Intel Solutions

Intel and SGI draw on a longstanding, proven partnership to help customers quickly and efficiently solve the most demanding business and technology challenges. Solutions are available to support critical workloads and meet a wide range of industry requirements from financial services and energy to digital content creation and cloud computing. SGI solutions feature the latest Intel® technologies and Intel-based server configurations from deskside clusters to large-scale mobile data center deployments.

High Performance Computing

Together, SGI and Intel deliver some of the world's fastest computers, enabling greater discoveries and faster simulation. Look for the latest generation of Intel- based HPC platforms:

• SGI® ICE X: An ideal fit for large scale-out HPC clusters, with its advanced blade architecture and integrated dual-plane InfiniBand interconnect.
• SGI® UV: The world's fastest supercomputer for shared memory workloads. Based on Intel® Nehalem-EX, SGI UV scales to 2,048 cores and 16TB of memory in a single system image.
• Rackable®: Build-to-order (BTO) rackmount servers offering an unmatched degree of configurability and densities to 736 Intel® cores or 932TB per cabinet.

Cloud Data Center

SGI partners with Intel to provide superior dense, scale-out platforms that deliver performance and performance-per-watt leadership; and outstanding virtualization performance, providing highly dense platforms for cloud computing.

SGI integrates leading Intel technologies to provide an excellent platform for cloud data centers, including the Intel Xeon 5500 processor series, Intel® Node Manager, Intel® Data Center Manager, and Intel Virtualization Technologies. These unique products and technologies combine to help maximize data center efficiency, while driving down total cost of ownership (TCO). SGI's award-winning, Eco-Logical™ chassis and rack designs are optimized for a given data center's needs, with careful attention to power capacity, space constraints, and application usage. Platforms include CloudRack and ICE Cube.

1. Performance increase based on Intel comparison using SPECjbb2005 business operations per second (bops) between four-year-old single-core Intel® Xeon® processor 3.8GHz with 2M cache based servers and new Intel Xeon processor X5570-based server. Intel consolidation based on replacing nine four-year-old single-core Intel Xeon processor based servers with one new Intel Xeon Processor X5570-based server while maintaining SPECjbb2009 performance. Costs and return on investment have been estimated based on internal Intel analysis and are provided for information purposes only. Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information, visit www.intel.com/performance/server.