Penguin Computing Powers Major HPC Expansion at the University of Florida

Campus-wide HPC Center with 2500 cores based on latest Penguin Computing cluster to support multi-disciplinary research efforts

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 12, 2009 -- Penguin Computing, experts in high performance computing solutions, today announced that the University of Florida's new High-Performance Computing (HPC) Center Phase III expansion is powered by a fully-integrated Penguin HPC Linux Cluster. The University of Florida, which unveiled a major HPC expansion last week, adds to the growing list of top educational institutions that have selected Penguin's Linux clusters to enable high performance computational academic research.

Penguin's HPC Linux cluster brings the total compute capability at the University of Florida's HPC Center to 2500 cores and approximately 11TFLOPS. The center was designed to support campus-wide research efforts in high energy physics, computer science, computational biology, agricultural and life sciences and engineering.

"The mission of the HPC Center is to enable and support the leading-edge research being conducted at the University of Florida. Penguin Computing provided us with the equipment and expertise we needed to support that mission," said Dr. Erik Deumens, Director of the UF HPC Center.

The University's Penguin cluster is based on dual Xeon E5462 2.8GHz nodes with approximately a quarter of the machines designed for large and configured with 64GB of memory and the rest configured with 32GB. All nodes are connected via a DDR Infiniband fabric. The cluster arrived at the customer's site as a fully integrated turnkey system.

"We are delighted to have the University of Florida as another top research institution that has chosen Penguin Computing to support its strategic HPC initiatives," says Charles Wuischpard, president and CEO at Penguin Computing. "We look forward to deepening the collaborative nature of the relationship and will continue to provide the University with the latest technology advances as they become available."

About Penguin Computing:

Penguin Computing, headquartered in San Francisco, California, specializes in complete, integrated HPC clustering solutions. Penguin has been a successful innovator for over a decade, providing Linux HPC solutions to a variety of industries. Penguin's staff, including the originator of the Beowulf Cluster architecture, has unsurpassed experience in delivering a powerful combination of fully integrated HPC clusters, comprehensive cluster management software, and services. For more information about Penguin Computing and Penguin products, or to download Scyld ClusterWare 4.2 for the free 45-day evaluation, please go to<http://www.penguincomputing.com.

About the University of Florida (UF):

The University of Florida (UF) is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university. The state's oldest (http://www.ufl.edu/history/), largest and most comprehensive university, UF is among the nation's most academically diverse public universities. UF has a long history of established programs in international education, research and service. It is one of only 17 public, land-grant universities that belongs to the Association of American Universities (http://www.aau.edu/).

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