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Appro, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise computing systems today introduced the APPRO 1U XtremeServer and the APPRO 3U XtremeServer. Both are available with single-or dual-core AMD Opteron processors, each Xtreme Server accelerate server performance and throughput via integrated processor and memory optimization. The APPRO 1U XtremeServer allows up to 64GB of on-board memory while the APPRO 3U XtremeServer permits up to 128GB. These servers configured with Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors deliver performance equal to servers with up to double the number of CPUs. Appro XtremeServers combine leading edge, innovative server technology with outstanding performance and reliability with unparalleled memory scalability for compute and memory intensive applications. APPRO 1U XtremeServer Designed with enterprise HPC in mind, the new APPRO 1U XtremeServer delivers superior performance through a flexible scalable design. The server features up to two Single- or Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors and eight DIMM sockets per CPU -- providing up to 64GB of memory per server. In addition, the APPRO 1U XtremeServer allows for up to 800GB SATA or 292GB SCSI hot- swappable drives, one PCI-X, and one PCI Express x16. The APPRO 1U XtremeServer is a perfect foundation for supercomputing clusters for customers who require a flexible density-optimized 1U server. Supported enterprise applications include Beowulf clusters, financial modeling, compute farms, digital rendering, seismic analysis, video streaming, web hosting, complex custom application development, or other applications requiring higher floating-point and memory bandwidth performance. APPRO 3U XtremeServer The APPRO 3U XtremeServer brings even more power, impressive memory scaling, and end-user flexibility. This server is ideal for large compute- intensive applications such as mechanical and engineering graphic simulation and rendering, computational fluid dynamics, scientific visualization, and digital content creation. The APPRO 3U XtremeServer features up to four Single- or Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors and eight DIMM sockets per CPU -- providing up to 128GB of memory per server, up to 2.4TB SATA or 876GB SCSI hot-swappable drives, up to two PCI-X and two PCI Express x16, and redundant power supplies and fans. The APPRO 3U XtremeServer offers more flexibility, delivering best-in-class supercomputing performance and memory bandwidth. "Appro continues to set itself apart by delivering superior server solutions that tackle our customer's ever-growing enterprise needs," said John Lee, Director of Product Marketing at APPRO. "XtremeServers were designed for customer's applications that require a lot of system memory. XtremeServers offer tremendous memory capacity providing excellent remote management capability, greater configuration flexibility at competitive prices. APPRO ServerDome Provides XtremeServer Management The APPRO ServerDome provides remote server management for the APPRO 1U and 3U XtremeServers. APPRO ServerDome remote management software automates and simplifies IT and networking tasks, letting the system administrator deploy, configure, manage and maintain up to thousands of servers. The ServerDome Remote management is IPMI 2.0 compliant and works with either Windows or Linux. "Appro's high-performance and enterprise customers benefit from the industry-leading performance per watt of Dual-Core AMD Opteron processors," said Pat Patla, director, Server/Workstation Marketing, Microprocessor Solutions Sector, AMD. "The new APPRO 1U and 3U XtremeServers take full advantage of the reduced memory latency and increased data throughput of AMD's Direct Connect Architecture - providing high performance, scalability and flexibility." Pricing and Availability The APPRO 1U XtremeServer is available today, starting at an estimated U.S. list price of $2,610.00 The APPRO 3U XtremeServer can be ordered today but will not be available until the latter part of Q4/05, starting at an estimated U.S. list price of $15,753.00