2,880 CPU Cores Crammed Up on Single Supermicro TwinBlade Server Rack

Latest-gen cloud-type deployments typically require some pretty solid data center hardware in the background, and for this reason, the people over at Super Micro computer, a very well-known server technology manufacturer, have just announced the launch of two new AMD Opteron 6100 Series processor-based SuperBlade modules, namely a new TwinBlade and a new 4-way blade, both of which have been optimized to support the latest 12-core AMD Opteron 6100 Series (Socket G34) processors for up 2,880 CPU cores in a standard 42U rack. The TwinBlade doubles the number of dual-processor (DP) compute nodes per 7U enclosure to 20 and is available with dual 40Gb/s QDR InfiniBand switches, combining a 94% power supply efficiency with Supermicro's thermal and cooling system designs to deliver a very good system performance-per-watt, making it an exceptionally green, and power-efficient server solution for customers. When powered by new 12-core AMD Opteron 6100 Series (Socket G34) processors, the TwinBlade enables up to 2,880 processing cores, 240 SATA drives and 15TB of DDR3 memory per 42U rack. Supermicro's enterprise-class SuperBlade features quad-processor blades for maximum density, performance, scalability and flexibility, as well as up to 10 four-socket server blades within a single 7U enclosure, which means that this new 4-way SuperBlade SBA-7142G-T4 also supports up to 2,880 AMD Opteron processor cores, 240 SATA drives and 15TB of DDR3 memory per 42U rack. "Supermicro's Twin architecture that not only doubles the number of nodes in a single blade enclosure but also improves the performance-per-watt, providing an excellent solution for datacenter, cloud computing and HPC applications," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Because our SuperBlade is easy to deploy, easy to use, and offers the best price-to-performance and profit potential available to our customers, it won the Best Blade Solution award at this year's BladeSystems Insight and was ranked number one by CRN in its cover story entitled Blades of Glory, which was a head-to-head competition among the major brands," Mr. Liang added. "AMD has a long history of working closely with Supermicro to deliver HPC solutions designed to address customers' demands, specifically the balance of performance and power efficiency," David Kenyon, Corporate VP of Worldwide Channel Marketing, AMD, commented. "By delivering more cores and more memory, for less money, AMD is driving the HPC community forward and delivering improved value to businesses of all sizes through key partners like Supermicro," concluded Mr. Kenyon.