Appro, a developer of high-density, high-performance servers, announced cluster solutions based on the Intel Itanium 2 processor. Appro offers quad Itanium 2-based server clusters running the InfiniBand Interconnect technology. This solution is ideal for customers wanting 64-bit capability for meeting their high-performance computing needs. This solution addresses scalability; availability and performance challenges presented by database and other compute intensive applications. ”Appro’s Itanium® 2-based servers supporting the InfiniBand Interconnect technology provides an superior high performance 64-bit compute clusters”, said Daniel Kim CEO and President of Appro. Appro’s Itanium® 2-based servers are uniquely designed for demanding enterprise and technical applications. Itanium 2-based platforms enable businesses and organizations to maximize their investments by delivering industry leading performance at lower cost with greater choice than proprietary technologies. Appro’s Intel® Itanium® based server is designed to complement Itanium 2 processors and take advantage of the impressive processor and memory bandwidth, I/O throughput and memory addressability offered by the Intel E8870 chipset. "InfiniBand architecture, with its low latency and high bandwidth, is a key interconnect technology for the scale out of Intel-architecture server platforms," said Jim Pappas, director of initiative marketing for Intel’s Enterprise Platform Group. "The combination of Appro’s InfiniBand components, Intel’s Itanium® 2 processor and the E8870 chipset-based platform provides a high-performance and high-end cluster computing solution.”