Global server manufacturer MSI has displayed its newest GPU and CXL memory expansion servers at SC23 in Denver last week. These data center servers are powered by AMD EPYC and 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs. These new severs feature liquid cooling.
“Data center compute performance has improved due to the exponential expansion in demands for both machine- and human-generated data. Liquid cooling has become a major trend to meet this need,” said Danny Hsu, General Manager of Enterprise Platform Solutions. "A well-balanced hardware basis for contemporary data centers is provided by MSI's server systems. These platforms may be customized to meet the needs of certain workloads, enhancing performance and following the trend of liquid cooling."
Flexible GPU Solutions for HPC and AI
With a focus on the AI and HPC areas, MSI offers a wide range of new GPU solutions with four to eight GPUs. Up to eight double-wide PCIe 5.0 x16 slots for high-performance GPU cards and two single-wide PCIe 5.0 x16 expansion slots are supported by this 4U supercomputer, the G4201 server system. The G4201 platform would offer exceptional heterogeneous computing capabilities for a range of GPU-based scientific high-performance computing, generative artificial intelligence, and inference applications. It is powered by twin 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors and 32 DDR4 DIMMs. For added usefulness, the server system also has twelve 2.5-inch drive bays.
The G4101 server system is intended for workloads involving AI inference computation. It has twelve DDR5 RDIMM slots, four PCIe 5.0 triple slots for GPU cards, two PCIe 5.0 full-height full-length extension slots, and twelve front 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe disk bays. It supports a single AMD EPYC 9004 Series processor with a liquid cooling module.
Conversely, the G3101 server system, a 3U single-socket chassis, can hold eight DDR4 DIMMs, six 2.5-inch tool-less disk bays, and up to four high-performance GPU cards. The G3101 platform, which is equipped with an integrated liquid cooling feature and is powered by a single AMD EPYCTM 7003 Series CPU, would be a perfect workhorse for data centers and companies.
New CXL Memory Expansion Servers
The S1301 and S2302, two Compute Express Link (CXL) memory extension servers from MSI, are designed for in-memory databases and data-intensive applications. The S1301, a 1U server chassis, has two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, ten PCIe 5.0 x8 E3.S CXL drive bays, and 24 DDR5 DIMM slots to accommodate dual-socket AMD EPYC 9004 series CPUs. This platform may increase the memory capacity by up to 11TB by adding CXL memory.
Meanwhile, 32 DDR5 DIMM slots, five PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, and dual-socket 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs are included in the S2302, a 2U server chassis. With two ES3.S PCIe 5.0 SSD ports and eight E3.S CXL drive bays, this system can increase its memory capacity by up to 12TB.
