Supermicro has announced its upcoming additions to its X14 server portfolio that launched in June 2024. The new systems will add universal upgrades allowing for vastly improved performance across AI and compute.
The new and completely re-designed X14 server platforms will leverage next-generation technologies to maximise performance for compute-intensive workloads and applications.
The new systems feature significant upgrades across the board, supporting a never-before-seen 256 performance cores (P-cores) in a single node, memory support up for MRDIMMs at 8800MT/s and compatibility with next-generation SXM, OAM and PCIe GPUs.
This combination can drastically accelerate AI and compute, as well as significantly reduce the time and cost of large-scale AI training, High-Performance Computing and complex data analytics tasks.
These new X14 systems feature completely re-designed architectures including new 10U and multi-node form factors to enable support for next-generation GPUs and higher CPU densities, updated memory slot configurations with 12 memory channels per CPU and new MRDIMMs which provide up to 37% better memory performance compared to DDR5-6400 DIMMS. In addition, upgraded storage interfaces will support higher drive densities and more systems with liquid cooling integrated directly into the server architecture.
The new additions to the Supermicro X14 family comprise more than 10 new systems, several of which are completely new architectures in three distinct, workload-specific categories:
- GPU-optimised platforms designed for pure performance and enhanced thermal capacity to support the highest-wattage GPUs. System architectures have been built from the ground up for large-scale AI training, LLMs, Generative AI, 3D media and virtualisation applications
- High compute-density multi-nodes, including SuperBlade and the all-new FlexTwin, leverage direct-to-chip liquid cooling to significantly increase the number of performance cores in a standard rack compared to previous generations of systems
- Market-proven Hyper rackmounts combine single or dual socket architectures with flexible I/O and storage configurations in traditional form factors to help enterprises and data centres scale up and out as their workloads evolve
Supermicro X14 performance-optimised systems will support the soon-to-be-released Intel Xeon 6900 series processors with P-cores and will also offer socket compatibility to support Intel Xeon 6900 series processors with E-cores in Q1 2025. This designed-in feature allows workload-optimised systems for either performance-per-core or performance-per-watt.
“The new Intel Xeon 6900 series processors with P-cores are our most powerful ever, with more cores and exceptional memory bandwidth and I/O to achieve new degrees of performance for AI and compute-intensive workloads,” said Ryan Tabrah, VP and GM of Xeon 6 at Intel. “Our continued partnership with Supermicro will result in some of the industry’s most powerful systems that are ready to meet the ever-heightening demands of modern AI and High-Performance Computing.”
