19
Jun
The International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) 2008 is currently underway in Dresden, Germany. Numerous announcements from Sun have been made including:
the new Sun Blade X6450 Server Module powered by four high-performance dual-or-quad core Intel Xeon processor 7300 series. When integrated into the Sun Constellation System, this new Sun Blade x64 system delivers more than seven TFlops […]
18
Jun
Sun now holds the number four spot on the Top 500 Supercomputers list with its Sun Constellation System-powered supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), which boasts a compute capacity of 326 TFlops and a peak performance of 504 TFlops.
The Ranger supercomputer at TACC is based on the Sun Constellation System which combines the […]
20
Feb
The soon-to-be released Sun Blade X8450 server module is the first Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor-based blade for the Sun Blade 8000 modular system family. Expected to begin shipping next month, the new X8450 will be priced at $8,905 for entry-level models.
Features:
- Four sockets, up to 16 cores per module
- 32 DIMM memory slots, industry leading […]