At the International Conference on High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC24) held from November 17 to 22, Dell officially launched a range of new products and services aimed at helping enterprises overcome challenges encountered in adopting generative AI and large language models (LLMs). Varun Chhabra, Senior Vice President of Infrastructure and Telecom Product Marketing at Dell, stated that the main issues businesses face when applying AI include data quality, costs, energy consumption, and sustainability.
Analyst Dave Vellante pointed out that companies need to effectively leverage their data to maintain a competitive edge in a fierce digital environment. Dell's AI infrastructure, solutions, and services are designed to meet this demand, helping businesses better manage data, extract insights, automate tasks, and improve processes.
At the conference, Dell introduced three new servers focused on AI workloads: the PowerEdge XE7740 and PowerEdge XE9685L, along with an upgrade to the Integrated Rack 5000 (IR5000) series. The PowerEdge XE7740 is equipped with Xeon6 processors, suitable for inference and fine-tuning, and features eight front-facing PCIe slots for high-speed GPU interconnectivity. Chhabra believes this is the best platform for businesses to start adopting AI.
Another model, the PowerEdge XE9685L, can support up to 96 NVIDIA Tensor Core H200 or B200 GPUs per rack, meeting the demands for high-density computing, especially suitable for AI training. Dell also introduced a new plug-and-play solution, the Integrated Rack 5000 series, which supports liquid and air cooling and can accommodate 96 GPUs, while being compatible with the upcoming NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell NVL4 super chip.
Additionally, the latest version of Dell's data lake house supports unified access control between the Trino query engine and the Apache Spark processing system, making data processing more efficient. Dell is also collaborating closely with NVIDIA in AI infrastructure, planning to support NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs, including the H200SXM cloud GPU, by the end of the year.
Finally, Dell launched a range of new services, including data management services, sustainable data center services, AI network design services, and implementation services for ServiceNow Assist, aimed at helping businesses achieve more efficient AI applications and data utilization.
Key Points:
🌐 Dell launched new AI infrastructure at the SC24 conference to help enterprises tackle AI adoption challenges.
💪 The released PowerEdge servers possess powerful computing capabilities, focusing on meeting AI workload demands.
🌱 Dell introduced multiple services to support enterprises in achieving sustainability and intelligent transformation.
