Features and Benefits

Feature Benefit
Based on Dual Virtex 4 LX200 FPGAs
  • Custom configurable for a specific algorithm
  • Dramatic application acceleration compared to traditional servers
  • Most powerful FPGA available
Tightly Coupled with SGI® NUMAlink™ 4 Interconnect
  • Dramatic bandwidth advantages over traditional FPGA instantiations
  • Direct access to globally shared memory (up to 60TB)
Coherent Shared Memory Access
  • Faster FPGA reprogramming
  • High levels of scalability
Seamlessly Operates with Altix® Servers
and Prism® Systems
  • Memory, compute, and I/O universally accessible
  • Processing easily moved from server to RASC module
  • Enables hybrid application implementation
Cost Effective
  • Dramatic price/performance advantage over traditional servers
  • Lower power consumption
  • Smaller form factor saves rack space
Software Solution Stack
  • Simplified development for improved programmer efficiency