SYSTEMS

Terrascale Technologies, an innovative developer of next generation input/output (I/O) software, today announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with Angstrom Microsystems, a leading designer and manufacturer of solutions based on the AMD Opteron processor. Angstrom has seamlessly integrated Terrascale's TerraGrid software into its Linux-based high performance turnkey storage and computing solutions to provide parallel access to unified pools of data, unprecedented levels of high availability and resilience, and unparalleled linearly scalable I/O performance. TerraGrid is the "glue" that binds together best-of-breed commodity servers, networks and Open Source software, enabling sustained application efficiency levels previously attainable only on expensive and proprietary monolithic platforms. TerraGrid-enabled solutions are ideally suited to data- intensive business and R&D operations. Angstrom Microsystems' current clients include Industrial Light and Magic, Akamai Technologies, National Institutes of Health, Pixar and ConocoPhilips. Angstrom has earned a reputation for quality, service, and engineering innovation. Angstrom's high performance AMD processor-based solutions lead the industry in quality, price and performance. "Angstrom has a very close relationship with AMD - the world's second largest manufacturer of CPUs," said Lalit Jain, CEO, Angstrom Microsystems. "The integration of Terrascale's technology into our AMD Opteron(TM) processor- based solutions represents a significant increase in system performance. We look forward to working with Terrascale to better serve our existing and future clients," Mr. Jain added. "The Angstrom team is well regarded within the high performance computing community," said Gautham Sastri, President and CEO, Terrascale Technologies. "For us, this OEM partnership is an excellent opportunity to work with an industry leader to better serve some of the country's most prestigious corporate clients," Mr. Sastri added.