Supermicro has announced a new line of platforms [blades, servers and workstations] based on the AMD Six-Core Opteeron processors [AMD SR5690 and SP5100 chipsets]. The new chipset support brings in PCI-E 2.0 peripheral support. The quick rollup of new features:
- GPU-optimized: Support for up to four double-width graphics cards, two cpu’s and up to three additional HPC-centric add-on cards
- 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 support
- Universal I/O designs
- QDR Infiniband support
- High memory capacity: up to 16 DIMMs in certain models
- High efficiency VRMs
- Gold-level power supplies
- Up to 10 quad-processor [MP] or dual processor [DP] blades in a 7U enclosure
Supermicro’s new six-core A+ server, blade and workstation solutions with PCI-Express 2.0 deliver outstanding performance and value to customers in all segments of the marketplace,” said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. “This new line of high-quality Server Building Block Solutions supports advanced high-performance features including optimization for GPU computing, 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 storage, and 40Gb/s QDR InfiniBand connectivity.”
For more info on the new platforms, read their full release here.