Silicon Graphics Awarded $40 Million DOD Contract
Defense (DOD) selected Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) (Nasdaq: SGIC), through
its wholly owned subsidiary Silicon Graphics Federal, Inc., for six of seven
awards as part of the agency’s Technology Insertion 2009 (TI-09) High
Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP).
The multi-year
world-class compute and storage solutions, along with options for service and
support. The systems will be installed at leading defense research and
development sites throughout
Research Laboratory (ARL), the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development
Center (ERDC), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Arnold Engineering
Development Center (AEDC), and the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC).
“Silicon Graphics is honored to provide these premier DOD facilities with
the high-performance compute, storage and service solutions needed to handle
some of the most advanced computing challenges in the world,” said Silicon
Graphics CEO
Graphics to prevail in a competitive evaluation involving numerous major HPC
vendors. As we move forward with implementation and long-term support of these
solutions, we’ll work to ensure that DOD researchers and programs get the most
from them.”
Silicon Graphics captured the lion’s share of 2009 HPCMP program contracts
by demonstrating the superior performance of its SGI(R) Altix(R) ICE 8200
systems based on the next-generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors (codenamed
Nehalem). Complementing the extreme performance of the Altix ICE platform is a
storage solution based on SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 4600 designed handle the
DOD’s tremendous I/O requirements efficiently and reliably.
Contributing to the selection of Silicon Graphics were usability factors
associated with the Altix ICE systems and Silicon Graphics’ long track record
of delivering rapidly deployable solutions for the most demanding HPC
environments. With a tightly integrated and modular design that simplifies
deployment, the SGI Altix ICE platform allows customers to realize a return on
their investment sooner than is possible with traditional supercomputer
systems. The company also showed it could meet the power and space
limitations of certain DOD sites, without sacrificing performance.
“To achieve breakthroughs in designing and testing next-generation
materials and weapons systems, DOD researchers require high-performance
systems that are scalable and reliable,” said Cray Henry, director of the
HPCMP for the Department of Defense. “Throughout our evaluation process,
Silicon Graphics clearly demonstrated that it more than met these criteria. In
addition, the DOD and HPCMP share a long history with Silicon Graphics. These
major contracts will extend our partnership for years to come.”
Silicon Graphics will equip the Army Research Laboratory DoD
Supercomputing Resource Center (
the Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC DSRC) in
Miss
processors integrated with SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 4600 systems. Each of these
centers provides computational resources to the entire DoD science and
technology and test and evaluation communities. All systems are expected to
be installed and accepted by
Silicon Graphics will also supply solutions under the HPCMP’s Dedicated
High Performance Computing (HPC) Project Investments (DHPI) which provides DoD
sites with mid-sized systems for mission-critical projects with unique
requirements that cannot be performed at a DSRC. These include:
-- Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
in Ohio
-- Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) at Arnold Air Force Base
in Tennessee
-- Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Bethesda, Md.
AFRL and AEDC will leverage SGI Altix ICE 8200 technologies while NSWC
will rely on SGI Altix 4700 and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 200 solutions.
As the engine driving the DOD’s new SGI Altix ICE systems, the Intel
Nehalem processor is designed to deliver unprecedented performance and dynamic
scalability.
“Driven by the energy-efficient performance of Intel’s Xeon and Itanium
processor families, SGI’s computers provide DOD engineers ideal HPC systems
for creating, simulating, visualizing and analyzing applications,” said
About HPCMP
The HPCMP was initiated in 1992 in response to congressional direction to
modernize the DOD laboratories’ HPC capabilities. The HPCMP was assembled out
of a collection of small high performance computing departments, each with a
rich history of supercomputing experience that had independently evolved
within the Army, Air Force, and Navy laboratories and test centers. The HPCMP
provides the supercomputer services, high-speed network communications, and
computational science expertise that enables the Defense laboratories and test
centers to conduct a wide range of focused research, development, and test
activities. This partnership puts advanced technology in the hands of U.S.
forces more quickly, less expensively, and with a greater certainty of
success.
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI) (NASDAQ: SGIC), is a leader in high-
performance computing. SGI delivers a complete range of high-performance
server and storage solutions along with industry-leading professional services
and support that enable its customers to overcome the challenges of complex
data-intensive workflows and accelerate breakthrough discoveries, innovation
and information transformation. SGI solutions help customers solve their
computing challenges whether it’s enhancing the quality of life through drug
research, designing and manufacturing safer and more efficient cars and
airplanes, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland
security and defense, or helping enterprises manage large data. With offices
worldwide, the company is headquartered in
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