Cryo Workstation Breaks World Records

BUCKINGHAM, England, March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Herald the arrival of a new age in Workstation performance: the Cryo Octane EDP-WS. This dual processing behemoth has 12 physical cores, 24 threads, up to 48GB of memory at 1600MHz+ and a colossal core speed of 4.50GHz+ (35% faster than the stock Intel CPU). All of this, lovingly cooled by a custom designed high-flow water cooling system carefully built into a beautifully crafted aluminium chassis. The most important ingredient is applied finally in the form of the unique Cryo Boost(TM) Triple Overclock performance-enhancing process and technology.

The Cryo team have form when it comes to breaking benchmark world records but 'SPEC CPU2006(R)' is the mother of all benchmarks. It executes a barrage of tests that last numerous hours, simulating real world tasks such as AI game theory, bioinformatics, compilers, data compression, fluid dynamics, physics, speech recognition, video processing and weather prediction. Usually the preserve of 'Blue Chip' deep-pocketed vendors like IBM, HP, Cray, SGI and Sun, it would prove a true David vs Goliath contest. Cryo were confident that agility and smart thinking could out-manoeuvre the dollars and might of computing industry giants.

A new record speed for a dual CPU workstation:

SPEC CPU2006 results (peak / base, dual CPU SMP workstations)*

    
    System Under Test               CINT2006   CFP2006 speed CINT2006 rate
                                       speed
                                                   (Floating      (Integer
                                   (Integer)          Point)         peak)
    Cryo Octane EDP-WS X5680     54.7 / 51.4     73.2 / 69.3           504
 
    New Speed Record
    Previous record              48.8 / 45.7     54.6 / 51.5           447
                       Nearest 'mainstream' vendors
    HP ProLiant DL380 G7 (Xeon   44.8 / 42.8        No score           418
    X5690)
    SGI Altix ICE 8400EX (Xeon   44.0 / 41.9        No score           406
    X5680)
    Dell PowerEdge R610 (Xeon    43.4 / 40.2     49.3 / 45.7           299
    X5677)
    IBM System x3500 M3 (Xeon    43.4 / 40.1     48.1 / 45.5           299
    X5677)

Full specifications, benchmark results detail, photographs, pricing and warranty details can be found on the Cryo web site here:

http://www.cryopc.co.uk/cryo_octane-EDP-WS.htm

About Cryo

Cryo is the leading Custom Computer designer and builder in the UK and of the world. The company specialises in high performance compute related hardware technology, projects and solutions including workstations, servers, storage servers, laptops and desktops. Cryo achieves standards of excellence through having an experienced team of leading professionals, access to unique electronics and cooling technologies.

*SPEC(R) and the benchmark name SPEC CPU2006(R) are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of March 2011. The comparisons presented above are based on the best performing workstations and servers currently listed in the appropriate results tables. For the latest SPEC CPU2006(R) benchmark results, visit http://www.spec.org/

    
    Contact: Alan Johnson
    Cryo Performance Computing Ltd
    +44(0)1442-219-278

Web: http://www.CryoPC.co.uk