Press Release: TYAN® ADDS QUAD CORE SUPPORT TO INTEL® SERVER / WORKSTATION SOLUTIONS FOR PERFORMANCE INCREASE, MORE EFFICIENCY

Dang, I can't believe I mixed posting the Tech Link and Press Release. I guess that's what happens when you're excited with a new toy. I just got my new Globe* Visibility line activated which I used to post. Anyway, check out this Press Release and sorry for the error I posted yesterday afternoon.

TYAN® ADDS QUAD CORE SUPPORT TO INTEL® SERVER / WORKSTATION SOLUTIONS FOR PERFORMANCE INCREASE, MORE EFFICIENCY

Quad Core Support adds Higher Speeds and
Performance to TYAN Motherboards with Intel® Chipsets


FREMONT, CA, November 14th, 2006 - At the advent of this year's Supercomputing 2006 event, TYAN Computer Corp., the world's leading whitebox server platform provider, announced support for the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 5300 series on Tempest S5380, S5370, S5372 server motherboards and Tempest S2696, S2692 workstation motherboards.

A wide range of applications stand to benefit from the addition of Intel quad-core processor support, such as high-performance computing (HPC), digital content creation, film and media entertainment development, CAD systems, as well as bio-sciences and financial systems.

TYAN's Tempest S5380, S5370, and S5372 offer rich feature sets including support for the Intel® Xeon® 5000, 5100, and 5300 series processors, PCI Express and PCI-X, multiple gigabit network ports, SAS and SATA2 RAID options, and remote management support. The Tempest S2696 and S2692 provide additional workstation solutions to TYAN's line-up, offering multiple PCI Express slots, built-in audio and FireWire, as well as SAS and SATA2 options.

"The addition of Intel quad-core processor support to TYAN's server/workstation product family provides customers with a wide range of benefits including substantial increases in speed, performance, energy efficiency and versatility," stated Danny Hsu, Vice-President of Sales/Marketing at TYAN. "General-purpose servers and workstation customers will also enjoy up to a 50% performance jump over today's dual-core 2P Intel Xeon processor-based platforms, as well as additional virtualization headroom."

"The addition of motherboards based on Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5300 series will provide TYAN's customers with a high-performance solution that provides superior processing power in the same power envelope of existing dual-core solutions," said Boyd Davis, general manager of Intel's server platforms group marketing.

The TYAN Tempest S5380, S5370, S5372, S2696, S2692 with Intel quad-core processor support have been sampling to select SI customers, and will reach mass availability in late Q4 of this year.

Source:TYAN® ADDS QUAD CORE SUPPORT TO INTEL® SERVER / WORKSTATION SOLUTIONS FOR PERFORMANCE INCREASE, MORE EFFICIENCY

Tech Link: TYAN® T-650QX Personal Super Computer

I am not sure if I have posted it before, (I searched and can't find it) so I am {re)posting it (again). It's about a really cool PC that can support 40cores, that's so many. Warning before you proceed reading the full specs, be sure to have a tissue ready to wipe out your drool. Here's the short listed features:

• Up to 256 GFLOPs computing power at your desk!


• Turnkey, Easy-to-Deploy, and Easy-to-Use


• Integrated 5 node cluster - up to 40 processor cores in a box!


• Plugs into standard wall outlet


• Supports Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 pre-installed and most popular Linux Operating Systems.


• High Performance in Constrained spaces: Office, Remote, Plane, Boat, etc
  RAID capable


• Hands On Supercomputing Experience

Typhoon Target Usage
High Performance Computing
TyanPSC's Typhoon™ 600 series Personal Supercomputers are purpose-built for individual and workgroups. With the Typhoon™ PSC, users have the power of a supercomputer right in their office or laboratory environment, so they can achieve more efficiency, with faster results.

Supercomputing for Energy Exploration
Reservoir simulation can now be done by individuals scientists in the field. The Typhoon's ease of deployment makes it easy. This can be vastly more efficient and profitable for the organization by providing preliminary analyses to sharpen and focus exploration efforts.

Supercomputing for Manufacturing and Engineering
TyanPSC's Typhoon™ Personal Supercomputers are ideal for replacing older, dated workstations.
The Typhoon™ meets the needs of engineers in the automotive and aerospace fields by providing a new level of simulation capability in the office.

Source:T-650QX

Tech Link (Platform): First Look : Tyan’s Tempest 5000X and 5000V Platforms

The folks at GamePC, one of my trusted site, got themselves busy running two Chipzilla server platforms. They seem pretty enthusiastic about this new platforms, I don't know, it could be just a FanBoyism in me kicking in or they are truly excited about this product. Decide for yourself, expand this news article, and take a gander.

Within the last two months, Intel has whipped their sagging Xeon product lineup into shape through a combination of new processor cores, new chipsets, new memory technologies, and generally a new approach at looking at the workstation and server markets. With their 5000-series and 5100-series processors delivering performance on par (and in many cases better) compared to AMD's Opteron processor lineup, the Xeon looks primed for a major comeback with high-end workstation users throughout 2006. The Opteron has dominated this field for quite a while now, but Xeon platforms have become much more attractive with Intel's new "Woodcrest" based Xeons, the use of high-bandwidth memory modules, and a series of new chipsets.

Source:GamePC