Acer and NVIDIA enable modular, scalable supercomputing

TAIPEI, TAIWAN (June 1, 2010) – Acer announces it is delivering new high-density servers equipped with NVIDIA Tesla 20-series GPUs. The solution promises to bring customers all the computing power of multiple Tesla GPUs in a space saving 2U, two node rack server design for easy clustering.  For customers, this translates to the ultimate in computing performance at a minimal cost.

Acer AW2000ht
The Acer AW2000ht server line is part of the Acer Gemini series of servers which features a multi-node design. Multi-node designs combine multiple independent server systems into a single chassis to help cut down on equipment, power and floor space costs. The AW2000ht is unique for its ability to support full-height riser cards for two independent servers in a single 2U chassis. This ability allows for the AW2000ht to equip an independent GPU module in each of the two systems, enabling the user to run computational programs across both the CPUs and GPUs for maximum performance.

This combined design is important for its ability to allow large-scale system integrators to scale their GPU computing solutions. The Acer AW2000ht with NVIDIA’s Tesla GPUs can be expanded and leveraged for HPC, education, corporate and/or SMB customers seeking powerful computing performance across multiple systems.

Scott Chien, associate vice president of Acer’s Enterprise Product Business Unit remarks, “Acer’s high-density Gemini design coupled with NVIDIA Tesla GPU is the ideal solution for customers seeking maximum performance with the lowest equipment and power costs.  Customers can rely on our solution to perform a range of hardware intensive simulations – from finance, to medical, to education and even resource exploration markets.”

”Acer is well known for its technical innovation and competitiveness across many diverse industry segments,” said Andy Keane, general manager, Tesla business at NVIDIA. “We look forward to supporting them as they bring these core values to the world of high performance computing servers.”

Acer’s servers are displayed at Computex Taipei 2010 which runs from June 1-5; Acer's booth is located in the Nankang exhibition hall, upper floor, #L617a.  For product specification and availability, please contact the nearest Acer branch office. Location and contact information may be found on www.acer.com.

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