Supermicro has launched a PCIe gen 5 storage server line with E3.S flash drives and CXL memory expansion support aimed squarely at the HPC and ChatGPT-led AI/ML markets. The EDSFF’s E3.S form factor updates and replaces the U.2 2.5-inch drive format, inherited from the 2.5-inch disk drive days. Supermicro is supporting single AMD and dual Intel CPU […]
Cutting-edge SSDs and memory modules for larger memory volumes are being unveiled, but new infrastructure and better market conditions stand in the way of fast adoption. At this month’s Flash Memory Summit (FMS), vendors showcased new memory technologies including third-generation PCIe 5.0 SSDs from Kioxia, a 256 TB SSD from Samsung and new memory modules […]
Supermicro, Inc. offers a new VMware vSAN (virtual storage area network) solution optimized to run enterprise class hyperconverged virtualized workloads. This solution also uses the latest Intel AMX accelerator for artificial intelligence workloads. Compared to the Supermicro X11 BigTwin, benchmark testing conducted by Supermicro showed up to 4.7X higher IO throughput and 8.2X lower latency on […]