Introducing Parallel Computing Lab-in-a-Box

The future of computing is parallel: applications distributed over vast numbers of tightly-coupled processors. The challenge in preparing students for this future: how to make parallel processing resources easily accessible, without taxing the university computing infrastructure or breaking the budget?

SiCortex has two special offers, available through May 15, 2009, to help you address this challenge:

  • Classroom environment, 72-processor, desk-side teaching & development system for $14,999
  • Parallel Computing Lab-in-a-Box: multiple desk-side systems plus curriculum assistance

SC072-PDS: The Ideal Teaching Platform for Parallel Programming

The SiCortex SC072-PDS™ Personal Development System is a fully-loaded, 72-processor development system in a single desk-side cabinet. Installation is quick and easy: plug it in next to your desk or in the classroom and start coding ready-to-scale parallel applications. Packaged with Linux and a plethora of open systems tools and libraries, the PDS combines the accessibility and low cooling requirements of a PC with the speed and power of high-productivity computing. For SC072-PDS hardware and development environment details, click here.

Ordering Information

Harness the 100 GFlops of performance this unique teaching and development platform delivers for $14,999 - a 37% discount. To secure this special price, select the 48Gbyte configuration in your shopping cart, and enter the Promotion Code univ09 at the checkout page. This discount is valid only in the United States.

Customers in Germany, Austria, Switzerland Czech Republic and Poland can take advantage of special pricing through our partner MEGWARE.

“My SC072-PDS is an incredibly interesting teaching platform for parallel programming. I can assign each of my students their own nodes, complete with a powerful development environment. They get an immediate response - no batch queues. And the codes they develop can be easily scaled to run on larger systems.” --Professor Phil Dickens, University of Maine

Parallel Computing Lab-in-a-Box

Equip your teaching lab with multiple SC072-PDS systems and take advantage of on-site, expert curriculum development assistance. Leverage the expertise of parallel processing computer scientists to jump start your course development, and tap into a network of peers who are advancing parallel processing curricula at their universities. Prices start at $65,000 for 5 systems. Contact us at PDS@sicortex.com for further details.

“The SC072-PDS is a wonderful platform for scalable application and algorithm development. By building a truly bal­anced architecture where the interconnect, memory bandwidth and compute capacity all play equal roles, the PDS represents the next step in bringing high core count computing to the masses. We can now develop and analyze algorithms right on the desktop with real confidence that they will scale out to our petascale platforms at Oak Ridge National Labs and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.” –Jack Dongarra, University Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Tennessee

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