Companies combine
engineering and design
expertise for next
generation systems supporting
Gen AI and HPC workloads for
on-prem and cloud
data centers and the
promotion of green IT
KAWASAKI, Japan and SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Limited and Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ:
SMCI), today announced they will collaborate to establish a
long-term strategic engagement in technology and business, to
develop and market a platform with Fujitsu's future
Arm-based "FUJITSU-MONAKA" processor that is designed for
high-performance and energy efficiency and targeted for release in
2027. In addition, the two companies will also collaborate on
developing liquid-cooled systems for HPC, Gen AI, and
next-generation green data centers.
"Supermicro is excited to collaborate with Fujitsu to deliver
state-of-the-art servers and solutions that are high performance,
power efficient, and cost-optimized," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro.
"These systems will be optimized to support a broad range of
workloads in AI, HPC, cloud and edge environments. The two
companies will focus on green IT designs with energy-saving
architectures, such as liquid cooling rack scale PnP, to minimize
technology's environmental impact."
As the use of AI continues to grow, demand for data center
capacity is rising faster than what can be supplied, and one of the
biggest challenges is efficiently meeting growing power consumption
requirements. Liquid cooling technology innovation has already made
Supermicro an industry leader in shipping liquid cooling solutions
today. A key focus will be bringing together Fujitsu and Supermicro
expertise to further develop rack-scale liquid cooling
solutions.
Fujitsu and Supermicro will combine their technical
capabilities and world-class global reach to offer a market-leading
server portfolio. Supermicro's Building Block approach to server
design enables a wide range of servers to be quickly built and
certified for specific workloads across AI/HPC and general-purpose
computing domains in deployments from cloud data centers to edge
applications.
In addition, by integrating Fujitsu's cutting-edge
"FUJITSU-MONAKA" processor, the two companies will
realize excellent performance and power efficiency while also
pursuing high reliability, security, and ease of use with wide
software compatibility, thereby empowering customers to implement
green AI infrastructure. FUJITSU-MONAKA is a processor based on the
Arm instruction set architecture, employing cutting-edge
2-nanometer technology and is set to be delivered in 2027. This new
technology applied to the FUJITSU-MONAKA is based on results
obtained from a project subsidized by the New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
The collaboration will also extend to Fsas Technologies Inc., a
Fujitsu subsidiary, which will provide AI platform-based generative
AI solutions globally that combine Supermicro's GPU server
products and implementation support services for data center
operators and enterprises.
"The collaboration between Fujitsu and Supermicro is a
groundbreaking initiative that will accelerate green computing
innovation," said Vivek Mahajan,
Corporate Vice President, CTO, and CPO, Fujitsu. "By combining
our technologies, we will enable high-performance, energy-efficient
AI system infrastructure, driving the evolution of AI and Digital
Transformation (DX)."
As a provider of information and communication technology
services and data center infrastructure, Fujitsu and Supermicro
believe that promoting a green AI infrastructure that reduces power
consumption and environmental impact in data centers is a top
priority.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu's purpose is to make the world more sustainable by
building trust in society through innovation. As the digital
transformation partner of choice for customers in over 100
countries, our 124,000 employees work to resolve some of the
greatest challenges facing humanity. Our range of services and
solutions draw on five key technologies: Computing, Networks, AI,
Data & Security, and Converging Technologies, which we bring
together to deliver sustainability transformation. Fujitsu Limited
(TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 3.7 trillion yen (US$26
billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 and remains the top digital
services company in Japan by
market share. Find out more: www.fujitsu.com.
About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in
Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in
San Jose, California, Supermicro
is committed to delivering first to market innovation for
Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are
transforming into a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI,
storage, IoT, and switch systems, software, and services while
delivering advanced high-volume motherboard, power, and chassis
products. The products are designed and manufactured in-house (in
the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations
for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce
environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio
of Server Building Block Solutions® allows customers to optimize
for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad
family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building
blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors,
processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power and cooling
solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid
cooling).
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and is subject to change without advance notice.
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