SGI announces support for Intel Xeon processor 5600 series
SGI, a global leader in HPC and datacenter solutions, today announced full and immediate support of the Intel Xeon processor 5600 series across its entire scale-out server lineup, including Altix ICE high performance computing clusters, CloudRack and Rackable scale-out servers, SGI InfiniteStorage servers, the Octane III personal supercomputer and the newly announced Origin 400 workgroup blade solution.
NASA has chosen SGI to supply its next major supercomputer, a 20,480-core SGI Altix ICE system, after a competitive evaluation the space agency launched last year.