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four terabytes (4TB) per socket running fast DDR4 memory at up to 3200MHz. ‘Supermicro 2nd Gen AMD
EPYC processor-based A+ Servers have achieved 27 world-record performance benchmarks and counting,’ said Vik Malyala, senior vice president, field application engineering and business development, Supermicro. ‘For instance, our A+ Servers achieved world-record performance for the TPCx- IoT benchmark with the H12 TwinPro that established the highest performance and lowest dollar per performance over the previous record holders with the new high- frequency AMD EPYC 7Fx2 processors.’ The new A+ SuperBlade
features a performance and density optimised resource- saving architecture with up to 20 hot-pluggable single- socket nodes in 8U and integrated networking fabric up to 100G EDR InfiniBand with 200G HDR coming soon. The SuperBlade uses shared cooling, power and networking infrastructure to increase the efficiency and significantly reduce initial capital and operational expenses for many organisations. Supermicro A+ WIO systems
offer a wide range of I/O options enabling customers to optimise storage and networking alternatives to accelerate performance, increase efficiency, and find the perfect fit for their applications. These single-socket 1U
servers support three PCI 4.0 x16 slots, 8 or 16 DIMM versions, and redundant high-efficiency Platinum Level power supplies. Both WIO and
Ultra A+ systems can support 10-24 NVMe drives per single or dual-processor system without requiring a PCI-E switch to provide excellent storage performance. For maximum acceleration of AI, deep learning, and HPC workloads, Supermicro’s new A+ GPU system supports up to eight full-height double- wide (or single-wide) GPUs via direct-attach PCI-E 4.0 x16 CPU-to-GPU lanes without any PCI-E switch for the lowest latency and highest bandwidth. The system also supports
up to three additional high- performance PCI-E 4.0 expansion slots for a variety of uses, including high- performance networking connectivity up to 100G. An additional AIOM slot supports a Supermicro AIOM card or an OCP 3.0 mezzanine card. Supermicro offers a wide
ranging portfolio of EPYC based systems and server building blocks including ATX and E-ATX motherboards. From single-socket mainstream and WIO servers to high-end server systems and multi-node systems, including BigTwin and TwinPro. Supermicro enables customers to build application- optimised solutions with a
”It’s undeniable that new data-intensive workloads, including artificial intelligence and edge computing, will increasingly rely on automation”
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Intel Select Solution for Simulation and Modeling
Intel Select Solutions for Simulation and Modeling are a guided path to success with quick-to-deploy infrastructure that significantly reduces the complexity for the purchaser, Boston have been very successful working with key customers deploying Intel Select Solution-based clusters in their CFD environments. Using a standards-based approach defined in the HPC Platform Specification, these solutions provide verified interoperability with common applications used in simulation and modeling. They must also meet or
exceed characteristics and performance thresholds that are needed for scaling
multitude of configuration possibilities to match their own workload requirements.
Boosting AI performance In May Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, announced the latest GPU architecture ‘Ampere’, which can deliver more than five petaflops of AI performance in a single 4U server. This performance has a huge impact on potential research outcomes for AI. Just a few years ago this is the kind of performance that would be seen in top supercomputers, not just a single server. For example in June 2016, five petaflops would be just outside the top 10 spot on the Top500.
performance across the cluster. Branded designs like the Boston Intel Select Solution for Simulation and Modeling, have demonstrated these capabilities and are ready for deployment. The recently upgraded
Boston Intel Select Solution for Simulation and Modeling utilises 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Gold processors, the latest Intel® SSD DC Family for local scratch storage, Intel SSD DC Family storage to augment parallel file system storage and Intel® Omni-Path networking; this solution can also be customised at Boston to your exact requirements.
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Supermicro announced two
new systems designed for artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning applications that fully leverage the third-generation Nvidia HGX technology with the new Nvidia A100 Tensor Core GPUs as well as full support for the new Nvidia A100 GPUs across the company’s broad portfolio of 1U, 2U, 4U and 10U GPU servers. The NVIDIA A100 is the first elastic, multi- instance GPU that unifies training, inference, HPC, and analytics by enabling users to partition the GPU into multiple smaller systems or operate it as a single large GPU depending on the workload. ‘Expanding upon our
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