Super Micro Computer, Inc. launched its SuperBlade product line.
Supermicro’s Server Building Block Solutions provide versatile configuration flexibility for the enterprise, datacenter, high performance computing (HPC), and office computing markets.
The SuperBlade architecture supports current and next generation processors at all speeds. The first Supermicro dual-processor blade servers support both quad-core and dual-core Intel Xeon processors.
The SuperBlade 7U enclosure holds ten 2P or 4P compute blades in any combination and the architecture supports both quad-core and dual-core CPUs across all speed grades. Six SuperBlade enclosures fit into a 42U rack. This allows incredible scaling to 160 CPU cores per 7U enclosure or 960 CPU cores per rack. A 14-blade configuration is coming soon.
In addition to CPU performance-per-watt benefits, the SuperBlade features multiple integrated switch fabrics to optimize I/O performance and connectivity. High-speed, low-latency infiniband switching (20Gb/s per port) is ideal for clustering applications while two 10-external-port GbE LAN switches provide optimum network connectivity.
