Asetek Announces OEM Partnership with E4 Computer Engineering and Installation at CINECA in Italy

OSLO, Norway, November 2, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Asetek® (ASETEK.OL) today announced E4 Computer Engineering as a new data center OEM partner. E4 Computer Engineering has utilized Asetek RackCDU D2C™ (Direct-to-Chip) liquid cooling for the D.A.V.I.D.E. SUPERCOMPUTER in Italy. Commissioned by PRACE (The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) and installed at CINECA (PRACE Italian hosting member), the innovative OpenPOWER-based HPC cluster is built on top of the IBM POWER8 architecture.

"It is rewarding to see E4 leveraging our investment in liquid cooling for the POWER architecture," said John Hamill, Asetek Chief Operating Officer. "Being a European company as well, we are pleased that E4 has chosen to use Asetek Direct-to-Chip liquid cooling for this innovative cluster, the first of this kind in Europe." 

"The D.A.V.I.D.E. Supercomputer required both maximum computational performance with high density along with a focus on reduced power consumption, making liquid cooling essential," said Cosimo Gianfreda, E4 Computer Engineering Chief Technology Officer. "Because of Asetek's success in cooling top HPC sites around the world, they were a natural partner for us."

D.A.V.I.D.E. (Development for an Added Value Infrastructure Designed in Europe) is based on the OpenPOWER platform and is among the harbingers of a new generation of HPC systems which deliver high performance while being environmentally conscious. Learn more about D.A.V.I.D.E.

Asetek RackCDU D2C is a hot water liquid cooling solution that captures between 60% and 80% of server heat, reducing data center cooling cost by over 50% and allowing 2.5x-5x increases in data center server density. Learn more at www.asetek.com.

This follows the announcement of an undisclosed OEM partner and installation on July 14, 2017.

About E4 Computer Engineering

Since 2002, E4 has been innovating and actively encouraging the adoption of new computing and storage technologies. With a comprehensive range of hardware, software and services, E4 offers solutions for the most demanding workloads on: HPC, Big-Data, AI, Deep Learning, Data Analytics, Cognitive Computing and much more.

About Asetek

Asetek is the global leader in liquid cooling solutions for data centers, servers and PCs. Founded in 2000, Asetek is headquartered in Denmark and has operations in California, Texas, China and Taiwan. Asetek is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ASETEK). For more information, visit www.asetek.com

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