Deskside HPC Becomes Reality!

9/16/2008 12:00:00 AM

Everyone knows Cray as "The Supercomputing Company," which makes today's announcement of the CX1, an affordable high-performance computing system designed for the office environment, a remarkable milestone in democratizing HPC for the end user. The CX1 is designed as an easy to deploy and easy to operate high-performance system and is the perfect complement to the new Microsoft HPC 2008 Server operating system.

The CX1 is a horizontal fit for all HPC users including application developers, IT professionals and especially end users. For application developers the CX1 can provide a faster testing response and reduce overall time to market. IT professionals with space or network support constraints can now install a fully functioning Windows cluster anywhere on the network as easily as adding a workstation. End users will see tremendous benefits from the ease of use, Windows accessibility and especially the immediate cluster access and response time.

The need for supercomputing and HPC has grown stronger and faster over the past few years to a level that is, in most cases, unattainable by the typical user or departmental group. The CX1 is designed to provide "ease of everything" computing with an integrated HPC operating environment in either Windows HPC Server 2008 or Linux Redhat. As an affordable system, purchasing the CX1 is simple from configuration to setup and installation.

Because the CX1 is purpose built for offices, laboratories and other non-traditional HPC environments, it requires no dedicated computer room, special power or cooling requirements. The CX1 runs on power from a standard wall socket (20amp/110/220v). This ability enables even the end user to have supercomputing power in their departmental environment. To keep the system within comfortable noise levels there is an active noise cancellation system running. The CX1 can simply be plugged in, set up and connected to the network, running just like a typical office computer.

For more information on the CX1 and its use of industry standard hardware and software from leading providers such as Intel and Microsoft, check out today's press release.

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Dan 16 Sep, 07:19 PM
Yeah. Umm. You guys are missing a pretty serious market segment here. You have any idea what aging geeks like me would pay for a Cray branded gaming PC? Seriously, growing up hearing about the legendary Cray supercomputers and now being able to own one? Screw Alienware, I would SO show up to a LAN party with a CRAY.
Vladi 20 Sep, 06:22 AM

This is great.. coz u put supercomuter to us, we desire to use supercomputer, but u it in a small box,with intel processor, i though supercomputers are computers with a large casing and special room ,
it's great!, congratulations Cray company
Ian Miller 24 Sep, 06:40 AM
Yesterday we showed the CX1 in public for the first time at the HPC on Wall Street show. Despite all the recent turmoil, we were delighted to see that Wall Street still has a keen interest in HPC! The reaction to the system was outstanding and we were pleased to be demonstrating the new Microsoft HPC Server 2008 operating system along with Milliman, an actuarial application. Our sincere thanks to Pat Renzi of Milliman for her support during the show. Microsoft even raffled off a CX1 as part of their evening cocktail reception to mark the announcement of HPC Server 2008! Our thanks to our partners, friends and resellers and please look for more CX1 news soon.

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