IBM and Slovenian software developer Arctur have signed an agreement to build one of the most powerful supercomputers in the region.
Arctur will allow midmarket companies to lease time on newest IBM iDataPlex system and help reduce product development time by up to 75%. It expects that its clients will use the iDataPlex system in areas such as developing and testing new composite materials, which are formed by the combination of two or more materials with very different properties.
IBM said that its iDataPlex supercomputer running Linux will be capable of performing approximately 10 trillion calculations per second (rpeak teraflops) and is expected to grow to 25 teraflops in near future. It harnesses the new Intel six-core processors and QDR InfiniBand in a design that improves energy efficiency and cooling requirements.
The company claims that its iDataPlex maximises performance per watt with cooling techniques such as the Rear Door Heat eXchanger. Its single 2U server packs five times the computer power of a typical server while consuming 40% less power.
Tomi Ilijas, CEO of Arctur, said: "The agreement we concluded earlier this month helps us provide clients supercomputing resources cost effectively via a cloud environment. The IBM system allows Arctur to increase workloads without dramatically increasing power and cooling requirements.
"In 2011, when the software platform for the IBM iDataPlex will be fully developed and implemented, Slovenian midmarket companies will have the possibility to lease computing time and top-capacities, thus shortening their product development cycle under economically affordable conditions."
