Advantech is releasing a suite of motherboards, servers and network appliances that feature built-in accelerators to meet performance and sustainability objectives. The high-performance products are designed to address the increasing edge computing needs of equipment vendors, service providers and enterprises.
New 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors deliver unprecedented performance and scalability with higher core count, memory bandwidth and I/O capacity. Leveraging Advantech’s hardware design expertise, the new motherboards, servers and network appliances accelerate industrial, communications and enterprise workloads, while meeting challenging density, efficiency and environmental deployment needs at the edge.
The processors feature up to 52 cores, eight channels of DDR5 memory and 80 lanes of PCIe 5.0. Built-in accelerators improve throughput for fast-growing edge AI, networking, security, storage and HPC workloads, delivering highly-optimised platforms to achieve sustainability goals. Selected configurations are immediately available for lead customer evaluation.
Advantech solutions provide high reliability, including advanced platform management based on in-house BMC development, long life cycles for embedded industrial and telecom customers, global logistics with local support and strong co-creation partnerships for shorter time to market and reduced risks.
“We are very excited by the impressive innovations Intel brought to its latest generation high-end prestigious processor with a focus on performance and energy efficiency,” said Magic Pao, AVP Industrial Cloud & Video Group, Advantech.
“Our customers are demanding greener solutions but still need to cope with increasing computing and connectivity needs. The new platforms based on 4th Gen Intel Xeon processor definitively help us take one step further in fulfilling our mission of enabling a more intelligent and sustainable planet.”
Motherboards, server enable next-gen machine vision and deep learning
Advantech has introduced four new motherboards and a server to enable next-generation machine vision, deep learning or video analytics applications for the industrial, medical and IoT markets. They leverage greater 4th Gen Intel Xeon processor bandwidth with support for PCIe 5.0 to maximise GPU density. Combined with built-in acceleration from Intel Deep Learning Boost with new Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions, the new range provides impressive AI inference performance compared to previous generation solutions.
The four new motherboards include ATX, EATX and proprietary form factors and can integrate up to four double-deck GPU cards. The motherboards can be delivered as fully integrated systems in the Advantech HPC server chassis. The new SKY-620V3 edge AI server based on the dual 4th Gen Intel Xeon processor supports up to six double-deck and two single-deck GPU cards for maximum AI performance, in a 2U 760 mm depth system. All Advantech industrial and edge AI solutions feature 10-year life-cycle support and revision control for embedded customers.
Servers for the network edge and Open RAN
For the network edge and Open RAN, the SKY-8134S-11 and SKY-820V3 servers provide solution vendors, system integrators and service providers with a powerful tool to optimise the access network while meeting 5G and beyond traffic, signal processing and AI computing needs. The SKY-8134S-11 is an innovative and unique in-the-market chip-down server that improves Open RAN DU performance, density, energy efficiency and cost. It integrates up to 12 25GbE and two 100GbE ports for front-haul and mid-haul connectivity with PTP, SyncE and GNSS for high precision time synch, in an ultra-short 1U 290mm depth form factor that preserves all the carrier-grade features of previous generations to meet NEBS-3 requirements. The SKY-820V3 is a dual socket, 2U short-depth server that maximises PCIe density to integrate high-performance accelerators. Its compact design makes it ideal to consolidate network edge workloads with the objective of improving infrastructure efficiency.
For next-generation hyper-converged infrastructure and storage, Advantech’s upgraded server range leverages increased 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor capacity, including fastest data mobility between compute, storage and networking layers thanks to hardware-enabled Intel Data Streaming Accelerator (Intel DSA). These single and multi-node designs are trusted by leading hyper-converged infrastructure, backup and recovery solution providers to meet increasing data centre latency and computing needs. They maximise storage performance and help build solid data centre solutions for next-generation digital enterprise needs.
High-end networking devices
For enterprise networking and security, the new FWA-5072, FWA-6072 and FWA-6172 high-end appliances based on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors improve network security application throughput, featuring built-in Intel QuickAssist Technology for compression and encryption acceleration. The platforms deliver unprecedented performance, memory and I/O capabilities with up to 104 latest generation Intel Xeon cores, 4TB of DDR5 DIMMs and 8 PCIe 5.0 based Network Mezzanine Cards (NMC). Density is also improved with a shorter 600mm depth chassis. In addition, the systems provide internal PCIe slots to integrate additional acceleration, including the option of a dual-deck GPU card in the FWA-6172.
Advantech network appliances have been designed from the ground up for maximum reliability and stability. Advanced platform management features such as dual redundant BIOS and FW images and support for fail-safe updates combined with advanced thermal and mechanical design, make them the platform of choice to run business-critical network security applications.
The new platforms will be generally available during 2H 2023.
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Article courtesy of Advantech.
