Mellanox, Dell Demo 40 Gbit/s InfiniBand

AUSTIN, Texas -- Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX)(TASE:MLNX), a leading supplier of semiconductor-based server and storage interconnect products, today announced that its 40Gb/s InfiniBand ConnectX® adapter and InfiniScale® IV switch products will be demonstrated in a Dell PowerEdge M1000e-series Blade Enclosure at the SC08 show in Austin, Texas on November 17-20. To be held in the Mellanox booth (#323) at the show, this will be the world's first demonstration of 40Gb/s interconnect technology for blade servers, and will demonstrate the importance of higher I/O performance for enterprise and high-performance data centers.

"Mellanox 40Gb/s adapters and switch silicon were announced only a few months ago, and now today we are able to demonstrate the products in a mainstream blade server architecture," said Eyal Waldman, chairman, president, and CEO of Mellanox Technologies. "We are pleased to partner with Dell at SC08 to show the advantages of our next-generation InfiniBand solutions in a high-performance blade server. We believe that 40Gb/s InfiniBand delivers significant productivity benefits to enterprise and scientific computing users alike, especially in a robust system like the PowerEdge M1000e-series Blade Enclosure."

Mellanox Technologies Ltd.