SGI Clusters and Intel® Cluster Ready
Making It Simpler To Buy, Deploy And Manage An HPC Cluster Intel Cluster Ready Program

As a member of the Intel® Cluster Ready program, SGI is making it easier to experience the power of high-performance computing (HPC) by helping to simplify the purchasing, deployment, and management of Intel® processor–based SGI HPC clusters. Today you can buy SGI factory integrated Intel® Cluster Ready SGI® Atlix® ICE integrated blade platform and the SGI® Altix XE advanced cluster platform.

For more information regarding Intel Cluster Ready SGI, please see the SGI and Intel Cluster Ready Program brochure (PDF 218K).

"Every day more scientists, engineers, and analysts can benefit from high performance computing. Intel Cluster Ready allows them to use cluster technology without administrative setup, overhead, or complexity."

- Bill Mannel, Senior Director, Server Marketing, SGI

"Intel Cluster Ready provides the specification and tools that help reduce costs and simplify the process of designing and deploying HPC Clusters. With Intel Cluster Ready compliant platforms, and working with leading software vendors, SGI is able to rapidly deploy HPC solutions that offer end users faster time to computing"

- Richard Dracott, General Manager of High Performance Computing, Intel Corporation

Why SGI

  • SGI 25 years in technical computing
    • High performance, energy efficient clusters
    • Strong ISV ecosystem to ensure application optimization
    • World class customer service organization
  • SGI Altix XE 1300 Cluster
    Efficient, economical cluster computing
    • "Power up and Go" productivity: Intel Cluster Ready certified, factory integrated, tested clusters
    • SGI service & support for complete solution
  • SGI Altix ICE 8200
    Energy efficient reliability and scalability
    • Listed 17th on green500.org
    • Exceed the climate saver initiative
    • Reduced 78% cables
    • 7th supercomputer on the top 500 list

A Sample of SGI ICR Certified Configurations

  • Integrated SGI Altix XE 1300 Value Cluster
    • 2.5GHz/12M/1333/80W Quad-core, 1GB/core, GigE interconnect
    • 32-core / 64-core / 128-core
    • SGI Altix
  • Integrated SGI Altix XE 1300 Performance Cluster
    • 3.0GHz/12M/1600/80W Quad-core, 2GB/core, InfiniBand interconnect
    • 32-core / 64-core / 128-core

    • To learn more about SGI and Intel Cluster Ready contact your SGI sales representative or contact us.