Lenovo and AMD Forge New Frontiers in Hybrid AI to Deliver Unmatched Performance
- Launches AMD MI300X-powered ThinkSystem SR685a V3 8GPU server for intensive GenAI, LLM workloads
- Also introduces ThinkAgile MX455 V3 Edge Premier Solution, ThinkSystem SD535 V3, AI Professional Services
Bengaluru, April 30, 2024 – Lenovo Group (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) announced a comprehensive new
suite of purpose-built AI-centric infrastructure systems and solutions to
advance Hybrid AI innovation from edge to cloud. Lenovo is
delivering GPU-rich and thermally efficient solutions intended for
compute-intensive workloads across multiple environments and industries. In
industries such as financial services and healthcare, customers are managing
massive data sets that require extreme I/O bandwidth and Lenovo is providing
the IT infrastructure solutions vital to manage the critical data. Lenovo
TruScale offers unmatched flexibility and support, enabling seamless
integration of demanding AI workloads as-a-service. Backed by Lenovo
Professional Services, businesses can navigate the AI landscape with ease,
adapting to the evolving demands and opportunities of AI-driven enterprises.
"Lenovo proudly pioneers AI innovation with AMD's groundbreaking
MI300X 8-GPU server. With unparalleled capabilities to tackle large-scale GenAI
and LLM workloads, we're not just embracing AI evolution, we're driving it
forward,” said Sumir Bhatia, President, Asia Pacific, Lenovo
Infrastructure Solutions Group. “Our latest offerings, powered by AMD’s
cutting-edge technology, mark our commitment to leading the market. As CIOs
gear up for a 45% surge in AI investment, our comprehensive suite of
first-to-market AMD MI300X-powered solutions is ready to empower organizations
on their intelligent transformation journeys."
"Lenovo is at the forefront of AI-led
innovation, empowering businesses across India with Hybrid AI solutions. With
over 93% of Indian enterprises planning to invest in GenAI in 2024, it's
evident that AI adoption is on the rise. Recognizing the pivotal role AI plays
in gaining competitive advantage, we've collaborated with AMD to offer a
comprehensive suite of AI-centric systems and solutions,” added Amit
Luthra, MD - India, Lenovo ISG. “From accelerating insights in financial services to
enhancing healthcare capabilities, Lenovo leads the way in transformative
intelligence. Our latest ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile offerings, powered by AMD
technology, revolutionize AI deployment, delivering unprecedented performance
and efficiency across edge and cloud environments."
Accelerating the Most Compute Demanding AI Workloads
In collaboration with AMD, Lenovo is delivering the ThinkSystem SR685a
V3 8GPU server, bringing customers extreme performance for the most
compute-demanding AI workloads, inclusive of GenAI and Large Language Models
(LLM). The powerful solution provides fast acceleration, large memory, and
Input/Output bandwidth to handle huge data sets, needed for advances in the
financial services, healthcare, energy, climate science, and transportation
industries. The new ThinkSystem SR685a V3 is the optimal solution for both
enterprise private on-prem AI as well as for public AI cloud service
providers.
In critical and data-sensitive industries like financial services, the
ThinkSystem SR685a V3 is designed to help with fraud detection and
prevention and KYC (know your customer) initiatives, risk management,
credit issuance, wealth management, regulatory compliance, and forecasting. It
features 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Processors and AMD Instinct™ MI300X GPUs,
interconnected with AMD Infinity Fabric™ for 1.5TB HBM3 memory capacity and up
to 1TB/s GPU I/O bandwidth. Air-cooling enables sustained performance while
supporting NVIDIA’s HGXTM GPUs and future AMD CPU upgrades for flexibility.
Offering Rapid Scalability to
Pappaya Cloud
Commenting on the
development, Jagadeesh Venugopal, COO, Pappaya Cloud added, "As
a strategic partner of Lenovo and AMD, we are thrilled about the compute
potential of the SR685a V3 in addressing both current and future AI workload
requirements. The advanced capabilities of this 8GPU server, coupled with
Lenovo's innovative thermal solutions, clearly demonstrate cost-effective
AI-enabled offerings for the market. As a rapidly growing Cloud Solutions
Provider with the ambitious goal of capturing 2% of the global cloud market
within the next 3 years, we recognize the increasing significance of AI
workloads for customers worldwide. With a targeted deployment of over 5000
servers by 2025, we are proud to collaborate with AMD-Lenovo technology to
spearhead the AI revolution for our managed cloud services customer base."
One of the Most Powerful Edge for Azure Stack HCI Server on the Market
Lenovo is bringing AI inferencing and real-time data analysis to the
edge with the new Lenovo ThinkAgile MX455 V3 Edge Premier Solution with
AMD EPYCTM 8004 processors. This versatile AI-optimized
platform delivers new levels of AI, compute, and storage performance at the
edge with the best power efficiency of any Azure Stack HCI Solution.
Seamlessly integrating with on-premises and Azure cloud environments, it
enables reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) through streamlined lifecycle
management, accelerated software adoption, and an enriched customer experience.
Ideal for retail, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors, key features include
automation for reduced management overhead, Lenovo Open Cloud Automation
(LOC-A) for rapid deployment and cloud-based management via Azure Arc-enabled
architecture, single-point support for maintenance efficiency, and continuous
testing and automated updates validated by Microsoft and Lenovo to enhance
security, reliability, and minimize downtime.
Solving for Compute compute-intensive workloads
Lenovo and AMD are unveiling a multi-node, high-performance, thermally
efficient server designed to maximize performance per rack for intensive
transaction processing. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SD535 V3 is
a 1S/1U half-width server node powered by a single 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor
and is engineered to maximize processing power and thermal efficiency for
workloads including cloud computing and virtualization at scale, big data
analytics, high-performance computing, and real-time e-commerce transactions
for businesses of all sizes.
“At AMD, we believe AI is the single, most transformational technology
over the last 50 years, and with India ranking among the top nations when it
comes to adoption of AI in its workforce, the importance of the technology in
driving business growth is undeniable,” said Vinay Sinha, Managing
Director, Sales, India, AMD. “Together with Lenovo, we are accelerating AI
transformation for the enterprise in multiple manners – helping guide customers
through this monumental shift in computing, while providing robust end-to-end
solutions at scale. We are thrilled to work with Lenovo to expand their
portfolio with the AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators, empowering enterprises and
making the benefits of the technology pervasive.”
Simplifying the AI Experience with Professional Services
To empower businesses and accelerate success with AI adoption, Lenovo
has introduced with immediate availability Lenovo AI Advisory and Professional
Services that offer a breadth of services, solutions and platforms. These are
designed to help businesses of all sizes navigate the AI landscape, find the
right solutions to put AI to work for their organizations quickly,
cost-effectively and at scale, bringing AI from concept to reality. The
practice can be broken into a five-step process:
The practice is broken into a five-step process: AI Discovery; AI
Advisory; AI Fast Start; AI Deploy and Scale; and AI Manage. In this process,
Lenovo first assesses the organization’s AI readiness, across security, people,
technology, and processes, basis which they recommend the most effective AI
adoption and management plan that aligns with the organization’s objectives.
Further to this, Lenovo’s experts design and build critical AI elements, deploy
tools and frameworks for AI implementation, and offer guidance to maintain,
manage, and optimize the AI system. Lastly, Lenovo partners with customers to
support IT deployments for their lifetime and continuously cultivates and
qualifies an ecosystem of AI Innovators so that AI use cases can
grow with AI maturity.
With Lenovo AI Advisory and
Professional Services, customers can leverage the support of proven expert
teams to mitigate the complexity of AI implementation and see real business
outcomes fast. Through a combination of end-to-end services, hardware, and AI
applications, Lenovo empowers customers to succeed at every stage of their AI
journey. By simplifying the rollout of AI, we make AI accessible to
organizations of all sizes and enabling transformative intelligence across all
industries.
For more information, visit https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/servers-storage/alliance/amd/
About Lenovo
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