Microsoft, Cray rolls out the mainstream together super computer

September 24, 2008

Microsoft and Cray rolled out a super computer together recently “Cray CX1“, so-called meaning introduces mainstream market in system of will high-powered computation.

Cray CX1 basis configures different price from25000 dollars arrive 60000 dollarsDiffer, have the almost all function of high-powered super computer, but can use at standard office environment and job to flow, a lot of domain such as research of science of development of service of comfortable alloy be in harmony, aerospace, automation, oil, life, government government, learning, digital media.

This super computer is most by16 8 node, Intel Xeon double / 4 core processorComposition, every node memory is maximum 64GB, in-house storage space is the largest 4TB, installing an operating system beforehand come from MicrosoftWindows HPC Server 2008, support and Linux are alternant.

In fact, this also is Cray and Intel since reaching cooperative agreement, be in for the first time its use latter processor in super computer.

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