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No More Excuses: GreenBlades Let You Do More with Less
Appro announces it new GreenBlade processor with the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series (Nehalem).


June 16, 2009
Appro Doubles Up on OnBoard InfiniBand
The new Xtreme-X1 has the Nehalem EPs of course (Xeon 5500s), but one of the significant innovations was the use of dual quad data rate (QDR) InfiniBand chips on the motherboard to create two InfiniBand networks (or "rails") in the system.


June 16, 2009
Appro Xtreme-X Supports Dual On Board QDR IB
Appro has announced that its latest upgrade to their Xtreme-X line of high performance computing systems will be the first to offer two QDR Infiniband ports, each with independent chips.


June 1, 2009
Appro to Support Six-Core AMD Opterons
Today Appro announced the support of the new Six-Core AMD Opteron 2000 and 8000 Series processors, codenamed "Istanbul," across all product lines.


June 1, 2009
Appro Servers and Supercomputing Solutions to Support new Six-Core AMD Opteron Processor
Appro servers and supercomputing solutions based on the new Opteron processors are expected to provide superior price/performance for a variety of compute intensive applications that require substantial workload optimization and floating-point capabilities.


May 19, 2009
Appro Combines Intel, NVIDIA Chips in HPC Cluster
Appro’s HyperPower Cluster pulls together Intel’s Xeon 500 Nehalem EP chips and Nvidia’s Tesla GPU into a single solution aimed at improving the performance of HPC environments while lowering the costs.


May 19, 2009
Appro pulls CPUs, GPUs together for server clusters
The Appro HyperPower Cluster will execute code across Intel CPU cores and NVIDIA GPU cores to help tackle high performance computing tasks.


May 19, 2009
Appro Unleashes its new line of GPU Cluster Computing
Appro announced the launch of the new HyperPower Cluster Solution that combines a GPU 1U system based on NVIDIA Tesla with an Appro server based on Intel Xeon. The system offers up to 78 TeraFlops in a single rack cabinet.


May 19, 2009
Appro Bridges Tesla GPU, Nehalem
Supercomputer cluster vendor Appro is a niche player in the cut-throat HPC market, and it's bringing the NVIDIA Tesla GPU and the CUDA programming environment to the knife fight with its new HyperPower clusters.


May 14, 2009
Blade Systems make perfect HPC Cluster Build Block Solution
In some sense, blades have always used a more green design. In terms of energy efficiency, the advantage of blades is the ability to use shared power and cooling. The Appro GreenBlade as an example takes full advantage of these features.


May 14, 2009
SDSC Selects first vendors for 'Triton Resource'
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) has selected the first round of vendors for its new Triton Resource, an integrated, data-intensive computing system primarily designed to support UC San Diego and UC researchers.


April 28, 2009
Appro Delivers HyperGreen Cluster Solution to Support Rice University Computational Research Projects
Appro announced the award of a mid-sized HyperGreen Intel Cluster Ready certified solution for Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology in Houston.


April 28, 2009
Appro Delivers HyperGreen Cluster to Rice University
Appro will deliver the HyperGreen Cluster to Rice, a leader in the application of HPC for the oil and gas industry. Rice university also boasts cutting-edge computational research in disciplines as diverse as biomedicine, energy, the environment, nanotechnology and materials science.


March 31, 2009
Appro and Terascala Partner on Storage
Appro and Terascala announced a partnership to deliver Appro’s Xtreme-X and HyperGreen Blade Cluster solutions in conjunction with Terascala’s MTS and RTS 1000 Lustre storage appliances.


March 31, 2009
Appro and Terascala Maximized High Performance Computing Solutions
Terascala and Appro announced their partnership to maximize HPC solutions through the combination of Appro's Xtreme-X Supercomputer and HyperGreen Blade Cluster using Terascala's high throughput storage appliances.


March 30, 2009
Appro Unveils High-Density HyperGreen Cluster Solution to Boost Power Efficiency and Performance in the Datacenter
Appro announced the launch of the new Appro HyperGreen Cluster Solution and the support of the Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5500 series, code name Nehalem, across all product lines.


March 30, 2009
Appro Unveils HyperGreen Cluster Solution
The HyperGreen Cluster solution is based on the GreenBlade solution building block offering a modular, flexible, energy-efficient cluster architecture that addresses today's natural business growth from mid to large-scale high performance and high-density computing applications.


February 17, 2009
Appro Rolls Out Energy-Efficient GreenBlade Server System
Appro’s GreenBlade System comes with a host of energy-efficient features, from shared cooling and management capabilities to AMD Opteron processors.


February 17, 2009
Appro calls Cray ante with super blade cluster
Appro launched a blade-style cluster server called GreenBlade that the company hopes will steal some thunder - and some business - from Cray's new entry CX1 Windows-based blade server.


February 17, 2009
IT Infrastructure Slideshow: Appro Releases its Energy-Efficient GreenBlade System
Supercomputing technology vendor Appro is rolling out its GreenBlade System aimed at letting companies scale up their computing performance while driving down costs.


February 17, 2009
Appro Launches GreenBlade System
Appro announced today the launch and availability of the new Appro GreenBlade System based on AMD Opteron Processors. The GreenBlade System is part of Appro's Go-Green initiative allowing companies to grow at their own pace with a lower TCO.


January, 2009
Racing Ahead - HPC in F1
In a world where one hundredth of a second can make or break a race, supercomputing has become the secret weapon of Formula 1. Take a look at how HPC technology is assisting F1 teams at the cutting edge of the sport.


November 19, 2008
An exclusive interview at SC08 with Graeme Hackland, IT Manager, Renault F1 Team
Appro announced the final deployment of 38 TFLOP/s, Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer for the new ING Renault F1 Team Computational Aerodynamics Research Centre. Supercomputing Online sat down with Graeme Hackland for an overview of their new CFD supercomputer.


November 19, 2008
The Greening of Renault's Formula One CFD Program
Because of the compute and power density of petascale systems, all new supercomputer facilities are being built with energy efficiency in mind. See how Appro's Xtreme-X Supercomputer helped Renault's Formula One Team achieve this goal.


November 17, 2008
Appro Showcases Supercomputing Deployment for the ING Renault F1 Team
The Xtreme-X Supercomputer delivered to the ING Renault F1 Team's Research Centre provides more computing power to run full-car aerodynamic simulations using CFD applications required for improving the cars.


November 17, 2008
Appro Completes Supercomputer for ING Renault F1 Team
See how the Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer fulfills the demanding mix of the ING Renault F1 Team's requirements, in this case for capacity and capability computing and heterogeneous processing that combines x86, 64-bit multi-core processors and streaming GPU modes.


November 12, 2008

Case Study - Lawerence Livermore's extensive computing needs results in a unique collaborative program
Case Study - AMD Accelerate Magazine



November 12, 2008
Appro Finalizes the Deployment of Massive Supercomputing Clusters to the Three National Laboratories
Appro announces the final deployment of Appro Supercomputing Clusters to Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) that integrates the work of the three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Programs laboratories: LLNL, LANL, and SNL.


November 6, 2008
Appro CEO Shares HPC Vision
In this interview, CEO Daniel Kim describes how Appro has been addressing the needs of high-performance computing customers worldwide to do more with less.


October 8, 2008
Appro Wins Government Computing Contract
The $26.1 million contract from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration will standardize computing systems at three nuclear weapons laboratories.


September 16, 2008
Appro and NEC Partner to Strengthen Supercomputer Sales
Appro and NEC announced a strategic partnership that will see Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer and Appro Cluster Engine Software Management added and branded as part of NEC's HPC solution offering.


September 16, 2008
NEC, Appro ink Supercomputing Pact
Appro, a privately held seller of blade and rack clusters, has tapped Japanese server giant NEC - no slouch in the HPC arena - to help sell its wares


September 16, 2008
Appro and NEC Partner to Strengthen Supercomputer Sales
Strategic partnership to capitalize on growing market for large HPC cluster installations.


September 10, 2008
Appro Xtreme-X1 Supercomputer is Cluster Ready
HPC users can align their technology with their demanding computing goals through reduced latency and accelerated I/O performance.


July 28, 2008
Appro to Upgrade Cluster Engine
Enterprise server maker Appro will roll out the second version of its cluster management offering, Appro Cluster Engine (ACE) 2.0, according to John Lee, Vice President of Advanced Technology Solutions for Appro.


June 17, 2008
Video - ISC 2008 Opening Night Recap
Get an insiders view of Appro's Booth on Opening Night at the 2008 International Supercomputer Conference.


June 5, 2008
Podcast - High Performance Computing Meets Challenges
John Lee, VP of Advanced Technology Solutions at Appro, talks about the opportunities and challenges affecting todays High Performance Computing infrastructure.


June 3, 2008
Appro's X1 "Cluster Ready"
Appro announced the Xtreme-X1 supercomputer is certified as part of Intel's Cluster Ready program.


June 2, 2008
Appro HyperServer and XtremeData demo FPGA Parallel Processing Power in Financial Computing Applications
Appro and XtremeData will demonstrate the performance acceleration of a full double-precision floating point Monte Carlo financial simulation analysis.


March 2008
Formula One Team Makes Super Investment
Renault's Formula One team announced it had purchased a 38 teraflop Appro Xtreme-X2 supercomputer to upgrade its compute infrastructure.


March 2008
The Appro Approach
John Lee, VP of Advanced Technology Solutions at Appro, sees the HPC space as a continuum with customers focused on reliable, cost effective, turnkey systems at one extreme, and engineering or scientific organizations focused solely on performance at the other end. Where does his company fit? According to Lee, closer to the turnkey end.


March 4, 2008
ING Renault F1 Team Chooses Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers
Appro has been awarded a contract for a 38TF Supercomputer for the ING Renault F1 Team Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Centre, a brand new modern technology-driven research facility designed to place Renault “in the pole position” in Formula 1 competition.


March 4, 2008
Renault Formula1 Race Team Selects Appro Xtreme-X
Appro was awarded a contract from the ING Renault Formula1 Computation Fluid Dynamics Centre to provide an Xtreme-X supercomputer for CFD research.


February 26, 2008
Appro Announces Xtreme-X2 Supercomputer
Appro announced the launch of its second Xtreme-X Supercomputer offering, the Appro Xtreme-X2 based on dual-socket, Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors.


February 25, 2008
Appro is adding AMD Opteron to the Xtreme-X Supercomputer Series to expand its HPC offerings
Appro is rolling out a new system that uses the latest quad-core Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices, part of an effort to expand its line of supercomputers and high-performance computer clusters.


February/08
New Super Quad-Core Workstation for Compute-Intensive Applications
Appro International, Inc. delivers the Xtreme WH5548H workstation with four AMD Barcelona CPUs.


January 22, 2008
Japan's University of Tsukuba selects Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers for Next Generation High Performance Computing
The University chooses the Xtreme-X for its Quad-Rail system interconnect, which provides the lowest-latency and the highest bandwidth performance to meet capacity and capability computing requirements.


January 22, 2008
University of Tsukuba selects Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers for High Performance Computing
Appro has been awarded a contract for a 95TF Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer for the Center for Computational Sciences at the University of Tsukuba.


November 15, 2007
Appro Looks for its Supercomputer Groove
Appro, which recently signed a contract to build three high-performance computer clusters for the U.S. Department of Energy, is eying a larger portion of the commercial supercomputer market for itself.


November 13, 2007
Appro's Jim Ballew speaks on the New Xtreme-X Supercomputer at SC07
At the opening night of SC07, Supercomputing Online’s Chris O’Neal sat down with Jim Ballew, CTO of APPRO in Milpitas, California to discuss Appro’s new Xtreme-X Supercomputer launch.


November 2007
Enabling Low-TCO Supercomputers through "Scalable Units"
Appro has introduced the Xtreme-X Supercomputing Series, which takes advantage of the concept of "Scalable Units" to create next-generation clusters with supercomputer performance.


November 12, 2007
Appro Reveals New Xtreme-X Supercomupter Series at SC07
Appro Xtreme-X based on scalable clusters delivers 6TF to >1000TF on a managed, reliable and green architecture to meet demands of High Performance Computing .


November 12, 2007
Appro Reveals New Xtreme-X Supercomupter Series
The Appro Xtreme-X Series represents a next-generation platform based on scalable clusters that brings all of the advantages of the company’s expertise in high-performance computing to a cost-effective, energy-efficient, and scalable supercomputer.


November 9, 2007
Appro Announces Support for New Dual/Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors 5200 and 5400
Appro servers based on the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 5400 series provide outstanding performance and reliability for a broad range of enterprise and technical computing applications.


October 2007
Appro Wins DOE/NNSA Tri-Lab Contract for Capacity Clusters
The verdict is in on one of this year's important HPC procurements. Appro has won the
two-year contract to supply the NNSA with Linux clusters for capacity computing.


October 2007
ACS Labs Create Unified Strategy to Add HPC Capacity
Appro announced the win of a $26.1 million government contract to deliver eight Linux clusters to three DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) weapons laboratories.


October 5, 2007
Appro Signs Weapons Labs Supercomputer Deal
Three federal weapons laboratories will team up to buy supercomputing clusters from Appro.


October 2, 2007
Appro Wins Huge Deal with Three National Laboratories for 438 TeraFlop Clusters
Appro announced the historic award of Appro Xtreme-X high performance computing clusters for the TLCC07 project to be delivered to three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) weapons laboratories


September 14, 2007
Appro Launches Quad-Core Server for Small Businesses
The new Appro 1U server is built for companies who need an entry-level single processor server as a building block for high-performance computing clusters and applications.


July / 2007
Jonathan vs. The Roman Beauty
An apples to apples test. How to choose your HPC Server.

By: Douglas Eadline


June 27, 2007
Appro Cluster Solution Ranked 19th Fastest Supercomputer
Appro, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems announced today at the International Supercomputing Conference, ISC’07 that “Atlas” Appro XtremeServer Cluster at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has been officially ranked the 19th fastest in the world according to the current Top 500 list of supercomputers.


June 07, 2007
Lawrence Livermore Installs Fourth Appro Linux Cluster
Published: June 12, 2007 by Timothy Prickett Morgan


June / 2007
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Expands Supercomputing Projects Using Appro Cluster Solutions
"This is the fourth HPC cluster LLNL awarded to Appro, affirming our strength in the HPC market and confirming our ability to provide the supercomputing power needed for their vital research," said Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro.


May 29, 2007
Server Snapshots: Appro in the Real World
Appro products provide processor speed and memory capabilities that key customer purchase requirements for the HPC market.


May / 2007


Maxmizing High Performance Computing with Multicore Technologies
Appro's innovative HPC Cluster and Server Solutions, based on Intel's multi-core processor technolgoy, bring value and benefits to the HPC enterprise community.


April / 2007

by Logan Harbaugh
Review: Appro XtremeWorkstation mixes Opteron horsepower and superior graphics at a nice price
This system would be exceptional as a CAD, imaging, or video processing workstation. It would also be perfect for running multiple virtualized operating systems in a software development or testing environment, even with a less powerful graphics card. The system is remarkably quiet for the horsepower it provides, and the case is heavy and well-built, with lots of room for expansion as well as good cooling.


March/07
Appro XtremeWorkstation for High-Performance Computing
New Appro Workstation handles compute-intensive applications


February/07
Appro Launches AMD-based Workstation
Appro takes aim at vertical markets with new XtremeWorkstation


November/06
Appro Wins HPCwire’s Readers Choice Awards
Most Innovative HPC Cluster Solution


November/06
Appro at Supercomputing 2006


November/06
Appro Delivers The Largest Linux Supercomputing Clusters To LLNL


November/06
Appro delivers the largest Linux Supercomputing Clusters to Lawrence Livermore National Labs based on AMD Opteron processors


November/06
Appro Delivers Supercomputing Clusters to Lawrence Livermore Labs


November/06
Livermore Labs Turns To Linux-Based Supercomputing Clusters


October/06
Compute-on-Demand Drives Efficiencies in Oil and Gas
by Blake McLane, Vice President,
Strategic Business Development of CyrusOne and Maria McLaughlin, Marketing Director of Appro


October/06
HPC Reduces Oil Patch Cost Uncertainty
High powered computers take of the most complex problem in production

By Don Lyle, Executive Editor of E&P


August/06
Appro releases Opteron F servers 1U and 3U


August/06
Appro Announces Collaboration with Fluent


July/06
The American Oil & Gas Reporter Magazine
Linux cluster Driving Step Changes in Simulation and Interpretation

by Julio Friedmann, LLNL


June/06
LLNL Selects Appro for Peloton Supercomputing Project


November/05

by Jeffrey Burt
Appro Plans On-Demand Supercomputing for Petroleum Industry -
Systems maker Appro International Inc. is planning an on-demand supercomputing service aimed at the oil and gas industry. In addition, Appro last week unveiled two new Opteron-based systems, the 1U and 3U XtremeServers.


November/05

by Jennifer Mears
Systems vendor Appro targets HPC with Opteron servers
Systems vendor Appro Monday introduced new Opteron-based servers designed to speed processing for high performance computing and computationally intensive business applications.


November/05
Supercomputing Solutions for Energy Companies - Addressing the increasing demand for supercomputing power in the oil and gas industry, California-based Appro has partnered with Houston-based CyrusOne to host high-performance services at the latter’s flagship Tier 4 data center.


July/05
Advances Open Processing Capabilities --- HPC Clusters Powering Oil and Gas markets
CEO's presenting the solution: Jim Haig, Stagg Imaging and Daniel Kim, Appro -Cluster Solutions


July/05

At the cutting edge - New blade technology is enabling next-generation clusters for HPC and beyond.

Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro, leading high-performance and enterprise computing solutions, talks to Business Management about future computing trends and strategies and how Appro is moving proactively to capitalize on these trends.



July/05

Appro Powers Oil and Gas Imaging for Staag
As the price of producing a barrel of oil continues to skyrocket and demand continues to outpace supply, oil and gas companies today are looking at geographical resources they previously considered uneconomical for extraction sites. As new technologies such as seismic imaging make it easier for engineers to map underground oil deposits, companies like Staag Imaging are improving image accuracy and reducing the cost of extraction through new computing algorithms.



July/05

Cluster Computing - Enabling Next Generation Clusters for HPC and Beyond
HPCwire editor Tim Curns interviews Appro's CEO Daniel Kim. The interview focused on a variety of topics including high-performance computing and database customers, and future computing trends and strategies.



April/05

HPC Sharpens Up
Grid computing is emerging as an important platform for critical business applications. It is a winning proposition for those that build a scalable and flexible architecture, connect business goals to computing processes and put the right technology in place.



November/04

by Tim Curns,
Editor of HPCWire

APPRO UNVEILS FIRST ENTERPRISE AMD OPTERON BLADE SERVER- HPCWire
Enhanced performance is a key initiative for many of the vendors exhibiting at SC2004 in Pittsburgh. Appro, a developer of high-performance, density-managed servers, storage subsystems, and high-end workstations for the high-performance and enterprise computing markets, is garnering some attention with the introduction of its next generation blade product, XtremeBlade.



November/03

INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL KIM, CEO, APPRO - HPCWire
HPCwire's Alan Beck nterviewed Daniel Kim, Appro's CEO, about the company's recent wins and future goals.













Appro is focusing its product design to address the HPC cluster market and key customer requirements including system management, high availability and price/performance for HPC applications. Appro has shown the ability to win highly sought-after, large-scale HPC deals positioning the company to benefit from strong market growth that IDC projects through 2012.

Earl Joseph,
IDC Program Vice President, Technical Computing





Customer Quote

“Appro not only offered us a cost effective solution but they also improved our required technical specification through better reliability, greater fault tolerance and redundancy as well as more flexibility with regards to system scalability.”

Bob Bell,
Technical Director, ING Renault F1 Team






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