Archive for December, 2007

“blade hardware” - Mellanox ConnectX(TM) ExpressModule(TM) Adapters Accelerate Sun

Mellanox ConnectX(TM) ExpressModule(TM) Adapters Accelerate Sun Forbes - server and storage interconnect products, today announced that its ConnectX 20Gb/s InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter (HCA), based on the PCI SIG ExpressModule specification, provides the leading-edge connectivity for the Sun Microsystems’ Sun Blade(TM

“blade hardware” - Get on the bus

Get on the busWashington Technology - Sun Blade systems also support several architectures: Sun UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon, Solaris 10 OS, Linux, Windows and VMware in a single common chassis. There is also a selection of input/output methods including Ethernet, Fibre Channel

“blade news” - HP Brings HPC to the Midmarket

HP Brings HPC to the MidmarketeWeek - It is based on HP’s BladeSystem c3000, nicknamed “Shorty,” which combines a modular server and a blade server enclosure. HP also announced the HP ProLiant DL160 G5, a rack server priced at less than $1,500 designed for compute-intensive

“blade hardware” - Sun puts Intel-based server plans into action

Sun puts Intel-based server plans into actionComputerworld - Its initial offering with Intel support was the Sun Blade 6000 , a modular blade server system that was introduced in June and can be equipped with dual-core Xeon chips as well as with Opteron and Sun’s own UltraSparc T1 processors. Sun officials said

“blade news” - O.C. venture capital deals decline in 3rd quarter

O.C. venture capital deals decline in 3rd quarter Orange County Register - Vipul Mehta, a co-founder of Aristos Logic in Foothill Ranch, agreed. His company raised $13.36 million in its seventh investment round during the third quarter. “We’ve been around seven years. Our first customer went into production in August, and we

“blade hardware” - Sun throws new servers, switch and storage gear at HPC set

Sun throws new servers, switch and storage gear at HPC setThe Register - For example, we have the Sun Blade 6048 Modular System. This is Sun’s new, dense blade server chassis that can hold SPARC-, Opteron- and Xeon-based servers. Customers can mix and match the different blades and slot up to 48 blades in a [...]

“blade hardware” - Sun launches x86 quad-core servers

Sun launches x86 quad-core serversICT World - Sun shipped an Intel-based blade server, Sun Blade X6250, in June. The X4450 is a four-socket, 2U server powered by Intel s quad-core Xeon 7300 processors, while the 1U Sun Fire X4150 is a two-socket server powered by Intel s quad-core Xeon 5300 [...]