Cirrascale and AppliedMicro Introduce Next Generation Platform Based on X-Gene(R) Technology for High Performance Computing Environments
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
X-Gene Processors Combined With NVIDIA's and Mellanox's Next Generation
Technology Enable New Levels of Power Efficiency and Performance
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Micro Circuits
Corporation (Nasdaq:AMCC), a global leader in computing and connectivity
solutions, and Cirrascale Corporation®, a premier developer of build-to-order,
open architecture blade-based and rackmount computing infrastructure, today
announced the RM2916 High Performance Computing (HPC) Platform. The platform is
based on AppliedMicro's award-winning X-Gene® 64-bit ARM processor, the
industry's only production 64-bit ARM server processor, an upgraded NVIDIA
Telsa® K40 GPU and the high speed Mellanox ConnectX®-3 56 Gbps Infiniband
adapter.
"The RM2916 HPC Platform is the ideal solution to deploy AppliedMicro's X-Gene
processor architecture in production-ready high performance computing and
enterprise data analytics environments," said Chris Piecukonis, vice president
of sales and marketing at Cirrascale Corporation. "The NVIDIA Telsa K40 GPU
Accelerator and ConnectX-3 Infiniband solutions deliver significant upgrades in
both performance and power efficiency while maintaining low total cost of
ownership (TCO)."
The RM2916 HPC platform features the NVIDIA Telsa K40 GPU compute engine, a high
performance Mellanox ConnectX-3 56 Gbps Infiniband adapter and the performance
and power-efficiency of the X-Gene 64-bit ARM processor. Combined, these
features deliver not only high performance, but low TCO for HPC and enterprise
applications.
"The combination of the power-efficient X-Gene processor and a high performance
GPU compute engine, with a robust Linux-based software environment is very well
suited for a range of scale-out computing deployments," said John Williams, vice
president of marketing at AppliedMicro. "The RM2916 platform enables best-in-
class performance per Watt for high throughput HPC and data analytics
applications with very low TCO."
"The RM2916 HPC Platform's combination of best-in-class technologies ensures
high performance and maximum return-on-investment for global customers," said
Gilad Shainer, vice president of marketing at Mellanox Technologies.
About AppliedMicro
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC) is a global leader in computing
and connectivity solutions for next-generation cloud infrastructure and data
centers. AppliedMicro delivers silicon solutions that dramatically lower total
cost of ownership. Corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale,
California. www.apm.com.
(C) Copyright 2015. Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, AppliedMicro, X-Gene, X-
Weave, Server on a Chip, and Cloud Server are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. All other product or service
names are the property of their respective owners.
About Cirrascale Corporation
Cirrascale Corporation is a premier provider of custom rackmount and blade
server solutions developed and engineered for today's conventional data centers.
Cirrascale leverages its patented Vertical Cooling Technology, engineering
resources, and intellectual property to provide the industry's most energy-
efficient standards-based platforms with the lowest possible total cost of
ownership in the densest form factor. Cirrascale sells to large-scale
infrastructure operators, hosting and managed services providers, cloud service
providers, government, higher education, and HPC users. Cirrascale also licenses
its award winning technology to partners globally. To learn more about
Cirrascale and its unique data center infrastructure solutions, please visit
http://www.cirrascale.com or call (888) 942-3800.
CONTACT: Media Contacts:
Mike Major
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Phone: (408) 542-8831
mmajor(at)apm.com
Jennifer Grabowski
Racepoint Global for Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Phone: +1-617-624-3231
APM(at)racepointglobal.com
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