Penguin Computing Announces Availability of AMD Opteron™ 6200 and 4200 Series Processors and Large Scale Deployment

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Penguin Computing, an elite partner of the AMD Fusion Partner Program, today announced the immediate availability of AMD Opteron™ 6200 and 4200 Series processors (NYSE: AMD) on its refreshed Altus server line and an early HPC cluster deployment powered by the AMD Opteron 6200 Series processor at the University of Delaware.

“This new generation of AMD Opteron processors offers interesting new features and a great core density. Penguin’s customers in the High Performance and Enterprise Computing space will greatly benefit from this new processor architecture.”

The cluster deployed at University of Delaware comprises 200 compute servers, interconnected through a QDR Infiniband fabric. The system delivers a theoretical peak performance of 49.3 TFLOPs and has an aggregate memory capacity of 13.5TB. The Altus 1800i and the high density Altus 1804 are the compute platform for this deployment. The 1800i is a new version of Penguin’s Altus 1800 that has been updated to support maximum HyperTransport bus bandwidth to enable optimal performance for the new AMD Opteron 6200 and 4200 Series processors.

Featuring up to 16 cores per processor, this new generation of AMD CPUs delivers great performance for multi-threaded HPC applications, as well as virtualization environments. With integrated quad channel DDR3 memory controllers and native support for DDR3 memory with clock speeds up to 1866MHz, the processor’s memory performance supports its high core density. HPC users who are typically concerned with floating point performance, will also greatly benefit from AMD Opteron 6200 Series processor instruction set extensions such as the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). With socket compatibility maintained by AMD, systems based on the previous processor generation can be seamlessly upgraded.

"When having to make a decision on the server platform for our upcoming cluster deployment we looked at a number of solution providers and server platforms. With high core density, overall performance characteristics and processor availability on top of our list of criteria, the AMD Opteron 6200 Series processor was a natural choice,” says Daniel J. Grim, Chief Technology Officer, Information Technologies at the University of Delaware. “Given the success we have had with Penguin in the past and Penguin’s close relationship with AMD, it made the most sense to select Penguin for this deployment as well."

"IT departments are increasingly under pressure to do more with less. A server platform that combines the latest AMD performance and efficiency-enhancing technologies with proven Linux expertise and support is what customers such as University of Delaware are looking for," says Charles Wuischpard, CEO Penguin Computing. "This new generation of AMD Opteron processors offers interesting new features and a great core density. Penguin’s customers in the High Performance and Enterprise Computing space will greatly benefit from this new processor architecture.”

“Our new AMD Opteron 6200 and 4200 processors deliver unmatched core density that will greatly benefit Penguin Computing’s customer base,” says Paul Struhsaker, corporate vice president and general manager, Commercial Business at AMD. “While core count is important, a balanced processor architecture that ensures sufficient memory bandwidth for all cores is essential. AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors provide a compelling valuable proposition for HPC customers.”

About Penguin Computing

For well over a decade Penguin Computing has been dedicated to delivering complete, integrated High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions that are innovative, cost effective, and easy to use. Penguin offers a complete end-to-end portfolio of products and solutions ranging from Linux servers and workstations to integrated, turn-key HPC clusters and cluster management software. For those who want to use supercomputing capabilities on-demand and pay as they go, Penguin offers Penguin on Demand (POD), a public HPC cloud that is available instantly and as needed. With its broad portfolio of solutions Penguin is the one-stop shop for HPC and enterprise customers and counts some of the world’s most demanding HPC users as its customers, including Caterpillar, Life Technologies, Dolby, Lockheed Martin, the US Air Force, and the US Navy.

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