because of this press release
Monday September 10, 9:25 am Eastern Time
Press Release
SOURCE: CSP Inc.
CSP Inc. Announces Shipment of Linux Cluster Computing Systems for Mission Critical Defense Applications
BILLERICA, Mass., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- CSP Inc. (Nasdaq: CSPI - news) MultiComputer Division, a leading supplier of high-performance cluster computing systems, announced delivery of FastCluster systems to four different U.S. defense contractors in August.
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and this also from the same news
The FastCluster systems are being evaluated for use in five new military programs involving laser signaling in detection and tracking systems, stimulation/simulation, and Command, Control, Communication & Intelligence applications. Initial customer testing of CSPI's FastCluster MultiComputer systems has proven that the Linux operating system, when coupled with the processing power of Motorola's PowerPC 7400 using AltiVec, provides all of the system performance characteristics required for defense related signal and image processing applications, such as SONAR and RADAR. `
and this
XonTech, a FastCluster customer, is a leading research and development firm that provides technical services and systems engineering for the Aerospace and Defense Industries. ``We are very much impressed with the ease of portability for our code stream that was initially developed on another platform. We ported several segments of the code over to the CSPI embedded system and were up and running within a day'', stated David Lowe, Manager Information Systems - Special Studies Division of XonTech.
and the cost of all this from the 10K
Entry price for a 16 processor FastCluster desktop is under $100,000. Larger FastCluster systems incorporating over 1000 processors are available and sell for several million dollars. All FastCluster products are sold with standard hardware and software warranties. Contract support and service are optionally available from CSPI MultiComputer's support organization. |
