is the opposite end \r\nof the spectrum with the Super Micro X7QC3 quad-processor 7300 series chipset.
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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server based on dual-processor \r\nAMD system.
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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4150 Server based on the Intel \r\ndual-processor 5300 series “Bensley” platform\r\n\r\nlaunched in September. A \r\n5400 series version is in the works.
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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4450 Server based on the Intel \r\nmulti-processor 7300 series “Caneland” platform\r\nlaunched in September.
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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server based on an \r\neight-processor AMD Socket F system.
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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X400 Storage Server based on an \r\ndual-processor AMD Socket F system. This massive storage server has 48 \r\ntop-loaded SATA drives using six 8-port SAS controllers.
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