In a bid to gain ground on its rivals in the AI server market, Lenovo has launched its ThinkSystem V4 portfolio, powered by the new Intel Xeon 6 processors.
The company claims these systems will increase the accessibility of AI workloads at any scale, offering options for CPU-enabled AI inference on models of up to 20 billion parameters and GPU-rich solutions for modeling and training for more. of 175 billion parameters.
The ThinkSystem V4 portfolio includes servers optimized for rack density and transactional data processing, with the goal of maximizing performance in enterprise data centers, CSPs, high-performance computing, and telcos. Lenovo claims the new servers provide four times as many cores per rack, with performance increased by 4.3 times.
Neptune Liquid Cooling
The new SD520 V4 server offers high rack density and efficiency, with up to 225% more cores in a 2U chassis and up to 3.18 times more performance, which should make it ideal for compute-intensive transactional workloads in sectors such as online banking and e-commerce.
The SR630 V4 is touted as a “cloud-scale powerhouse of reinvention,” with up to 42% faster media transcoding. Delivers up to 2x application bandwidth improvement thanks to PCIe 5 IO and DDR5 memory.
Lenovo is also employing its Neptune liquid cooling technology across the entire ThinkSystem V4 server range. This method has been proven to be more efficient than traditional air cooling, reducing the need for energy-intensive system fans. According to the company, liquid cooling helps meet the performance demands of AI while reducing power consumption by up to 40%.
Artificial intelligence is also being added to the new Lenovo Systems Management platform. This will make use of generative AI to automate and simplify server deployment and configuration.
“The Lenovo ThinkSystem V4 portfolio is designed to ensure that AI is accessible, fair and inclusive at all stages of development and application,” said Kirk Skaugen (now former) president of Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group.
“This next generation of Lenovo Intelligent Infrastructure delivers hybrid AI solutions that enable customers and partners to apply AI faster and fully unleash the power of data at any workload or scale.”
