Microway's state-of-the-art, robust Intel® Itanium® 2 based
Beowulf clusters and servers for HPC, life sciences and enterprise applications.

           Microway® 4U NumberSmasher®-64 chassis (front view)

NumberSmasher®-64 quad Itanium® 2 spec sheet (PDF)

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Microway's new Itanium® 2 platform is a significant entry into the high-performance technical computing arena. It contains up to 4 64-bit Itanium® 2 processors each with up to 6MB L3 cache in a 4U server or node configuration, with up to 32 GB of shared memory and 6.4GB/second peak memory bandwidth. This configuration will also meet demanding enterprise-level processing requirements for the next decade. As an Intel Premier Provider, Microway has access to all state-of-the-art Itanium® 2 processor designs. We will incorporate these designs into our fully-integrated Beowulf cluster solutions. Click here for more information on our dual Itanium® 2 solution.

Example of Microway NumberSmasher-64 Quad Itanium® 2 in 4U chassis configuration:

• 4U Chassis with Intel® Itanium® 2 SBNMB000 Motherboard
• System bus: 400 MHz, 128-bit wide, 6.4 GB/s bandwidth
• Four Intel® Itanium® 2 1.6 GHz processors each with 6 MB L3 Cache
• 32 GB DDR 266 MHZ ECC/REG Memory for Itanium® 2
• 8 PCI slots, 4 USB, 1 Serial, 1 Video
• Integrated Ultra 320 SCSI Controller
• Up to three 73 GB U320 SCSI 10K Hard Drives with SCA-2 connectors
• Integrated Intel® 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet
• 1-2 redundant hot swap 1200 Watt Power Supplies
• IPMI Server Management version 6.0
• Slim Line LS-240 Floppy Drive
• Four Processor Power Pods with Y Cable (one per processor)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Installed (Standard Edition: media and documentation.)
• Intel® Software Development Tools including Fortran and C++
  compilers, VTune™ Performance Analyzer, KAP/Pro, Native Itanium support, thread analyzer and Math Kernel Library

Available Speeds & Cache sizes 1.6 GHz with 6 MB L3 cache 1.5 GHz with 6 MB L3 cache 1.4 GHz with 4 MB L3 cache 1.3 GHz with 3 MB L3 cache Features Based on EPIC architecture   Enhanced Machine Check Architecture (MCA) with extensive Error Correcting Code (ECC)   Operating system support: Linux, Windows® System Bus 400 MHz, 128-bit wide 6.4 GB/s bandwidth

Clusters are delivered fully-functional and include MCMS™, Microway's Cluster Management Software, and optional NodeWatch™ Remote Cluster Monitoring and Control Solution. Microway also has partnerships with leading commercial software providers include Intel, Platform Computing and MPI Software Technology.

The depth and knowledge of our sales, integration and service teams is exceptional. Microway has been configuring parallel processing solutions since 1986.

Microway-designed servers and Beowulf clusters are preferred by universities, biotech and government funded research organizations worldwide, including ALTANA Research Institute, CDC, GlaxoSmithKline, LANL, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, NASA, NIH, NIST, and National Research Council Canada. For a representative listing of Microway customers, please go here.

Recently Microway configured a 200 node Intel-based Linux Beowulf cluster for the University of Maine. Microway was chosen by the university, because we provided the exact configuration required, at the most competitive price, with guaranteed delivery and on-site installation.

For personal assistance, please call a sales person who speaks your language at (508)746-7341. To request a price quote for your next high-end, fully integrated Microway Opteron Cluster, Server, Workstation, or Storage System go to the Price Quote Request page.

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