Innovative modular blade design for excellent performance density and 'plug and solve' flexibility
SGI Altix 450 servers are configured from interchangeable compute, memory, I/O and special purpose blades for 'plug and solve' configuration flexibility. The innovative blade-to-NUMAlink™ architecture enables users to mix and match eight standardized blade choices, for perfect system right-sizing. The compact blade packaging of the Altix 450 rack also provides excellent performance density - up to a teraflop per tall rack - as well as industry-leading power efficiency.

Companies today are dealing with increasingly difficult compute problems, with ever-growing amounts of data to manage and process, and pressure to deliver results in record time. One way to attack this critical problem is to build large clusters. But this approach often results in unforeseen and unmanageable expenses for administration, space, and power. The SGI Altix ICE integrated blade cluster was designed with these large problems in mind, and delivers a unique blend of "performance" and "productivity". This innovative new platform from SGI raises the HPC bar, easily scaling to meet virtually any processing requirements without compromise on ease of use, manageability, or price/performance. SGI Altix ICE delivers unsurpassed customer value, with breakthrough density, efficiency, reliability, and manageability.