1. Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers
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2. Company Overview :: Corporate Snapshot
Leading developer of high performance servers, clusters and supercomputers
Established in 1991
Headquartered in Milpitas, CA
Sales & Service office in Houston, TX
Manufacturing Hardware in Asia
Global Presence via Strategic and Channel Partners
72% Profitable CAGR over past 3 years
Deployed the second largest Supercomputer in Japan
Six top ranked computing systems listed in the Top 500
Delivering balanced architecture for scalable performance
Target Markets
Financial Services
Government / Defense
Manufacturing
Oil & Gas 2

3. Strategic Partnership
:: Appro & NEC Join Forces in HPC Market
NEC has a strong presence in the EMEA HPC Market with over 20 years of experience
This is a breakthrough for Appro’s entry into the EMEA HPC market
Provides sustainable competitive advantages enabling both companies to participate in this growing market segment
Appro and NEC look forward to working together to offer powerful, flexible and reliable solutions to EMEA HPC markets
Formal Press Announcement will go out on Tuesday, 9/16/08

4. HPC Experience :: Past Performance History NOAA Cluster
NOAA Cluster
LLNL Atlas Cluster
9,216 Cores
18.4TB System
Memory
44 TFlops
1,424 Cores
2.8TB System Memory
15 TFlops
LLNL Minos Cluster
DE Shaw Research Cluster
6,912 Cores
13.8TB System Memory
33 TFlops
4,608 Cores
9.2 TB System Memory
49 TFlops

5. HPC Experience :: Past Performance History TLCC Cluster
TLCC Cluster
Tsukuba University Cluster
48,384 Cores
LLNL, LANL, SNL
426 TFlops
10,784 Cores
Quad-rail IB
95 TFlops
Renault F1 CFD Cluster
LLNL Hera Cluster
4,000 Cores
Dual-rail IB
38 TFlops
13,824 Cores
120 TFlops

6. HPC Challenges :: Changes in the Industry
Petascale deployments (4000+ node deployment)
Balanced Systems (CPU/Memory/Network)
Scalability (SW & Network)
Reliability (Real RAS: Network, Node, SW)
Facilities (Space, Power & Cooling)
Integrated exotics (GPU cluster)
Solutions still being evaluated

7. Petascale Deployments
:: Based on a Scalable Multi-Tier Architecture
: InfiniBand
for Computing
: 10GbE
Operation
: GbE
Management
InfiniBand
Network
Operation Network
(10GbE)
External
Firewall
Router
(GbE)
Compute
Node IO
I/O
Server
Group
Parallel File System
Servers or
Bridge
4X IB
4x IB
2x GbE per node
2x 10GbE
2x GbE
N GbE
Mgmt
Storage
Controllers
FC or GbE
Global File System
GbE or 10GbE

8. Petascale Deployments
:: Scalable cluster management software
3D Torus Network Topology Support
Stateless Operation
Job Scheduling
Dual Rail Networks
BIOS Synchronization
ACE
Middle Ware-Hooks
Instant SW Provisioning
Virtual Cluster Manager
Failover & Recovery
IB-Subnet Manager
Standard Linux OS Support
Remote Lights out Management
“Appro Cluster Engine™ software turns a cluster of Servers into a,” functional, usable, reliable and available computing system” Jim Ballew, CTO Appro

9. Petascale Deployments
:: Innovative Cooling and Density needed
Top View
Up to 30% Improvement in Density with Greater Cooling Efficiency
Delivers Cold Air directly to the equipment for optimum cooling efficiency.
Delivers comfortable air temperature to the room for return to Chillers
Back-to-Back Rack configuration saves floor space in the datacenter and encloses the Cold isles inside the racks
FRU and maintenance is done from the front side of the rack cabinet

10. Petascale Deployments
:: Path to PetaFLOP Computing
Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer - Modular Scalable Performance
Number of Racks
Number of Processors , ,904 23,808
Number of Cores , , ,616 95,232
Peak Performance 6TF/s 12TF/s 49TF/s 279TF/s 558TF/s 1.1PF/s
Memory Capacity 1.5TB 3TB 12TB 72TB 143TB 286TB
Memory BW Ration GB/s per GF/s GB/s per GF/s Memory Capacity Ratio GB per GF/s GB per GF/s
IO Fabric Interconnect – Dual-Rail QDR IO BW Ratio GB/sec per GF/s GB/s per GF/s
Usable Node-Node BW GB/s - 6.4GB/s Node-Node Latency - <2us
Performance Numbers are Based on 2.93GHz Intel Nehalem Processors and Includes only Compute Nodes
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11. Xtreme-X Supercomputer
:: Possible Path to PetaFLOP GPU Computing
GPU Computing Cluster – Solution still being evaluated
Number of Racks
Number of Blades
Number of GPUs
Peak GPU Performance 128TF 256TF 512TF 1PF 2PF
Peak CPU Performance 6TF 12TF 24TF 48TF 96TF
Max Memory Capacity 1.6TB 3.2TB 6.4TB 13TB 26TB
Bandwidth to GPU – 6.4GB/sec Node Memory Bandwidth – 32GB/sec
Max IO Bandwidth (2 QDR X4 IB) - 6.4GB/sec Node to Node Latency – 2us
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12. Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputers Thank you Questions?
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