Linux Networx, a company that specializes in supercomputers made from clusters of Linux machines, plans on Monday to unveil two new systems: the LS-1 and the LS-X.

The LS-1, to be announced at the SC05 supercomputing show in Seattle, is geared for less sophisticated users, said Ben Passarelli, vice president of product marketing. That means the company's market could expand from labs and high-end users to more ordinary commercial companies.

"The LS-1 is positioned at those who have never owned a cluster before and who were a little timid because they heard the stories that you had to attach a sysadmin to every rack," Passarelli said. "That's not good in commercial areas."

The higher-end LS-X has a faster internal network using InfiniPath technology from start-up PathScale. The network connects directly to HyperTransport links on Advanced Micro Devices' Opteron chip, the only processor available on the LS-X.

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