GPU/CPU Server Leadership from Supermicro


SAN JOSE, California, September 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Presents 1U Server with Dual Tesla GPUs, 4U with Four Tesla GPUs, and
New 2U Twin with Two Hot-Plug GPU Nodes and Redundant Power at GTC 2009

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in
application-optimized, high-performance server solutions, is presenting its
industry-leading lineup of GPU servers this week at the NVIDIA GPU Technology
Conference (GTC) being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. Supermicro is
demonstrating the world's fastest 1U SuperServer 6016GT-TF-TM2 (2 TeraFLOPs)
along with the SuperWorkstation 7046GT-TRF-TC4, which supports four NVIDIA
Tesla C1060 GPUs and three additional PCI-e add-on cards for high-bandwidth
I/O. The company is also unveiling a brand new 2U Twin server that supports
two hot-pluggable GPU nodes with redundant power on Friday at 11am in the
Cupertino Room during its presentation on advanced GPU server technology.

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"To further extend our leadership position in GPU computing system
architectures, the new 2U Twin GPU server features two hot-plug GPU computing
nodes with multiple x16 non-blocking native Gen2 PCI-Express connectivity and
redundant 1400-watt Gold Level (93%+ efficiency) power supplies for maximum
availability," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Equipped
with Supermicro's patented thermal design, these highly parallel, multi-GPU
systems are optimized for a wide range of graphics and computationally
intensive applications in fields like medical imaging, oil and gas
exploration, quantum chemistry, financial simulation, genomics and
astrophysics."

Considered the fastest 1U server in the world, Supermicro's 6016GT-TF-TM2
Tesla-based server provides the industry's highest compute density and serves
as a uniform building block for large-scale deployments. Optimized for
performance and reliability, the 6016GT-TF-TM2 supports dual Intel(R) Xeon(R)
5500 series processors and features two NVIDIA Tesla M1060 GPUs via two Gen2
PCI-Express x16 connections.

Suitable for both cluster configurations and personal supercomputing, the
7046GT-TRF-TC4 is a 4U system housed in Supermicro's new 4U rackmount
convertible tower chassis, the SC747TQ-R1400. This chassis supports up to 11
full-height, full-length expansion cards, eight hot-swap 3.5" SAS/SATA
drives, and special design features that bolster graphics and computationally
intensive applications.

The latest addition to Supermicro's family of GPU-based systems, the 2U
Twin GPU server introduces an innovative architecture where the devices are
hot-swappable to facilitate easy maintenance and eliminate down time, while
also saving power and space by sharing the same chassis and power supplies.
Each computing node features onboard QDR InfiniBand for 40 Gb/second
high-bandwidth connectivity and supports six hot-swap 3.5" SAS/SATA drives to
deliver unprecedented I/O performance.

To support educational research projects, Supermicro and NVIDIA are
offering special discounted pricing to accredited two- and four-year
educational institutions on all Supermicro systems equipped with NVIDIA Tesla
GPUs. Please contact Supermicro for further information or visit
www.supermicro.com/gpu/.

For more information on Supermicro's complete line of server, workstation
and blade solutions go to www.supermicro.com.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI)

Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and uncompromising quality
control to produce industry-leading serverboards, chassis and server systems.
These Server Building Block Solutions provide benefits across many
environments, including data center deployment, high-performance computing,
high-end workstations, storage networks and standalone server installations.
For more information on Supermicro's complete line of advanced motherboards,
SuperServers, and optimized chassis, visit www.supermicro.com, email
marketing@supermicro.com or call the San Jose, CA headquarters at
+1-408-503-8000.

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