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Boston Limited Unveil their Revolutionary Boston Viridis Ultra Dense Ultra Low Power Computing Platform Based on Calxeda ARM[R]EnergyCore[TM]SOC (System on a Chip) Processors at the International Supercomputing Conference 2011
SEATTLE, Washington, November 16, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Boston Limited are proud to unveil their latest innovative collaboration
with Calxeda with the announcement of Boston's new generation of ultra low
power computing platforms based on Calxeda ARM(R) EnergyCore(TM) SOC (System
on a chip) processors.
Based on a completely new architecture outside of the traditional x86
platforms, the Boston Viridis Project provides a revolutionary new approach
to highly parallel ultra low power computing with a self contained highly
extensible multi node cluster with integral high speed interconnects and
storage all contained within a tiny 2U rack mount appliance.
With 48 nodes available in a 2U enclosure this exciting new platform can
provide for up to a staggering 900 servers per industry standard 42U rack
and can deliver up to 10x the performance per watt over existing processor
technologies.
Designed and built exclusively for the server market this ultra
efficient new server appliance has been optimized from the ground upwards to
provide data centre performance whilst consuming power comparable to a
mobile device to assure industry leading power, space and operational costs.
Boston is working closely with Calxeda to demonstrate the full breadth
of capabilities offered by appliances that fall within Boston's Viridis
Project. Now, OEM partners and large data centre customers can leverage both
Boston and Calxeda's design expertise, allowing them to easily build
hyper-scale sized clusters in a fraction of the time compared to designing
traditional server systems from the ground up.
Boston will be making this platform available very shortly to provide
interested partners with access to these leading technologies to test,
benchmark and optimise their code via our Boston labs facilities. For more
information please register your interest here:
http://www.boston.co.uk/about/labs/default.aspx
Based on Calxeda's ultra efficient EnergyCard's this platform assures
game changing performance within the server arena. Based on four quad Core
EnergyCore SOC's (system on a chip) integrated onto a local fabric Boston's
solution collectively forms a complete multi server cluster that can be
easily expanded with additional cards. With each board exposing up to eight
10GbE fabric links and SATA to a passive system board for previously unheard
of levels of expansion.
Similar in concept to blade servers, each EnergyCore-based server
chassis contains a base system board with one or more slots compatible with
Calxeda EnergyCards. This extensible approach means that as your computing
requirements grow, meeting that demand is as simple as plugging in
additional EnergyCards as needed.
Manoj Nayee, Managing Director of Boston Limited, says, "As a specialist
in low power, server and storage platforms, Boston have been inundated with
requests for highly efficient scalable solutions that provide increased
power savings over the current technologies. Calxeda's unique approach
provides a server on a chip that consumes 5W under maximum load with dynamic
power optimisation and routing that enables us to provide up to 90% power
savings over traditional platforms."
"We are happy to partner with Boston Limited, who are bringing new
clients and workloads to ultra-low power computing" said Karl Freund, VP of
Marketing of Calxeda. "This market is going to explode next year, and Boston
is ready to support customers lining up for proof of concepts and subsequent
production systems".
About Boston Limited
Founded in 1992 Boston Limited has built up an exceptional reputation within
the IT trade by supplying the latest in high performance technology backed
up by unrivalled in-house pre and post sales technical expertise. Boston
Limited prides itself in the meticulous engineering of cutting edge
Supermicro based server, workstation and storage solutions that are offered
with Climate Neutral and worldwide warranty support options.
For further details visit http://www.boston.co.uk or e-mail
sales@boston.co.uk
To have Boston products featured within any news and review articles or
for any review sample requests please contact Neil Kalsi. Tel:
+44(0)1727-876-100 or email neil.kalsi@boston.co.uk
Source: Boston Limited
.
Boston Limited Unveil their Revolutionary Boston Viridis Ultra Dense Ultra Low Power Computing Platform Based on Calxeda ARM[R]EnergyCore[TM]SOC (System on a Chip) Processors at the International Supercomputing Conference 2011
SEATTLE, Washington, November 16, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Boston Limited are proud to unveil their latest innovative collaboration
with Calxeda with the announcement of Boston's new generation of ultra low
power computing platforms based on Calxeda ARM(R) EnergyCore(TM) SOC (System
on a chip) processors.
Based on a completely new architecture outside of the traditional x86
platforms, the Boston Viridis Project provides a revolutionary new approach
to highly parallel ultra low power computing with a self contained highly
extensible multi node cluster with integral high speed interconnects and
storage all contained within a tiny 2U rack mount appliance.
With 48 nodes available in a 2U enclosure this exciting new platform can
provide for up to a staggering 900 servers per industry standard 42U rack
and can deliver up to 10x the performance per watt over existing processor
technologies.
Designed and built exclusively for the server market this ultra
efficient new server appliance has been optimized from the ground upwards to
provide data centre performance whilst consuming power comparable to a
mobile device to assure industry leading power, space and operational costs.
Boston is working closely with Calxeda to demonstrate the full breadth
of capabilities offered by appliances that fall within Boston's Viridis
Project. Now, OEM partners and large data centre customers can leverage both
Boston and Calxeda's design expertise, allowing them to easily build
hyper-scale sized clusters in a fraction of the time compared to designing
traditional server systems from the ground up.
Boston will be making this platform available very shortly to provide
interested partners with access to these leading technologies to test,
benchmark and optimise their code via our Boston labs facilities. For more
information please register your interest here:
http://www.boston.co.uk/about/labs/default.aspx
Based on Calxeda's ultra efficient EnergyCard's this platform assures
game changing performance within the server arena. Based on four quad Core
EnergyCore SOC's (system on a chip) integrated onto a local fabric Boston's
solution collectively forms a complete multi server cluster that can be
easily expanded with additional cards. With each board exposing up to eight
10GbE fabric links and SATA to a passive system board for previously unheard
of levels of expansion.
Similar in concept to blade servers, each EnergyCore-based server
chassis contains a base system board with one or more slots compatible with
Calxeda EnergyCards. This extensible approach means that as your computing
requirements grow, meeting that demand is as simple as plugging in
additional EnergyCards as needed.
Manoj Nayee, Managing Director of Boston Limited, says, "As a specialist
in low power, server and storage platforms, Boston have been inundated with
requests for highly efficient scalable solutions that provide increased
power savings over the current technologies. Calxeda's unique approach
provides a server on a chip that consumes 5W under maximum load with dynamic
power optimisation and routing that enables us to provide up to 90% power
savings over traditional platforms."
"We are happy to partner with Boston Limited, who are bringing new
clients and workloads to ultra-low power computing" said Karl Freund, VP of
Marketing of Calxeda. "This market is going to explode next year, and Boston
is ready to support customers lining up for proof of concepts and subsequent
production systems".
About Boston Limited
Founded in 1992 Boston Limited has built up an exceptional reputation within
the IT trade by supplying the latest in high performance technology backed
up by unrivalled in-house pre and post sales technical expertise. Boston
Limited prides itself in the meticulous engineering of cutting edge
Supermicro based server, workstation and storage solutions that are offered
with Climate Neutral and worldwide warranty support options.
For further details visit http://www.boston.co.uk or e-mail
sales@boston.co.uk
To have Boston products featured within any news and review articles or
for any review sample requests please contact Neil Kalsi. Tel:
+44(0)1727-876-100 or email neil.kalsi@boston.co.uk
Source: Boston Limited
.