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Photos: SC07 supercomputing

By georgeou November 13, 2007, 12:08 AM PST

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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
.

See George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

Photos: SC07 supercomputing

Intel tech shows Intel “Cluster Ready” process using the newly rnlaunched “Stoakley” 5400 series rnplatform.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Intel branded 5400 series motherboard with 16 FBDIMM slots.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Small form factor X38 based motherboard used in high-density blade rnsolutions.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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IBM servers based on the new Intel 5400 series “Stoakley” platform rnfeaturing 20 gbps InfiniBand DDR interconnects using the new PCI-Express rngeneration 2 bus.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Equipment powering the SC07 conference.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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IBM’s booth at SC07.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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IBM remote desktop solution.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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IBM’s 32-core System p rn575 Power6 4.7 GHz liquid-cooled supercomputer rack.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Close-up view of IBM’s rnrn32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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You can see the water hose connector on the lower left.  Cold rnwater enters the system; warm water leaves the system carrying heat away from rnthe 16 Power6 processors.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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This is the back of IBM’srn32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz rnserver.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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The power distribution system for IBM’srnrn32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz rnserver.  Two large AC connectors can be seen on the left, DC is distributed rnto the individual 2U servers.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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This is the water pump on the bottom of the rack for IBM’srn32-core System p 575 Power6 4.7 GHz rnserver.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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This is the Super Micro Computer rnrnbooth.  Super Micro is one of the leading white-box server vendors.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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This is a 1U Super Micro server built on the “Cranberry Lake” rnplatform with the “San Clemente” chipset.  It was launched yesterday but rnwas overshadowed by the “Stoakley” rnrnplatform 5400 series chipset and 45nm CPU launch.  What’s unique about rnthis Intel based server is that it doesn’t use FBDIMMs so it has the highest rnperformance/watt metric of any dual-processor x86 server on the market when rnusing 3 GHz 80W 5400 series “Harpertown” CPUs.  The limitation is that it rnonly has 6 registered DDR2-667 DIMM slots (compared to 16 fully-buffered rnDDR2-800 DIMM slots on the 5400 series) and it lacks the PCI-Express generation rn2 bus slots which isn’t a problem in many applications.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Super Micro’s 6015WT-INF is a unique 2-in-1 1U server with two rndual-processor motherboards sharing a single chassis and power supply.  It rnis one of Super Micro’s best sellers and it’s based on two small form factor rn5400 series dual-processor motherboards.  This 1U system can pack 16 45-nm rnIntel 5400 series CPU cores and a total of 16 fully buffered DDR2-800 DIMMs.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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This is a “San Clemente” chipset motherboard from Super Micro.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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On the left is the small form factor Super Micro X7DWT 5400 series rn”Seaburg” chipset motherboard used in the “Stoakley” platform.  On the rnright is the Super Micro X7DCL-3 “San Clemente” chipset motherboard.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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On the left is the Super Micro X7SBi 3210 “Bigby-P” chipset rnmotherboard which is very similar in architecture to Intel’s X38 chipset.  rnIt is a single processor platform that uses 3000 series entry-level server chips rnwhich are essentially desktop processors.  On the right is the opposite end rnof the spectrum with the Super Micro X7QC3 quad-processor 7300 series chipset.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

Photos: SC07 supercomputing

Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X2200 M2 Server based on dual-processor rnAMD system.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4150 Server based on the Intel rndual-processor 5300 series “Bensley” platformrnrnlaunched in September.  A rn5400 series version is in the works.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

Photos: SC07 supercomputing

Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4450 Server based on the Intel rnmulti-processor 7300 series “Caneland” platformrnlaunched in September.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4600 M2 Server based on an rneight-processor AMD Socket F system.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X400 Storage Server based on an rndual-processor AMD Socket F system.  This massive storage server has 48 rntop-loaded SATA drives using six 8-port SAS controllers.

rnSee George Ou’s Real World IT blog.

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