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News Coverage
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. |
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
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 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 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.
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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 |
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 |
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
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 3, 2008 |
Appro's
X1 "Cluster Ready"
Appro announced the Xtreme-X1 supercomputer is certified
as part of Intel's Cluster Ready program. |
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.
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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. |
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 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. |
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. |
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. |
November/05
by Jeffrey Burt |
Appro
Plans On-Demand Supercomputing for Petroleum Industry
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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 |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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