Servers with Intel Sapphire Rapids Processors
Nor-Tech’s high-performance servers fully optimize Intel® Sapphire Rapids 4th Gen Xeon® Scalable processors They deliver incredible performance, memory, I/O, resource manageability features to support workload consolidation, and new AI instructions for deep learning training and inference.
Key Features of Sapphire Rapids 4th Gen Xeon
Performance:
- Up to 52 cores/sockets on IoT SKUs with the overall Intel product lineup offering SKUs up to 60 cores
- Socket scalability with support for 1S or 2S platforms
Accelerated AI
- Intel AMX accelerates a variety of DL inference and training workloads with BF16 and INT8 data type support
- Optimized for industry-relevant frameworks and libraries
- Support for the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit to accelerate AI inferencing workloads
Memory and I/O
- Up to eight channels DDR5 per CPU, up to 16 DIMMs per socket, and up to 4,800 MT/s (1DPC) or 4,400 MT/s (1 and 2DPC)
- Up to 80 lanes of PCIe 5.0 on the CPU with up to three Intel UPI 2.0 links at up to 16 GT/s
- Up to 20 lanes PCIe 3.0 on the PCH with up to 20x SATA 3 ports and up to 10x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) ports
- CXL 1.1 for coherent interconnects between CPUs and accelerators or external devices
- Validated for Intel Optane™ Persistent Memory 300 Series
Virtualization and manageability
- Intel SST available on select SKUs for enhanced control over CPU performance to help optimize TCO
- Intel RDT to enable monitoring and control over shared resources
- Intel Scalable IOV for efficient resource allocation across VMs, containers, and functions
- Support for shared virtual memory
Greater security
- Intel SGX for trusted memory enclaves within applications
- Intel TME to encrypt top-security data in memory with a small performance overhead
- Intel PFR for firmware resilience and platform integrity
Storage
- Intel Volume Management Device 3.0 (Intel VMD 3.0) for storage aggregation with robust hot-plug capability and LED management
- Intel Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel VROC)
Software
- Cross-architecture support with Intel oneAPI toolkit
- Multiple OS support: Windows Server 2022/2019 LTSC; Windows 10 (CSME or SPS FW); Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 LTS, 8.5, and later; SUSE Enterprise Linux SLE 15 SP3 and later; Ubuntu 21.10, 22.04 LTS and later; Alibaba Cloud Linux; VMware ESXi
Value-maximizing deployments
- Long-life manufacturing availability, 2 supporting products that have extended certification and life cycles
- High-reliability, long-use SKUs
Try Before You Commit
Sapphire Rapids 4th Gen Xeon processors are integrated on our demo cluster:
Ready to go with your project!
Receive a sharable report that specifies the improved performance and cost/benefit of running your project on Nor-Tech’s expertly integrated Sapphire Rapids servers. Quantify how the results compare with what you are using now and other alternatives on the market–in terms of performance/dollar. Experts agree that Sapphire Rapids is the smart choice for mid-range HPC servers:
To sign up for a demo, visit: https://www.nor-tech.com/solutions/hpc/demo-cluster/ or call 952-808-1000/toll free: 877-808-1010.
Read the Intel Sapphire Rapids 4th Gen Xeon Product Brief (link to Product Brief)
