Frankfurt, Germany (June 21, 2016) – Boston Limited unveiled the Boston Quattro 12256-T featuring the latest generation Intel® Xeon® Phi™ processor at ISC 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany.
The Quattro 12256-T leverages Intel’s 2nd generation Intel® Xeon® Phi™ product family (formerly code named Knights Landing) to deliver massive thread and data parallelism and memory bandwidth, improved single-thread performance and Intel® Xeon® processor binary-compatibility all within a standard CPU form factor. In addition to this, the new chip provides 64-core per processor with up to 4 threads per core. A total of 256 threads per processor are compatible with software compiled for existing x86 hardware.
“{{Boston are once again at the forefront of HPC technology with the launch of our Quattro 12256-T featuring the latest Intel® Xeon® Phi™ Processor}}. Our mission is to provide customers with the best of breed technologies and this launch helps us to achieve that” said Manoj Nayee, Managing Director, Boston Ltd.
As a member of the Boston Quattro range, the Quattro 12256-T has a multi-node design which offers 4 independent compute nodes based on the same Intel® Xeon Phi™ processing technology. Each node has multiple HDD/SSD support, independent platform management, redundant and optimised cooling, and titanium-level redundant power supplies.
Coupled with optional Intel® Omni-Path fabric connectivity directly from the CPU die, the Quattro 12256-T offers a truly integrated, high performance and low latency compute platform with a convergence of the very latest in processing and networking technologies. This offering will accelerate HPC in a variety of use cases which include the public sector, energy, life sciences, financial services and engineering.
In order to kick start Knight’s Landing for early developers, Boston Limited have a low cost pedestal solution with a single node. For more information, please contact orla.power@boston.co.uk.
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For further information, including product details and specifications, please contact:
Orla Power, Marketing Coordinator
Boston Limited
01727 876 100 - Mon to Fri, 9am to 5:30pm
orla.power@boston.co.uk
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