Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Pathscale never fails to impress. Saxman

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051109/sfw049.html?.v=33

Them....

In recently submitted TopCrunch benchmarks, the InfiniPath interconnect demonstrated that LS-DYNA deployed on commodity, AMD Opteron-processor based Linux® clusters can scale to over 256 CPUs, offering similar performance to a Cray supercomputer for a fraction of the cost. TopCrunch is an online forum, organized by the University of California, San Diego, for posting benchmarks that track performance trends of high performance computer systems and engineering software. During the most recent TopCrunch benchmarking, the PathScale InfiniPath interconnect enabled LS-DYNA to run faster and scale higher than any previous Linux cluster. The TopCrunch results are available at http://www.topcrunch.org/.

"Our results from the TopCrunch benchmarks are a testament to the fact that engineering driven companies can achieve supercomputing performance with commodity-priced AMD Opteron based clusters," said Scott Metcalf, president and CEO of PathScale. "We're looking forward to a successful relationship with LSTC. Together, we can offer unique high performance computing solutions that accelerate engineering breakthroughs, improve automobile and aerospace design and safety, and achieve faster returns on investments for our customers."

Me...

Is that the death knell I hear for big iron. Itanium timing was perfect. Of course making the best buggy whips at the time of the automobiles introduction was a surefire recipe for oblivion.