A plethora of boutique distributors have over the previous few months launched highly effective GPU servers primarily based on AMD’s EPYC 9000 sequence – these are primarily beefed-up workstations. Velocity Micro is the newest one to affix the fray with its ProMagix G480a GPU which might take as much as eight dual-slot Nvidia GPUs to speed up CUDA or Tensor-enabled workflows (no AMD Intuition MI300 but).
No gaming right here (though you need to have the ability to run Cyberpunk 2077 – and Crysis – with out a lot concern do you have to need to), simply sheer quantity crunching at a scale that solely a few many years in the past, would require a supercomputer.
Housed in a large 4U chassis, the dual-socket motherboard can take as much as two EPYC 9654 CPU totaling 192 cores and paired with 1TB DDR5, a lot decrease than what we’d count on. Purchasers can both depend on an built-in VGA card from Aspeed (keep in mind these) or equipment the server with as much as eight 48GB PNY Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada technology workstation graphics playing cards. Powering all this are three (sure, three) 3kW energy provide items with an additional redundant one.
Who wants one in every of these monsters?
Velocity Micro says that these are excellent for “AI or Machine Studying, advanced simulations, excessive demand scientific calculations”. “By placing emphasis on scalability, performance, and efficiency, we’ve created a line of server options that tie within the legacy of our high-end model whereas additionally providing companies different choices for extra specialised options for the best demand workflows,” mentioned Randy Copeland, President and CEO of Velocity Micro.
A totally kitted server with 384 threads, 1TB of reminiscence and eight RTX 6000 Ada reached virtually $135,000. Velocity Micro provides as much as three-year guarantee on these with a lifetime improve plan accessible for upkeep, upgrades and tuning. There are cheaper choices from the likes of Dihuni (lower than $97,000), Xicomputer (decrease than $90,000) or Bizon-Tech (lower than $92,000); so it does pay to buy round, have a look at the small prints and after gross sales help.
