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SGI UV 2000 is available immediately. SGI UV 20 can be ordered today and will start shipping in August 2012. Pricing starts at $30,000 USD.

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¹Calculation based on floating point performance and standard web price of HP ProLiant DL980 server and SGI UV 2 standard pricing.

²SPEC® and the benchmark names SPECompL®, SPECint® and SPECfp® are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of May 14, 2012. For the latest SPEC benchmark results, visit www.spec.org.

* SPECompL2001 at 2993987 on 64 chips, 512 cores, 512 threads. 58% improvement over previous generation with Intel® Xeon® processor E7 family (SGI Altix UV 1000, SPECompL2001 = 1892885, 64 chips, 512 cores, 512 threads)
* SPECint_rate_base2006 at 16700. #3 of all published numbers
* SPECfp_rate_base2006 at 12000. #3 of all published numbers

³The COSMOS consortium, headed by Professor Hawking, is part of the UK DiRAC HPC facility, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council and Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. Please direct enquiries to Andrey Kaliazin, COSMOS system manager, or Professor Paul Shelled, Director.

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