The University of Tokyo Selects Mellanox EDR InfiniBand to Accelerate its Newest Supercomputer

"Mellanox's smart Switch-IB 2 switches enable the University of Tokyo to leverage new in-network computing capabilities, allowing data algorithms to be managed and executed by the network devices," said Gilad Shainer, vice president, marketing at Mellanox Technologies. "EDR 100G InfiniBand offers world-leading performance, scalability and efficiency enabling the University of Tokyo to be at the forefront of research, and scientific discovery." "We are pleased to have installed Mellanox's InfiniBand high-performance solutions to drive our new integrated supercomputer system," said Professor Hiroshi Nakamura, Director of the Information Technology Center, The University of Tokyo. "Our new system is key to advancing ongoing research and expanding the exciting work being carried out that is leveraging computational science and engineering, computer science, data analysis, and machine learning." Mellanox InfiniBand adapters provide the highest performing interconnect solution for High-Performance Computing, Enterprise Data Centers, Web 2.0, Cloud Computing, and embedded environments.