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Announcing the Arrival of the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2400
Silicon Mechanics is pleased to announce new servers based on the new Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2400 Series. These are all dual-processor servers built on the Sandy Bridge architecture and the C606 chipset (formerly named Patsburg). These CPUs combine powerful performance with flexible features at an excellent price. Our new servers include options for 80 PLUS-rated power supplies.
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The Winner of the Research Cluster Grant is Saint Louis University
Congratulations to Saint Louis University on winning the Research Cluster Grant competition. The winning proposal presented an interdisciplinary deployment of the cluster, enabling research for the Digital Theology, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, and Computer Science Departments, as well as for the School of Business at SLU. For more information, visit our Research Cluster Grant Page.
We want to thank our hardware and software partners for the generous contributions that have made this grant possible: Kingston Technologies, AMD, NVIDIA, QLogic, Supermicro, Seagate, and Bright Computing.
Seagate Case Study Highlights Silicon Mechanics, OpenDNS
Seagate has recently released a new case study that features the work that Silicon Mechanics has done with OpenDNS and Seagate. You can read the case study here! (PDF, 1MB) Announcing the Arrival of the Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600
Silicon Mechanics now has servers with the new Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Series. These are all dual-processor servers built on the Sandy Bridge architecture. These CPUs feature performance and power efficiency with outstanding Intel features such as TurboBoost 2.0. Our new servers include the following:
For more information about the Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600, check out one of the following resources:
Hard Drive Manufacturer Warranties
While Silicon Mechanics always offers excellent 3-year support on all of our integrated products (for more information see our support page), we want to let our customers know that our hard drive partners are changing their manufacturer warranty terms. This will not affect your Silicon Mechanics warranty coverage: only the manufacturer warranty on some Enterprise-Grade and Consumer-Grade hard drives. This change went into effect for hard drives sold after January 1, 2012. Please visit our warranty page for a table with more details.
Wiechert Nominated for CFO of the Year
Silicon Mechanics is proud to announce that Chief Financial Officer Steve Wiechert was selected as a finalist for the Puget Sound Business Journal's 2012 CFO of the year. For more information, see the news release.
New AMD Opteron Processors with "Bulldozer" Microarchitecture
We are pleased to announce that we have updated all of our AMD Opteron-based servers to offer the newest processors from AMD: the Opteron 4200 (codenamed "Valencia") and the Opteron 6200 (codenamed "Interlagos"). In their first microarchitecture rebuild since Opteron, AMD introduces the Bulldozer module, engineered to emphasize throughput, core count, and parallel server workloads. See all of our updated Rackform nServ servers.
We have also published two new Silicon Mechanics Guides, to provide more in-depth information about the features and functionality of the Bulldozer-based processors:
You may also be interested in the following videos from AMD:
2X in 4 Weeks: A Special Offer from NVIDIA
Have you been interested in accessing the power of GPU computing but concerned about a complex or time-consuming code conversion to CUDA? If so, this is a program you should investigate. It starts with a free, 30-day trial of PGI directives, which allows you to insert compiler hints into your code. The compiler then automatically maps compute-intensive parts of your code to the GPU.
So what does 2X in 4 weeks mean? If your application does not achieve 2x speedup in 4 weeks or less, NVIDIA and/or PGI will provide four hours of consultation with an expert in PGI Accelerator directives or CUDA (your choice) to help you accelerate your code at no charge. For more information, visit the 2x in 4 weeks section of the NVIDIA site. Be sure to see the Developer Toolbox on that page, and then look at the FAQ that outlines eligibility and program requirements.
Silicon Mechanics Now Enabling Open Compute Architecture
Silicon Mechanics is proud to enable Open Compute delivery, bringing the new architecture to deployments of all sizes. The Open Compute Project began with a project at Facebook to build one of the most efficient computing infrastructures in the world at the lowest possible cost. The result of that work was released by Facebook, and constitutes an open hardware standard that delivers data centers full of vanity-free servers which are efficient, inexpensive, and easy to maintain. For more information, email sales@siliconmechanics.com, or call your Sales Expert at 1-866-352-1173. Cloud Computing from Silicon Mechanics and Piston Cloud
Silicon Mechanics is proud to announce that we have partnered with Piston Cloud Computing to become their first certified hardware vendor. The
Piston Enterprise OS™ (pentOS™) is a new cloud operating system designed for ease of use, security, and open enterprise private cloud environments. The pentOS-powered system runs on a custom cloud configuration and includes all cabling, power management, networking, and servers required to deploy and operate a pentOS private cloud. For more information, visit our configurator, email sales@siliconmechanics.com, or call your Sales Expert at 1-866-352-1173. |
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Most Recent Additions
Silicon Mechanics Guide to the Intel Xeon Processor E5-2600
(PDF, 365K)
A Talk with Ken Creta: E5-2600 Architect
(Video, 3:33)
AMD Opteron 6200 and 4200
(Video, 2:36)
AMD Turbo Core
(Video, 1:40)
AMD-P 2.0 Technology
(Video, 2:10)
LSI's CacheValut Technology circumvents the limitations of battery backup.
(Video, 1:17)
Silicon Mechanics Guide to the AMD Opteron 6200
(PDF, 1.7MB)
Silicon Mechanics Guide to the AMD Opteron 4200
(PDF, 689KB)
From SC11: Silicon Mechanics Giving Back
(Video, 6:00)
Silicon Mechanics at SC11
(Video, 2:59)
Rack Conversion Guide: Square-to-Round-Hole Rail Adapter
(PDF, 678K)
Silicon Mechanics Guide to >2TB Hard Drive Compatibility
(PDF, 138K)
Silicon Mechanics, Intel, and Ocean Row Solo 2011: North Atlantic Challenge
(Video, 4:43)
LSI - How to install an HBA in a Linux Server
(Video, 6:33)
LSI - How to install an HBA in a Windows Server
(Video, 6:06)
Silicon Mechanics Products Guide (2011 - 2012)
(PDF Format, 1.6MB)
Time Lapse Video: University of Hawaii Video Wall Installation
(Video, 1:00)
For a complete listing of available resources, visit our Library.
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