Latest Cray Mainframe Built for Smaller Customers

By P J Connolly

September 19, 2008 —  The term “departmental supercomputer” just became a reality, as Cray introduced its newest high-performance computing system.

The CX1 is aimed at smaller shops that would like to take advantage of HPC technology but have been put off by forbidding price quotes. Starting at US$25,000, the CX1 is described by Cray as “purpose-built” for department, lab or university use, and comes with Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 pre-installed.

It is the first Cray system to use Intel processors, and it can be configured with up to 16 Intel Xeon dual- or quad-core processors, as well as 512GB of memory, across up to eight HPC nodes. It can hold up to 4TB of internal storage and can be configured with system blades that support specialized roles, including number crunching, storage and virtualization.

According to the company, the CX1 runs on common office power, and the standard warranty includes three years of next-day, on-site support from company-certified providers.

“We’re bringing the power of Cray supercomputing to a much wider range of new users, with an affordable and adaptable system,” said Cray’s senior vice president of sales and marketing, Ian Miller.



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