INTERCONNECTS

Penguin Computing today announced that it is incorporating InfiniBand interconnect technology offerings from InfiniCon Systems into its high-performance AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon and forthcoming Intel Itanium 2 cluster systems. "InfiniBand has clearly come of age in the cluster computing marketplace. With its outstanding price / performance levels and a roadmap extending to 100Gbps capability, InfiniBand continues to gain industry-wide support," said Charles Foley, Executive Vice President of InfiniCon Systems. "Penguin Computing's selection of our InfinIO offerings, and the inclusion of our software technology into the highly respected Scyld Beowulf Linux cluster operating system, is further indication of the position that InfiniCon has established as the most robust, scalable InfiniBand solutions provider." "Through the introduction of Penguin Computing's turnkey cluster systems, the shipment of Scyld Beowulf Release 29, supporting both 64-bit and 32-bit platforms, and our new partnership with InfiniCon Systems, Penguin Computing is positioned to address high growth vertical markets requiring cluster solutions that provide end users with the most complete, rock-solid management framework for Linux deployments and an unequalled ability to scale computing power," said Enrico Pesatori, president and chief executive officer of Penguin Computing.