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CSP has announced a technology upgrade for its FastCluster product line.

In a release, CSP said that radar, sonar, and surveillance signal processing applications will benefit from the processing density and high bandwidth provided by the new FastCluster Mobile Scalable Computing Platforms with Intel Xeon MultiCore processors and InfiniBand QDR technology.

All FastCluster platforms adhere to industry standard form factors, employ scalable switch fabrics, and offer an open software stack. This approach eliminates dependencies between the hardware components and fabric, allowing customers to migrate between platforms or insert new technology without having to rewrite their application.

"The FastCluster Scalable Computing platforms, with Intel processors and InfiniBand, provide a solution for today with a clear upgrade path for addressing the future challenges of applications for military airborne, shipboard and UAV platforms" says Bernard Pelon, CSPI Director of Product Research.

The 3000 SERIES OpenVPX systems are designed to support air-cooled and spray-cool thermal management techniques and will be available for delivery Q1 2011.

Based in Billerica, Mass., CSP and its subsidiaries develop and market IT integration solutions for complex IT environments and high-performance cluster computer systems for commercial, scientific, and defense customers worldwide.

The MultiComputer Division helps its customers solve high-performance computing problems in the defense market by supplying dense cluster computer systems with real-time I/O capabilities that require minimal physical space or power. These systems are used in an array of applications, including radar, sonar, and surveillance signal processing.