WHITE PAPER

Introduction

Technology demands by enterprises and individuals worldwide increase as

the digital transformation of all aspects of life continues. The generation of

massive amounts of data continues to grow, which means new solutions are

needed that allow employees and the public to quickly make better and

faster decisions and participate in the global economy.

As a larger share of all data continues to be generated at the Edge, new

technologies, both hardware and software, are needed to acquire, filter, and

make autonomous decisions about that data before a select subset of it is

sent to a central data center. Computing power is appearing everywhere, and

a range of new systems is required for different workloads. While a single

form factor cannot address all computing needs, systems can be designed

using common building blocks that respond to demands with low latencies

and high bandwidths. A continuum of computing power from trusted

vendors allows large-scale infrastructure systems to be built and deployed

with a high degree of confidence and reliability.

While the performance of CPUs continues to grow and can quickly meet

many enterprise computing requirements, certain domains, such as HPC and

AI, require technologies that work in parallel and software stacks that can

take advantage of thousands of computing elements to work together. These

applications require the maximum number of CPU cores working together

Table of Contents

Introduction................................................ 1

Wide Range of Products for Varying

Workloads ................................................... 2

How 3

Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor

Enhances Workloads and Highlights ......... 3

Supermicro Products Are Designed for

Demanding Customers............................... 4

Supermicro Networking Solutions .......... 17

Supermicro Intelligent Management ....... 17

How Did We Do It? .................................... 18

Additional Data Centers Requirements for

Improved Performance ............................ 18

Performance / Power over time (Intel

chart). Why this is important to data

centers. ..................................................... 19

Summary .................................................. 20

Resources ................................................. 20

Introduction ................................. 1

Wide Range of Products& Workloads

...................................................... 2

How 3

Gen Intel Xeon Scalable

Processors Enhance Workloads . 3

3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor

Highlights .................................... 5

Supermicro X12 Products ........... 6

Application Benefits Summary . 12

SUPERMICRO

As a global leader in high performance, high

efficiency server technology and innovation, we

develop and provide end-to-end green

computing solutions to the data center, cloud

computing, enterprise IT, big data, HPC, and

embedded markets. Our Building Block

Solutions® approach allows us to provide a

broad range of SKUs, and enables us to build

and deliver application-optimized solutions

based upon your requirements.

and specialized accelerators that have been designed for a smaller class of applications. Fast internal networking between the

components and state-of-the-art communication between systems allows innovative organizations to explore new algorithms

while minimizing power usage and thus costs.

Supermicro designs and manufactures a wide range of servers and storage systems deployed from the Edge to hyperscale

data centers. Different form factors with varying amounts of CPUs, memory capacity, storage types and capacity, and

environmental considerations are engineered and delivered by Supermicro. The key to offering so many different systems is

advanced engineering and teaming with leading-edge CPU manufacturers, such as Intel.

As CPUs run faster, with more cores, more heat is generated. Supermicro designs systems that efficiently remove this heat,

lowering cooling costs and allowing CPUs to run all the way up to their maximum thermal design power (TDP). With a design

philosophy that enables customers to upgrade individual components, whether CPUs, RAM, storage, or I/O devices, users can

choose to replace only what needs to be updated, reducing E-Waste while using the latest and most efficient components.

AI workloads require optimized systems that incorporate the proper hardware and tuning software to deliver maximum

performance at a given price point. To provide value to end users, a solution needs to contain a choice of CPUs, GPUs, and the

proper software stack. Various aspects such as the numbers of cores, communication latency between cores, GHz, and which

generation of CPU architectures can influence benchmark performance of real-world AI applications.

In this white paper, we take an in-depth look at Supermicro latest X12 portfolio of server are storage systems and how these

systems help organizations thrive in today's digital landscape.

Wide Range of Products for Varying Workloads

Supermicro's customers span many industries, with some common objectives:

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Ability to meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) – Whether servicing employees or end-user customers, the CPU and

I/O systems' responses are expected to fall within a specific time range.

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Provide new services to customers – As customers demand new services, which may run partially on edge devices as

"apps," organizations must set up the back-end infrastructure to handle and respond to more data and processing

than ever before.

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Reduce costs with more powerful systems – Some workloads do not increase at the same rate as new processors'

computational and I/O power do. New CPUs allow them to reduce their costs by assigning more work to lesser

systems for these organizations.

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Enable new insights – By taking advantage of the latest CPU designs, scientists, engineers, and data analytics

professionals can gain new insights and simulate physical systems with more accuracy.

Various workloads are all addressed by the Supermicro X12 servers and storage systems. These include:

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Cloud – Designing and implementing a cloud solution requires a wide range of optimized products for different

workloads, not just for environments where the price-performance of the compute aspect is most important. Storage

and networking are also critical for a productive and cost-effective cloud data center.

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5G/Telco – The rapid development and installation of 5G networks drive demand for fast CPUs resilient to the

environment. Systems need to be efficiently cooled while performing full analytics. The new X12 lineup provides

significantly more computing power per watt with reduced cooling requirements.