Supermicro Introduces ARM-based Servers Using Ampere Processors

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As part of an extended product range, server vendor Supermicro has announced the addition of a new series of ARM-based servers to their MegaDC family. The Mt. Hamilton platform, which targets cloud-native applications like cloud gaming, video-on-demand, CDN, IaaS, database, object-storage, dense VDI, and Telco Edge (Distributed Unit and Centralized Unit) solutions, uses Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max processors and a single, unified motherboard design.

Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer at Ampere
“In collaboration with Supermicro, Mt. Hamilton brings Ampere’s dense, efficient compute to a broad set of use cases from the central cloud to the distributed edge,” said Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer at Ampere.

With a single socket motherboard, an Ampere Altra or Altra Max CPU, up to 128 cores per server (currently the highest core count in the server industry), up to 4TB of DDR4 memory, and a modular design supporting unmatched options for max I/O, PCIe, and storage, Supermicro’s MegaDC ARM-based product lines use a Building Block design.

“Supermicro continues to bolster our product line by introducing ARM-based servers, using the Ampere Altra and Altra Max CPUs,” said Ivan Tay, Senior Vice President of Product Management at Supermicro. “Expanding our already broad server product line gives customers even more choices for their specific workloads. We can quickly offer optimized application servers for customers worldwide using our Building Block Solutions approach.”

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The Supermicro MegaDC product line offers a variety of servers with a single Ampere Altra or Altra Max CPU, in a 1U or 2U form size, with up to 24x 2.5” U.2 NVMe hot-swappable SSDs or up to four double-width GPUs. Also included in the systems is redundant 25GbE SFP28 Ethernet networking powered by NVIDIA Mellanox CX4.

The Supermicro ARM-based series of servers has received certification up to 35°C (95°F) ambient temperature for enterprise applications and 55°C (131°F) for edge applications due to its very effective air-cooling design.

“In collaboration with Supermicro, Mt. Hamilton brings Ampere’s dense, efficient compute to a broad set of use cases from the central cloud to the distributed edge,” said Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer at Ampere. “Leveraging Ampere’s Cloud Native processors, Mt. Hamilton enables 2-3X more performance per rack on common cloud native workloads, helping customers better meet the scalability demands of the cloud now and in the future.”