SGI Targeting Highest Performance

SGI unveiled new versions of its SGI ICE X, SGI InfiniteData Cluster and SGI Rackable servers based on the new Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family.

The Milpitas, Calif.-based company also claims to have achieved world records in performance for Intel's newest processor, including for the SPEC MPI2007 benchmarks on the company's SGI ICE X supercomputer.

The E5-2600 v3-based SGI ICE X and SGI Rackable servers are available for order, while the new InfiniteData Cluster servers are slated to be available for order this fall.