Arm is Challenging and Compelling for AI, Cloud, and Edge

GIGABYTE Servers for Arm Developers

Arm is the future of computing that is going to move from the cloud to the edge and the computational power from NVIDIA GPU that can also bring AI to the edge. GIGABYTE G242-P32, a custom and niche server designed especially for the NVIDIA Arm HPC Developer Kit for developers interested in utilizing the Arm platform with NVIDIA HPC SDK suite of tools. The purpose built G242-P32 with an Ampere® Altra® processor, NVIDIA Ampere A100 Tensor Core GPU and two NVIDIA Bluefield-2 E-Series DPUs can provide quick and easy bring-up and a stable environment for accelerated code execution and evaluation, performance analysis, system experimentation, and system characterization.

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Why Ampere® Altra® based Server?

  • performance
    Performance Boost

    80 cores and 128 PCIe lanes demands data to be processed quickly and more jobs are done at the same time.

  • high_efficiency
    Architecture Efficiency

    The high core count eliminates the need for a costly dual CPU (x86) server and balances performance and power efficiency.

  • expansion
    Aggregate Powerhouse

    Ideal for the cloud and edge where multiple, simultaneous jobs and consistent performance are essential.

  • samrt_quick
    Superhighway of Data

    Utilizing the latest in PCIe4.0 and 128 PCIe lanes allows faster throughput in GPUs, storage and networking.

  • green
    Green Savings

    Best in class performance/watt, Ampere® Altra® continues to increase value while driving down TCO.

  • friendly
    Cooperation

    GIGABYTE has developed with Arm systems for almost 10 years. Servers will be ready fast fast TTM and product offerings.

Further Reading

[FAQ] Are all the GIGABYTE servers for Ampere® Altra® available in the market?

GIGABYTE has a rich product line of servers designed for the Ampere® Altra® processors. GIGABYTE is releasing the new severs in tandem with the launch of Ampere chips, and all customers should be able to find one that is perfect for their needs. The first wave of new products for Ampere® Altra® processors are the standard form factor design, and capable to meet the needs of customer's development. To receive the latest technology, please visit GIGABYTE Where To Buy page to pre-order.

[FAQ] What OS is supported on these Ampere Altra servers?

64bit Linux. And all the distros one would expect: Ubuntu v18.04 LTS & 20.04 LTS, Debian v10.4, Suse SLES v SLES15 SP2 & SP3, CentOs v8, RHeL v8.3, and Oracle Linux v7.9 & 8.0 However, there is no support for Linux 32.

[FAQ] What drives are supported in the new Ampere® Altra® servers?

GIGABYTE offers a wide range of product options with severs that have support for 3.5" & 2.5" HDD/SSD and hybrid NVMe U.2 drives. With GIGABYTE's superior design, the servers we produce outperform the competition. Thanks to the flexible design of the M.2 expansion slots on the server motherboard, the OS data caching design allows the entire group of drives to easily form a single RAID Group. Thus, it increases the flexibility of storage capacity configurations and allows drives to be dedicated to data access and protection. GIGABYTE servers' HDD/SSD bays also feature a tool-less design that avoids the need for tools in order to install drives.

[FAQ] What memory configurations are supported in the new Ampere® Altra® based servers?

Speeds up to 3200MHz are supported, and RDIMM and LRDIMM modules up to 256GB each. A single socket server can have a memory capacity of 4TB using 256GB modules.

[Video] Ampere® Altra® Based Arm64 Solution: All New High-Performance Server Platform

Chief Product Officer of Ampere Computing: Jeff Wittich introduce the new Ampere® Altra® Based Arm64 Solution