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Lenovo and AMD forge new frontiers in hybrid AI to deliver unmatched performance

Published on : Wednesday 01-05-2024

Launches AMD MI300X-powered ThinkSystem SR685a V3 8GPU server for intensive GenAI, LLM workloads.

Bengaluru, April 30, 2024 – Lenovo Group has 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, revolutionise AI deployment, delivering unprecedented performance and efficiency across edge and cloud environments."

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.

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