96 processors – To Go
p2pnet.net News:- California’s Orion Multisystems says its 12-node Desktop Cluster Workstation, the first to be based on cluster technology, will be ready for the market on October 1.
And it’ll be followed by the 96-processor deskside unit at under $100,000 in the later part of Q4, says Orion.
“Orion Cluster Workstations are the first to offer a standard Linux platform the development community can use for building cluster applications,” promises Orion.
“Designed for the individual user, the Orion Cluster Workstation provides supercomputer performance for engineering, scientific, financial and creative professionals who need to solve computationally complex problems.”
An Orion Cluster Workstation is designed as a single computer, says the company, going on:
“The entire system boots with the push of a button and has the look, feel and ease-of-use of a personal computer. No assembly is needed and minimal configuration is required to immediately run all cluster applications.”
The 12-node DT-12 desktop has 36 Gflops peak performance (18 Gflops sustained), up to 24 gigs of DDR SDRAM memory and up to 1 terabyte of internal disk storage, says Orion.
It consumes less than 220 watts and is scalable to 48 nodes by stacking up to four systems.
The DS-96 deskside unit, with 300 gigaflops (Gflops) peak performance (150 Gflops sustained), up to 192 gigs of memory and up to 9.6 terabytes of storage, consumes less than 1500 watts, states Orion.
Orion Multisystems was founded in 2003 by Colin Hunter and Ed Kelly. Both Hunter, president and ceo, and Kelly, vp of engineering, co-founded Transmeta Corporation and have been integrally involved with several Silicon Valley companies such as Sun Microsystems, Ready Systems and others.
Desktop: 18.4″ (length) x 24″ (width) x 3.8″(height)
Deskside: 25″(length) x 16.5 (width) x 27″ (height)
