Cray to Offer Massively SMP Shared Memory Systems

Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. CRAY -0.75% and ScaleMP(TM), a leading provider of virtualization solutions for high-end computing, today announced the availability of two new preconfigured solutions -- the Cray(R) CS300(TM) SMP system (a shared memory parallel system) and the Cray CS300 LMS system (a large memory system). Both products are optimized configurations of the Cray CS300 cluster supercomputer, and feature vSMP Foundation(TM) software from ScaleMP that is designed to deliver large-scale, high-performance virtual machines for complex modeling analysis and big data challenges.

Preconfigured and managed as one single system, the CS300 SMP and CS300 LMS solutions simplify system administration and programming, eliminating the need for separate cluster management software or having to update multiple operating systems and associated applications. With the CS300 LMS system, users can exploit the power of fast access to high speed memory in data analytics visualization for scientific research exploration, engineering design simulations, bioinformatics, weather simulations and more. Cray CS300 SMP users can leverage the processing speed and large memory in analytics and simulations in areas such as electronic design automation, mechanical computer-aided engineering, bioinformatics and financial analysis.

"We are very pleased to offer our customers these preconfigured CS300 systems that contain massive amounts of memory and large numbers of computer cores, and are also easy to deploy, manage and service," said Daniel Kim, senior vice president and general manager of cluster solutions at Cray. "Researchers and engineers in a wide array of scientific domains with needs for large scale analytics and complex simulations can now take advantage of these very powerful systems."

"Cray has always had a special relationship with the most demanding users, redefining the requirements for high-end systems. With this collaboration, Cray's new large memory and shared memory systems will allow a broader technical computing audience to benefit from the ability to address larger workloads and get faster results," said Shai Fultheim, CEO and founder of ScaleMP.

The CS300 SMP and LMS systems are based on air-cooled configurations of the Cray CS300 system, and feature hot-swappable, redundant high-efficiency power supplies for energy efficiency, reliability and serviceability. These systems are installed in a standard rack cabinet with optional 480V power distribution, and a choice of 208V or 277V three-phase power supplies. In addition, an option for chilled cooling rack, rear door heat exchangers keeps these densely populated configurations extra co

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