Microway
Encyclopedia
Microway Inc is an American high-end computer manufacturer that makes servers
and clustering
products. The company was founded in 1982 to write software to support the Intel 8087
. Soon thereafter, Microway Inc began to manufacture hardware add-ons for X86-based computers for use by scientists and engineers. Today the company manufactures clusters based on Xeon
and Opteron
processors and GPUs from ATI and Nvidia, ultra quiet GPU and gaming workstations, diagnostic software for clusters and InfiniBand
, FasTree IB switches and TriCom- three function HCAs.
MicroWay Pty Ltd is an Australian value-add distributor of software development tools and other products for IT professionals, particularly system administrators.
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
and clustering
Clustering
Clustering can refer to the following:In demographics:* Clustering , the gathering of various populations based on factors such as ethnicity, economics or religion.In graph theory:...
products. The company was founded in 1982 to write software to support the Intel 8087
Intel 8087
The Intel 8087, announced in 1980, was the first floating-point coprocessor for the 8086 line of microprocessors. It had 45,000 transistors and was manufactured as a 3 μm depletion load HMOS circuit. The 8087 was built to be paired with the Intel 8088 or 8086 microprocessors...
. Soon thereafter, Microway Inc began to manufacture hardware add-ons for X86-based computers for use by scientists and engineers. Today the company manufactures clusters based on Xeon
Xeon
The Xeon is a brand of multiprocessing- or multi-socket-capable x86 microprocessors from Intel Corporation targeted at the non-consumer server, workstation and embedded system markets.-Overview:...
and Opteron
Opteron
Opteron is AMD's x86 server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture . It was released on April 22, 2003 with the SledgeHammer core and was intended to compete in the server and workstation markets, particularly in the same...
processors and GPUs from ATI and Nvidia, ultra quiet GPU and gaming workstations, diagnostic software for clusters and InfiniBand
InfiniBand
InfiniBand is a switched fabric communications link used in high-performance computing and enterprise data centers. Its features include high throughput, low latency, quality of service and failover, and it is designed to be scalable...
, FasTree IB switches and TriCom- three function HCAs.
MicroWay Pty Ltd is an Australian value-add distributor of software development tools and other products for IT professionals, particularly system administrators.