The Maynard, Massachusetts-based company introduced its in-house-engineered approach in the US at the end of 2006. The company has built a Linux cluster from the silicon up, combining its own circuit designs and software with best-of-breed silicon components and a complete open source software stack.
SiCortex is planning to ship its SC5832 and SC648 super computers in Europe in the fourth quarter and is demonstrating a 648 gigaflop system at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany, this week.
The SC648 is designed for departmental users, according to the company, and offers 648 gigaflops of 64-bit processing performance, 864GB of memory and 240Gbps of I/O capacity. The SC5832, meanwhile, is an enterprise-class model featuring 5832 processors, 8TB of memory, and 2.1Tb per second of I/O capacity.
The company has raised $42m in venture funding since its launch in 2003, from Chevron Technology Ventures, Polaris Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures, JK&B Capital, and Prism Venture Partners.
