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New! Microway releases high performance Workstations, Clusters, and Servers featuring Quad Core AMD Opteron™ processors! Read the press release here. |
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Microway® Navion™ Clusters and Servers Provide 64-bit Quad Core Performance
Microway's award-winning AMD Opteron clusters and servers provide 64-bit performance for complex applications in HPC,
life sciences, financial services and the enterprise. Microway's clusters and servers are offered with dual, quad,
or 8 way AMD Socket F Opteron processors featuring dual or quad cores, in 1-4U chassis, with up to 128 GB of memory plus
Microway's MCMS™/NodeWatch™ remote monitoring and
management tools. All Microway clusters are available with low power options.
AMD64 technology preserves a company's
investment in 32-bit applications while allowing a seamless transition
to 64-bit computing.
Key AMD
Opteron processor innovations include dual and quad core processors, an integrated memory controller,
which reduces memory bottlenecks, and HyperTransport™ technology, which
increases overall performance by removing or reducing I/O bottlenecks,
increasing bandwidth and reducing latency.
Opteron processors employ an on-chip cross bar switch making direct
connections between CPUs, a built-in memory controller and three
HyperTransport ports. For 2000 series processors (dual cpu systems),
one HyperTransport link
provides a cache coherent connection to the second processor. For 8000 series
processors (4 or more cpus), two HyperTransport ports provide cache coherent
interfaces to each adjacent AMD Opteron processor. The remaining HyperTransport port(s) provide
non-coherent I/O access to peripheral bridges and buses.
The memory latency achieved by the AMD Opteron processor is the best in the industry,
peaking at 65ns. The inter-processor latency is under 140ns. At this
level, the inter-processor latency is roughly 1/100th of that achieved
by low latency, high bandwidth solutions like InfiniBand and InfiniPath.
This makes it possible to use up to eight (8) processors on a single
motherboard to run fine grain parallel applications with increased
efficiency using MPI or shared memory techniques.
Microway offers data storage solutions and high-speed
InfiniBand, InfiniPath HTX, and Gigabit Ethernet for fine and coarse grain parallel
applications.
Clusters are delivered fully-functional and include
MMDS™, a
performance analysis tool, MCMS™ Microway's Cluster Management Software,
and optional NodeWatch™ Remote Cluster Monitoring and Control Tools.
Microway also has partnerships with leading commercial software providers including
SuSE, Portland Group, PathScale, Platform Computing and MPI Software Technology.
Microway's Navion™ System, based on AMD's Opteron™
processor, was named "Best 64-bit Turnkey Solution" at the
Clusterworld Conference and Exposition in San Jose on June 26, 2003.
Combining over a decade of experience with 64-bit technology and the
latest offerings from AMD, Microway continues to demonstrate our ability
to deliver the latest technology in cost-effective, robust solutions for
HPC users. Please contact sales@microway.com for additional information
on the Navion family. Thanks for considering Microway for your next cluster.
Please call 508-746-7341 or visit our Price Quote page for more
information, pricing and terms on Microway's AMD Opteron™ platform.
Microway-designed servers and Beowulf clusters are preferred by
thousands of 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.
Microway has been configuring parallel processing solutions since 1986.
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Microway Navion
Opteron Chassis showing flow through design with Nomex cooling baffles that cover the memory and CPU's(baffles not installed)
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Front view of Microway CoolRak™ cabinet, featuring 4 high speed exhaust fans
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Front view of Microway Quadputer®-Navion™ solution with eight Quad Core Opterons.
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