UPDATED 14:30 EDT / NOVEMBER 14 2022

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Dell’s newest PowerEdge servers make HPC, AI and quantum computing available to companies of all sizes

Dell Technologies Inc. said today it’s expanding its portfolio of high-performance computing server lineup with a range of new systems that combine the latest silicon hardware from Nvidia Corp. and Intel Corp.

The new Dell PowerEdge servers were designed in collaboration with those chipmakers and will enable businesses of any size to perform workloads such as artificial intelligence model training, HPC modeling and simulations, core-to-edge inferencing and data visualization, the company said.

They’re led by the PowerEdge XE9680, which Dell said is its first-ever high-performance server fitted with eight graphics processing units. Customers can choose from Nvidia’s H100 Tensor Core GPUs or A100 Tensor Core GPUs, combined with two upcoming 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable central processing units and Dell’s new Smart Cooling technology to deliver unrivaled performance for AI workloads, Dell says.

One step down is the PowerEdge XE9640, a 2U performance optimized server equipped with four of Intel’s new Data Center GPU Max Series processors and two Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs. According to Dell, the PowerEdge XE9640 employs fully direct liquid cooling to reduce energy costs by up to 3.1 times, while achieving greater rack density.

Finally, there’s the PowerEdge XE8640, which boasts air-cooled 4U performance with four of Nvidia’s H100 or A100 GPUs, two Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Nvidia NVLink technology. All three servers are set to become globally available in the first half of 2023.

Today’s launch is all about making HPC and AI more accessible, Dell said. To that end, its HPC PowerEdge servers are being made available today in the U.S. through Dell Apex, a pay-as-you-go infrastructure offering that combines on-premises, pay-per-use infrastructure servers and storage with cloud-based managed resources.

The company reckons this could well prove to be a game changer, enabling organizations of any size to run large-scale, compute-intensive HPC workloads on an as-a-service basis through a fully managed subscription-based experience. Under the Apex High Performance Computing offering, Dell says, customers can access everything they need to run HPC workloads, including an HPC cluster manager, container orchestrator, workload manager and the underlying hardware, optimized for specific workloads such as life sciences or manufacturing. Customers also benefit from flexible capacity options too, with one-, three- and five-year subscriptions available.

Rajesh Pohani, vice president of portfolio and product management for PowerEdge, HPC and Core Compute at Dell, predicted that there will be a lot of demand for the Apex High Performance Computing service.

“As compute innovation accelerates to keep pace with demand, customers are looking to upgrade their IT environments and harness advanced computing capabilities to speed discovery and insights,” said Rajesh Pohani, vice president of portfolio and product management for PowerEdge, HPC and Core Compute at Dell Technologies. “New Dell Technologies servers and solutions give businesses of all sizes access to technologies once only accessible for the world’s largest research institutions and government agencies, allowing them to tackle HPC, ease AI adoption and propel their businesses forward.”

In addition, Dell is looking to support accelerated compute that takes advantage of quantum technology. The new Dell Quantum Computing Solution, also available today in the U.S. and Canada, is aimed at complex workloads such as chemistry and materials simulation, natural language processing and machine learning. It’s based on Dell’s classic quantum simulator built on PowerEdge servers, which integrates with cloud-based quantum computing services from IonQ Inc., making it possible for companies to run quantum workloads either on-premises or in the cloud.

Peter Rutten, an analyst as International Data Corp., said accelerated compute technology is essential to help businesses get more value from the massive amounts of data they generate each day. “Dell Technologies is seizing the opportunity with new accelerated Dell PowerEdge servers and solutions, serving customer’s needs for tackling demanding workloads.”

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