Newsletter for 26 April 2012

Supermicro 52 Port Top-of-Rack 1GbE, Energy Efficient Ethernet & Power over Ethernet (PoE) Switches
Supermicro have announced additions to its Ethernet switch product line with a pair of powerful new 52 port 1 Gigabit Ethernet switches. The SSE-G2252 and its companion SSE-G2252P are IEEE 802.3az compliant providing Energy Efficient Ethernet services and offer 1GbE connectivity over 48x RJ45 ports and 4x SFP ports.

Major Cloud Provider Selects Mellanox and Supermicro for New Large-Scale Cloud
Mellanox and Supermicro have announced that a major Asian cloud provider selected Supermicro servers and Mellanox's Virtual Protocol Interconnect® (VPI) solution to form one of the world's largest cloud solutions. Mellanox's 40GbE NICs and switches, and FDR 56Gb/s InfiniBand adapter and switches connect the 5,000-node based cloud, delivering the highest cloud performance, flexibility and simplicity.

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Bring Exciting New Experiences and Fun to the PC
Intel Corporation have introduced the quad-core 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processor family, delivering dramatic visual and performance computing gains for gamers, media enthusiasts and mainstream users alike. Available now in powerful, high-end desktop, laptop and sleek all-in-one (AIO) designs, the new processors are the first chips in the world made using Intel's 22-nanometer (nm) 3-D tri-Gate transistor technology.