Today, we announced two new GPU servers, the ProMagix G480i and G480a. Designed specifically for compute intensive tasks like simulation, rendering, analytics, deep learning, and AI, these rackmount supercomputers take our performance PC heritage and crank it up to 11. Let’s explore.
What is GPU Computing?
With the introduction of CUDA cores, NVIDIA changed the game. This allowed for the computation of complex calculations by breaking them up into smaller ones and running them in parallel on the many CUDA cores of a GPU or multiple GPUs, rather than the CPU. By spreading out these applications over thousands of cores, certain calculations can be sped up exponentially. Now with the release of Tensor and RT cores alongside CUDA, NVIDIA GPUs are able to relegate specific render or AI computation to cores optimized for those tasks, further accelerating them.
ProMagix G480i GPU Server
First is the G480i, a custom HPC/AI server designed for versatility and scalability, powered by dual 4th Gen Intel Scalable Xeon processors, making it ideal for applications accelerated by the Intel instruction set. Built in a 4U rackmount form factor, the G480i supports up to 8 x PCIe Gen 5 GPUs. And like everything we do, the G480i is assembled and supported by our team of US-based experts.
Base Specs:
- Supports up to 8 x Dual slot Gen5 GPU cards
- 2 x 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
- 12-Channel RDIMM DDR5, 24 x DIMMs
- 2 x 10Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports
- 2 x M.2 slots with PCIe Gen3 x4 and x1 interface
- 8 x FHFL PCIe Gen5 x16 slots for GPUs
- 2 x FHFL PCIe Gen5 x16 slots
- 3+1 3000W (240V) 80 PLUS Titanium redundant power supplies
ProMagix G480a GPU Server
Next, the AMD Epyc based G480a. This 4U server is designed to also maximize multithreaded CPU performance alongside GPU by utilizing dual Epyc 9004 series processors with up to 384 total processing threads. Like it’s Intel counterpart, the G480a also supports up to 8 x PCIe Gen 5 GPUs with hand assembly here in Richmond.
Base Specs:
- Supports up to 8 x Dual slot Gen5 GPU cards
- 2 x AMD EPYC™ 9004 series processors
- 12-Channel RDIMM DDR5, 24 x DIMMs
- Dual ROM Architecture
- 2 x 10Gb/s BASE-T LAN ports (Intel® X710-AT2)
- 2 x M.2 slots with PCIe Gen3 x4 and x1 interface
- 8 x FHFL PCIe Gen5 x16 slots for GPUs
- 2 x FHFL PCIe Gen5 x16 slots
- 3+1 3000W (240V) 80 PLUS Titanium redundant power supplies
Think one of these new systems could help accelerate your workflow? We’d love to talk to you about it. Click to learn more about the Xeon powered ProMagix G480i or AMD powered ProMagix G480a. Or, call our expert sales team at 804-419-0900 for consultation and assistance with configuration questions.
Josh has been with Velocity Micro since 2007 in various Marketing, PR, and Sales related roles. As the Director of Sales & Marketing, he is responsible for all Direct and Retail sales as well as Marketing activities. He enjoys Seinfeld reruns, the Atlanta Braves, and Beatles songs written by John, Paul, or George. Sorry, Ringo.
