Cray Adds Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor Support to XC30 Supercomputers

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Cray XC30 sledToday Cray announced that the company has broadened its line of hybrid XC30 supercomputers. With support for both Nvidia Tesla K20X GPU accelerators and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors, the Cray XC30 architecture combines multi-core and many-core processing into a unified architecture.

We designed the Cray XC30 supercomputer to be the realization of our Adaptive Supercomputing vision, which is about providing customers with a powerful, flexible tool for solving a multidisciplinary array of computing challenges,” said Peg Williams, Cray’s senior vice president of high performance computing systems. “Integrating diverse accelerator and coprocessor technologies into our XC30 systems gives our customers a variety of processing options for their demanding computational needs. Equally as important, Cray XC30 supercomputers feature an innovative software environment that allows our customers to optimize their use of diverse processing options for their unique applications.”

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