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Silicon Mechanics' New Intel Xeon Processor MP-Based Server Blade Greatly Extends the Capability of Its Bladeform Blade Server Platform

Posted on: Thursday, 19 February 2004, 06:00 CST

Silicon Mechanics, Inc., a leading provider of rack optimized servers and high-performance computing solutions, today announced the release of its SM-B470 Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor MP Server Blade. The SM-B470 enhances Silicon Mechanics' Bladeform Blade Server Platform family of enterprise modular computing products, by adding back-end capability to the modular computing family. The Bladeform family consists of the SM-7140B Blade Chassis, the SM-B270 Server Compute Blades, and modular networking and interconnects components. ¶ The SM-B470 server blade is based on the Intel(R) Server Compute Blade SBX44 and offers the following features:

¶ -- Support for up to four Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processors MP running

at up to 2.8GHz

¶ -- Up to 16GB ECC DRAM DIMM supporting Intel x4 Single Device

Data Correction

¶ -- Integrated ATA-100 IDE, embedded RAID-0/RAID-1 mirroring

¶ -- Optional SCSI storage expansion unit with embedded RAID-1

¶ -- Eight communications paths (four network, dual storage)

¶"This extremely powerful server blade integrated into the Bladeform family of products allows consolidation of front-end, infrastructure, mid-tier and back-end applications onto a single modular family of products," said David Bryan, president, Silicon Mechanics. "The SM-B470 greatly extends the capability of the Bladeform Blade Server Platform to consolidate servers, dramatically reducing data center space and total cost of ownership."¶"We are pleased that Silicon Mechanics is offering the SM-B470 blade server based on the Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processor MP, and is delivering scalable performance and deployment flexibility solutions for the enterprise applications," said Phil Brace, director of marketing, Intel Enterprise Platforms and Services Marketing. "Their blade systems based on Intel(R) Server Products deliver the power and value customers require for demanding data intensive environments."

¶ Pricing and Availability

¶ The SM-B470 and Bladeform Blade Server Platform are available for immediate purchase and delivery. For more information and to configure and purchase these modular computing products, please visit www.siliconmechanics.com.

¶ About Silicon Mechanics

¶ Founded in Seattle in 2001, Silicon Mechanics is a leading integrator of rackmount servers, storage and high-performance computing products. The company designs and manufactures solutions based on innovative technology, superior performance and high reliability. Silicon Mechanics has customers in North America and internationally, and is a member of the Intel Premier Provider program. Silicon Mechanics builds all products to customer specification and ships directly, striving for nothing less than total customer satisfaction. To learn more about how we live and breathe this stuff, visit www.siliconmechanics.com.

¶ Editor's Note: Silicon Mechanics and the Silicon Mechanics logo are registered trademarks of Silicon Mechanics, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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