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The Cray CX1 combines the power of a high-performance cluster with the affordability, ease-of-use and seamless integration of a workstation. Equipped with up to 16 powerful Intel® Xeon® quad-core processors, and state-of-the-art visualization and storage capabilities, the Cray CX1 supercomputer delivers performance leadership across a broad range of applications and standard benchmarks, all in a compact, self-contained system that runs on standard office power.

With an integrated Microsoft or Linux operating environment, the Cray CX1 empowers any user to apply HPC power to challenging science, engineering and design problems. Purpose built and priced for individuals or departmental workgroups, the Cray CX1 is simple to configure, deploy, administer and use. With the Cray CX1 supercomputer, Cray takes the HPC cluster out of the data center and places it where you need it most

The Cray CX1 supercomputer is a certified Intel® Cluster Ready system. This certification program was designed to establish a common specification among original equipment manufacturers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and others for designing, programming and deploying clusters built with Intel components. For users, the certification means that the Cray CX1 system will support a wide range of Intel Cluster Ready ISV applications out of the box.

Designed for Performance

• Configured and Optimized for High-Performance Computing (HPC) • Industry-Standard Hardware and Software

"Ease of Everything" Computing

• Integrated HPC Operating Environment
• Simple Setup and Operation
• Plug-and-Play Components with Redundancy Where You Need it Most

Purpose-Built for Offices, Laboratories or Other Constrained Environments

• Deskside or Rack-Mount Form Factor
• Active Noise Reduction
• Standard Office Power

World’s Most Versatile Cluster

• Up to Eight Blades per Chassis
• Single- or Dual-Socket Intel Xeon Compute Blade
• high performance NVIDIA Tesla GPU Compute Blade
• Breakthrough High-End NVIDIA Quadro Graphics Blade for Visualization
• High-Capacity Storage Blade