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Appro Showcases Supercomputing Deployment for the ING Renault F1 Team

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Posted 17 November 2008 @ 07:00 am ET

MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Appro (http://www.appro.com), aleading provider of supercomputing solutions, completes the final deploymentof 38 TFLOP/s, Appro Xtreme-X(TM) Supercomputer for the new ING Renault F1Team Computational Aerodynamics Research Centre. The supercomputer gives theResearch Centre more computing power to run full-car aerodynamic simulationsusing CFD applications required for improving the ING Renault F1 Team's cars.A member from the team's IT department will present best practices on buildinga CFD supercomputer at the SC08 show, Appro booth number 1633. In addition,Appro product tours and supercomputing demonstrations will also be available.

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"Appro is proud to continue working with the ING Renault F1 Team in thisperformance driven space to achieve the competitive edge in Formula 1 in 2009and beyond," said Daniel Kim, CEO of Appro. "Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputerfulfills the demanding mix of the ING Renault F1 Team's requirements, in thiscase for capacity and capability computing and heterogeneous processing thatcombines x86, 64-bit multi-core AMD Opteron(TM) processors and streaming GPUmodes".

"The intense computational demands of the ING Renault F1 Team are bestaddressed by innovative HPC solutions that can deliver enhanced performancewhile keeping power costs low," said Patrick Patla, vice president and generalmanager, Server and Workstation Division, AMD (NYSE: AMD). "AMD's DirectConnect Architecture makes native Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processors anideal computing solution for Renault's compute-intensive CFD Centre."

About Appro

Appro is a leading developer of supercomputing solutions. Appro isuniquely positioned to support High-Performance Computing markets focusing onmedium to large-scale deployments where lowest total cost of ownership is aprimary consideration. Appro accelerates technical applications and businessresults unlocking the value of IT through outstanding price/performance,balanced architecture, open standards and engineering expertise. Approheadquarters is in Milpitas, CA with a sales and service office in Houston,TX. To learn more go to http://www.appro.com

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