Tyan Announced Personal Supercomputer with 40 CPU Cores

Tyan Announced Personal Supercomputer with 40 CPU Cores: "Tyan Announced Personal Supercomputer with 40 CPU Cores
March 22, 2007

TyanPSC T-650 QXTyan Computer Corporation announced today the immediate availability of the TyanPSC T-600 series Personal Supercomputer featuring new low-power 50-watt quad-core server processors from Intel. The TyanPSC T-650 QX can be configured with up to 40 processing cores and up to 60GB of system memory.

“With a maximum power draw of 15A the TyanPSC can be deployed in many non-traditional computation environments: starting with the office or home and extending to the ship, plane or remote outpost. With 40 processing cores available for high-performance computing there is a lot of compute power in a compact system. The system utilizes the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor L5320. The new 50-watt quad-core processor operates at 1.86 GHz and features a unique 8 megabytes (MB) of on die cache for faster memory data communication and interfaces with a dedicated 1066 MHz front side bus. The TyanPSC allows individuals and workgroups access to computational power formerly only found in data centers,” the company announced.

With options to preload Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 or a Linux operating system the TyanPSC T-600 series is delivered as a pre-tested cluster configuration and ready to use.

T-650 Series Features:

* 1400 Watts max, plugs into standard wall outlet
* Small form factor, portable
* Low-noise, whisper quiet operation… less than 52dB.
* Microsoft Windows Computer Cluster Server 2003
* Linux Operating System
* 40 CPU cores per system
* Up to 60 GB of RAM

The TyanPSC T-650 Series is now available for about $20,000.

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