ACMA Launches First Intel Nehalem-EP based Personal Supercomputer

Clustering Power in a Box

Fremont, CA – April 3, 2009 – ACMA (www.acma.com), a leading provider of custom servers and storage solutions in North America, launches the first Intel Nehalem-EP based Tesla Personal Supercomputer, the ACMA Helios PSC-5n. ACMA Helios PSC solution transforms what would be a workstation into a high-performance cluster.

ACMA's Helios PSC-5n is optimized for scientific computing, delivering up to 15x cost savings and 15x lower power than traditional 1U rack-optimized servers. Its capabilities are ideal for life sciences, geosciences, engineering & sciences, molecular biology, medical diagnostics, electronic design automation (EDA), government and defense, visualization, financial modeling, and oil & gas applications.

Additional features of ACMA's Helios PSC-5n include:

• Industry's first massively multi-threaded architecture with 240-cores
• Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series (codename Nehalem), which automatically and intelligently adjusts server performance according to application needs
• Supports the latest Tylersburg-EP processing technology, DDR3 1333/1066/800 memory, Turbo Boost Technology, Intel® VT, Intel® QuickPath interconnect, and Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
• Parallel architecture delivers optimum scaling across HPC applications
• High-efficiency computing platform for energy-conscious organizations
• NVIDIA CUDA technology unlocks the power of Tesla GPU computing products
• A suite of developer tools (C-compiler, debugger, performance profiler, optimized libraries)

"ACMA is proud to be working closely with technology partners such as NVIDIA and Intel to deliver best-in-class, high performance personal supercomputing solutions that address customers' most demanding HPC application and I/O requirements," said Matt Thauberger, Technical Sales Manager of ACMA. "Our Helios PSC platform dramatically reduces computational time from weeks and months to merely hours and minutes. It represents one of the most significant product innovations in the high-performance computing industry."

About ACMA
ACMA is the leader in Custom Servers and Storage solutions in North America. ACMA is comprised of two key divisions that deliver customized solutions to a wide array of industries. ACMA's Contract Manufacturing Division provides comprehensive custom manufacturing and logistics services to OEM customers. ACMA's Corporate Solutions Division leads the custom server and storage manufacturing industries in North America, with products ranging from high performance computing clusters, enterprise servers and blades to graphic workstations. For more information on ACMA’s new products and solutions, visit www.acma.com