MILPITAS, California, February 26 /PRNewswire/ --

Appro (http://www.appro.com), a leading provider of high-performance
enterprise computing systems, today announced the launch of its second
Xtreme-X(TM) Supercomputer offering, the Appro Xtreme-X2 based on
dual-socket, Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors. This supercomputer 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 (HPC) to a cost-effective, highly available, scalable, and
energy-efficient architecture.

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"Appro's new Xtreme-X Supercomputer Series is focused on addressing the
HPC cluster market which is growing by over 30% a year and already exceeds
60% of all HPC server sales. Appro is focusing its product design to
address key customer requirements including system management concerns and
price/performance on user applications in large-scale cluster environments,"
said Steve Conway, research vice president, Technical Computing, IDC.

The Appro Xtreme-X2 offers exceptional value and impressive
price/performance with a significantly reduced TCO for HPC IT organizations.
It features a reliable and scalable architecture with 128 nodes/512 Quad-Core
AMD Opteron(TM) processors and 4.5TF of computing power in a single 44U
equipment rack. It provides 4TB of memory, hot-swappable blades, redundant
cooling fans, and efficient "Power-Factor-Corrected" redundant power
supplies. Appro's Xtreme-X2 Supercomputer offers a new Directed Airflow(TM)
cooling configuration designed to reduce datacenter floor space by 30% while
maximizing power and cooling efficiency. It also features redundant (Dual
Rail) Infiniband connections with low latency Mellanox ConnectX host channel
adapters as well as a dual-rail Ethernet management fabric and network
switches with all critical components being easily accessible, hot-swappable,
and redundant for reliability and serviceability. For manageability of the
system, the Appro Cluster Engine(TM) Software has a carefully layered
architecture offering a complete lights-out management solution that comes
pre-installed with every system. This software suite offers a web-based
management interface that is easy-to-use, making it possible to control the
Appro Xtreme-X system from any location. The management modules include
Fabric Management, Server Management, Cluster Management and Resource
Management. In addition, it supports multiple networking topologies to
achieve maximum reliability, performance and high availability to include
diskless configuration and network failover.

"The Appro Xtreme-X2 combines the power of AMD 64 technology with a well
balanced high performance computing architecture," said Jim Ballew, CTO of
Appro. "This combination delivers outstanding performance, scalability,
availability, and manageability based on a high-bandwidth and low-latency
infrastructure required for today's high performance computing and production
system availability requirements."

"AMD and Appro have long collaborated to deliver scalable, high-bandwidth
computing solutions that directly address the increasing demands of our HPC
customers," said Patrick Patla, Director of Product Management,
Server/Workstation Division, AMD (NYSE: AMD). "Powered by native Quad-Core
AMD Opteron processors with AMD's Direct Connect Architecture for
high-throughput responsiveness and scalability to improve overall system
efficiency, the new Appro Xtreme-X2 Supercomputer provides reliable,
energy-efficient computing with outstanding system-level performance."

In addition, Appro offers Professional Services delivering closed-loop
solution management, up-front consulting, pre-integration and testing with
pre-sales and post-sales support. Appro's Xtreme-X Services supports Linux
operating environments, with configurations that provide exceptional
performance across a wide range of HPC applications such as aerospace and
automotive engineering simulations, petroleum discovery and production,
scientific visualization, seismic research, weather and environmental
sciences research, government research and defense.

Appro Xtreme-X2 Supercomputer will be available in March 2008 with
configurations starting at 64 nodes, with 128 Quad-Core AMD Opteron
processors per rack cabinet. Pricing information may vary by system
configuration. Please contact an Appro sales representative for more
information.

About Appro

Appro is a leading developer of innovative high-end workstations,
density-managed servers, clusters and supercomputers for the
high-performance and enterprise-computing markets. Appro accelerates
technical applications and business results through balanced architecture,
open standards and engineering expertise. Appro headquarters is in Milpitas,
California, with an R&D/manufacturing center in Asia and a sales and service
office in Houston, Texas. To learn more go to http://www.appro.com

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