NextIO has announced it is working with IBM to offer customers integrated cluster solutions that incorporate NextIO technology, with availability in 2010.
The solution will enable reconfigurable and on demand GPU compute capabilities for IBM iDataplex customers.
The reference architecture for the solution is based on NextIO’s I/O virtualization technology, which provides a flexible, agile, scalable, open and energy efficient platform that supports a variety of GPUs. For example, IBM and NextIO will deliver modular “hot plug” sleds for servicing or upgrading GPUs without incurring system downtime.
The GPU virtualization solution will offer the ability for a single IBM iDataPlex™ server to access from one to eight double-wide GPUs or up to 16 single-wide GPUs in the appliance. Users can quickly and easily enable more or less GPU resources on demand, depending on application requirements. Each iDataPlex rack supports 10 GPU appliances providing up to 160 GPUs and over 80TFlops of compute processing per rack.
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