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SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

- Delivers 6x AI Training Performance and 7x Inference Workload Capacity and

Highest Density in a Flexible 4U system, and New SuperBlade Supporting up to 40

GPUs in 8U

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a global leader in enterprise

computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology, today

announced the doubling of GPU capabilities with a new 4U server supporting

eight NVIDIA(R) HGX A100(TM) GPUs. Supermicro offers the industry's broadest

portfolio of GPU systems spanning 1U, 2U, 4U, and 10U GPU servers and

SuperBlade servers over a wide range of customizable configurations.  

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Supermicro now offers the industry's widest and deepest selection of GPU

systems with the new NVIDIA HGX A100(TM) 8-GPU server to power applications

from the Edge to the cloud.  The entire portfolio includes 1U, 2U, 4U, and 10U

rackmount GPU systems; Ultra, BigTwin(TM), and embedded solutions powered by

both AMD EPYC(TM) and Intel (R) Xeon processors with Intel(R) Deep Learning

Boost technology.

"Supermicro has introduced a new 4U system, implementing an NVIDIA HGX(TM) A100

8-GPU baseboard (formerly codenamed Delta), that delivers 6x AI training

performance and 7x inference workload capacity when compared to current

systems," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Also, the

recently announced NVIDIA HGX(TM) A100 4-GPU board (formerly codenamed

Redstone) is showing wide market acceptance, and we are excited by the ongoing

global customer engagement. These new Supermicro systems significantly boost

overall performance for accelerated workloads required for rapidly changing

markets, including HPC, data analytics, deep learning training, and inference."

Leveraging Supermicro's advanced thermal design, including custom heatsinks and

optional liquid cooling, the latest high-density 2U and 4U servers feature

NVIDIA HGX A100 4-GPU 8-GPU baseboards, along with a new 4U server supporting

eight NVIDIA A100 PCI-E GPUs (shipping today). The Supermicro's Advanced I/O

Module (AIOM) form factor further enhances networking communication with high

flexibility. The AIOM can be coupled with the latest high-speed, low latency

PCI-E 4.0 storage and networking devices that support NVIDIA GPUDirect (R)RDMA

and GPUDirect Storage with NVME over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) on NVIDIA Mellanox(R)

InfiniBand that feeds the expandable multi-GPU system with a continuous stream

of data flow without bottlenecks. In addition, Supermicro's Titanium Level

power supplies keep the system green to realize even greater cost savings with

the industry's highest efficiency rating of 96%, while allowing redundant

support for the GPUs.

"Supermicro systems powered by the NVIDIA A100 can quickly scale to thousands

of GPUs or, using new multi-instance GPU technology, each A100 GPU can be

partitioned into seven isolated GPU instances to run different jobs," said

Paresh Kharya, senior director of Product Management and Marketing at NVIDIA.

"NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs with TensorFloat 32 provides up to 20 times more

compute capacity compared to the previous generation without requiring any code

changes."

Supermicro's advanced 2U design for HGX A100 4-GPU

This 2U system features the NVIDIA HGX A100 4-GPU baseboard with Supermicro's

advanced thermal heatsink design to maintain the optimum system temperature

under full load, all in a compact form factor. The system enables high GPU

peer-to-peer communication via NVIDIA NVLink(R), up to 8TB of DDR4 3200Mhz

system memory, five PCI-E 4.0 I/O slots supporting GPUDirect RDMA as well as

allowing four hot-swappable NVMe with GPUDirect Storage capability.

Dense, versatile 4U design with HGX A100 8-GPU

The new 4U GPU system features the NVIDIA HGX A100 8-GPU baseboard, up to six

NVMe U.2 and two NVMe M.2, ten PCI-E 4.0 x16 slots, with  Supermicro's unique

AIOM support invigorating the 8-GPU communication and data flow between systems

through the latest technology stacks such as GPUDirect RDMA, GPUDirect Storage,

and NVMe-oF on InfiniBand. The system uses NVIDIA NVLink and NVSwitch

technology. It is ideal for large-scale deep learning training, neural network

model applications for research or national laboratories, supercomputing

clusters, and HPC cloud services.

Hyper-dense, energy-efficient 8U SuperBlade with 20 A100 PCI-E GPUs

The industry's highest density GPU blade server can support up to 20 nodes and

40 GPUs with two single-width GPUs per node, or one NVIDIA Tensor Core A100

PCI-E GPU per node in Supermicro's 8U SuperBlade enclosure. The 20 NVIDIA A100

GPUs in 8U elevates the density of computing power in a smaller footprint

allowing customers to save on TCO. To support the GPU-optimized configuration

and sustain the top performance and throughput needed for demanding AI

applications, the SuperBlade provides a 100% non-blocking HDR 200Gb/s

InfiniBand networking infrastructure to accelerate deep learning and enable

real-time analysis and decision making.  High density, reliability, and

upgradeability make the SuperBlade a perfect building block for enterprise

applications to deliver AI-powered services.

Industry's broadest portfolio of GPU accelerated systems

Supermicro continues its support of NVIDIA's advanced GPUs in various form

factors, optimized for customers' unique use case scenarios and requirements.

The 1U GPU systems contain up to four NVIDIA GPUs with NVLink, including NEBS

Level 3 certified, 5G/Edge-ready SYS- 1029GQ. Supermicro's 2U GPU systems, such

as SYS- 2029GP-TR, can support up to six NVIDIA V100 GPUs with dual PCI-E Root

complex capability in one system. And finally, the 10U GPU servers, such as

SYS- 9029GP-TNVRT, supports 16 V100 SXM3 GPU expansions with to Dual Intel Xeon

Scalable processors with built-in AI acceleration.  

The flexible range of solutions powered by NVIDIA GPUs and GPU software from

the NVIDIA NGC(TM) ecosystem provides the right building blocks for diverse

tasks for organizations addressing various verticals — from AI inferencing on

developed models to HPC to high-end training.

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About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro (Nasdaq: SMCI), the leading innovator in high-performance,

high-efficiency server technology, is a premier provider of advanced Server

Building Block Solutions(R) for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT,

Hadoop/Big Data, HPC and Embedded Systems worldwide. Supermicro is committed to

protecting the environment through its "We Keep IT Green(R)" initiative and

provides customers with the most energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly

solutions available on the market.

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trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.

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owners.

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SOURCE:  Super Micro Computer, Inc.

CONTACT: Greg Kaufman, Super Micro Computer, Inc., PR@supermicro.com