In the era of hybrid artificial intelligence, the demand for computing power is developing at an unprecedented speed, especially with the rapid development of generative AI, real-time interaction requires massive computing power support, and computing infrastructure has become the technical support and power engine for the development of artificial intelligence.
At the Lenovo Computing Infrastructure New Product Tasting Conference with the theme of "Intelligent Computing Unlimited and Full-Stack Intelligence", Zhou Tao, general manager of the server product department of Lenovo's China Infrastructure Business Group, believes that from the perspective of global value, computing power FAWIT, algorithm evolution, and data explosion are driving the further deepening of China's intelligent transformation. Lenovo continues to improve its AI-oriented infrastructure product portfolio and continuously optimize full-stack, full-cycle computing power products and services to fully meet the needs of customers in various industries for computing performance improvement and workloads.
Zhou Tao, General Manager of Server Product Department, Infrastructure Business Group, Lenovo China.
As the core equipment of computing infrastructure, the server plays a key role in computing. In recent years, the application scenarios in the Chinese market have promoted the rapid iterative upgrading of the underlying hardware foundation, which has put forward higher and more distinctive requirements for server technology innovation and product form. For Lenovo, the proposal and promotion of the dual-brand strategy is particularly timely.
Specific to product iteration, richness, Lenovo's response is faster and closer to the user, technological innovation capabilities are quickly presented, after the release of the fifth generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor, Lenovo Wentian and Lenovo thinksystem servers are upgraded across the board, and three series of products are released simultaneously.
From the details of a series of server technology innovation, you can feel Lenovo's intentions and advanced technological innovation capabilities for Chinese users.
Dual-brand promotion
Localization acceleration
There is no doubt that the key point of the server market in 2023 is local ecology and generative AI, according to IDC**, the total size of the Chinese artificial intelligence market in 2026 is expected to exceed 264$400 million.
Looking back at the beginning of the year, Lenovo released the dual-brand strategy of "Lenovo Wentian + Lenovo thinksystem", Chen Zhenkuan, vice president of Lenovo Group and general manager of the server division of Lenovo China's infrastructure business group, positioned "Lenovo Wentian" at that time: based on the leading domestic innovative technology, focusing on the individual needs of Chinese customers, and achieving the intelligent transformation of Chinese customers with the characteristics of "local innovation, agility and efficiency".
Although the start seems to be too late, Lenovo "Wentian" locks the AI track, and from the perspective of this year's landing, Lenovo Wentian is on the right direction and track, tailoring products for the efficient needs and energy consumption needs of Chinese customers.
First of all, improve the ecosystem to provide diverse computing power. In the process of continuously improving the ecological support for domestic technologies, Lenovo has passed the mutual certification of "software + hardware" full-ecosystem partners to provide customers with diverse computing power for different businesses and output full-stack capabilities.
According to Zhou Tao, Lenovo continues to improve the hardware ecology of domestic AI accelerator cards, supporting the introduction of mainstream AI accelerator cards and different forms of GPUs. At the same time, Lenovo Wentian's China team continues to optimize the XCLARITY management suite, and also works closely with more than 30 leading companies to support 337 domestic components and more than 30 domestic cloud OS versions.
Second, it responds quickly and provides customers with efficient computing power in different scenarios. On the one hand, Lenovo continues to enrich and expand its product matrix based on customer scenarios, and the V3 G3 series products cover general computing, heterogeneous computing, high-density storage, edge and other scenarios, and on the other hand, accelerate technological innovation and iteration. At the same time as Intel released the servers of the 5th generation Xeon Scalable processors, Lenovo upgraded the V3 G3 servers for the first time.
For example, Lenovo Wentian WR5220 G3 can support up to two 64-core, 385W TDP fifth-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, continuing the characteristics of high performance, high reliability, high expansion and low energy consumption. In addition, this product is equipped with 5600MTS high-performance DDR5 memory, low-latency and high-bandwidth NVMe and PCIe 50. and strong GPU performance, which can better meet the needs of computing power in the current intelligent era.
Lenovo Wentian WR5220 G3 server.
Third, modular and flexible configuration to meet customized needs. In new scenarios where digitalization is emerging, customized servers can better match server features with business needs, and improve computing power and energy efficiency through high computing density.
Wentian servers always uphold the leading performance in terms of performance, reliability and stability, as well as the dedication to high quality, and at the same time, through modular and flexible configuration of storage and IO, no overallocation and no waste, customized design according to business loads, so that customers can achieve the best return on investment (ROI).
Fourth, inherit the advantages of liquid cooling technology to provide green computing power. For example, in the field of education and scientific research, Lenovo uses warm water cooling technology to help Shanghai Jiao Tong University build the "Siyuan No. 1" high-performance computing cluster, which has a computing density of 5 times that of the general computing center, and the required computer room area is only 1 10 times that of the general computer room.
With the gradual update and release of a new generation of products, Lenovo's Wentian products will be able to work a wide range of workloads from small and medium-sized enterprises to hyperscale data centers.
In the final analysis, the words that go with change are always vitality and competitiveness.
Modular, customized
Lenovo Wentian server has put a lot of effort into it
In the past few years, during the field investigation of "Digital China Miles", it is not difficult to find that the 2U dual-socket general-purpose server has maintained a strong advantage in terms of versatility and expansion ability, and is the mainstream specification in the Chinese server market. The typical layout of a general-purpose server can be divided into three functional areas from front to back, which are storage, CPU and memory, expansion, and IO.
At this press conference, Yiqi Research Institute specially unboxed and appreciated Lenovo Wentian WR5220 G3 with Cai Xiang, senior manager of the general server product management department of Lenovo China's infrastructure business group, and experienced the differentiated design of the three functional areas from front to back in turn, and experienced the competitiveness of Lenovo Wentian.
Cai Xiang (left) explains the product highlights of Lenovo Wentian WR5220 G3.
From the outside, there is nothing special about Lenovo Wentian server, but in order to meet the user's needs for high performance, scalability, high reliability and low energy consumption, Lenovo has made a number of innovative designs inside the server.
First of all, as the basis for maintaining the normal operation of the server, the system cooling fan is located between the storage area and the CPU area, when the hard disk is fully loaded and the system is running, how to ensure the stable operation of the hard disk and improve the read and write performance, the fan design especially reflects the server design ability.
Lenovo Wentian adopts a "honeycomb" fan shock absorption and noise reduction system. **Honeycomb diamond-shaped structure, the thinnest diamond-shaped hole wall is only 0025 mm, the ventilation rate has increased by 30%. At the same time, through the first honeycomb diamond-shaped structure, the lightest and thinnest is ensured to isolate sound waves and reinforce at the same time. The design of the fan stiffener improves the structural strength of the fan and reduces vibration. Lenovo's exclusive patented "Optimized PID Control Noise Reduction Technology" controls the speed of the cooling fan to reduce noise and improve heat dissipation efficiency, which can effectively reduce the failure rate of hard drives by 5% and improve the running performance of hard drives by 20%.
In addition to the unique fan design, Lenovo also demonstrated its unique competitiveness in the CPU area through the "bionic heat sink design", the CPU heat sink adopts an L-shaped instead of the traditional straight up and straight down type, and the fin spacing is only 15 mm, fin thickness 03 mm. The principle of "bionic cat's claw radiator design" is that four heat pipes extend from the substrate like cat's claws through sweat glands for efficient heat dissipation, heat pipes evenly transfer heat to the fins, which greatly improves the CPU heat dissipation efficiency, and then through the vertical horizontal fin design, the air flow in the chassis is accurately controlled, which can increase the heat dissipation rate by 50%, achieve the optimal heat dissipation scheme, and ensure that the server can run efficiently and stably.
Second, Lenovo has improved the high performance of the server through thermal design, and in order to ensure reliability and stable operation of the business, Lenovo has put a lot of effort into the layout and design of the motherboard.
Lenovo has adopted the BIOS BMC "Gemini" design to achieve BMC decoupling, avoid long-term business interruption caused by BMC failure, and further ensure business continuity. In addition, the motherboard also uses the "Aegis" anti-overload system to prevent PCB overheating and 100% prevent overload burning. What's more worth mentioning is that Lenovo Wentian server products have been fully certified by the National Computer Quality Inspection and Inspection Center (NCTC) to escort the continuous operation of customers' business.
Third, in terms of improving power efficiency, Lenovo achieves precise control through the integration of software and hardware.
Lenovo has tailored the "Tornado" intelligent air duct power supply heat dissipation control system for the WR5220 G3 through a large number of ** and heat dissipation tests, which greatly improves the heat dissipation airflow control and heat dissipation efficiency of the chassis power supply, and improves the reliability of the power supply. At the software level, Lenovo has a built-in intelligent perception power management system, which detects the running status of the server in real time, accurately adjusts the power chip to work in areas with high load efficiency, and dynamically controls the number of power chips turned on, improving power efficiency and reducing power consumption.
Of course, Lenovo Wentian server also supports liquid cooling and air cooling, reducing total energy consumption by 40%;Combined with Lenovo's TruScale computing service, the overall TCO of customers can be reduced by 47%, providing customers with sustainable green computing power.
Based on Lenovo's unique and innovative design, the next-generation processor platform is able to deliver the best performance in the WR5220 G3 server. The Lenovo Wentian WR5220 G3 server has achieved a jump in high-performance computing power output: the performance is increased by 21% under the same TDP of general computing power, the performance per watt is increased by 10 times, and the performance of artificial intelligence is increased by up to 14 times. In addition to strong performance, the Lenovo Wentian WR5220 G3 server also has richer I.O. expansion capabilities, which can support up to 20 3.35 inch hard disk or 40 25-inch hard drives, and up to 32 NVMe SSDs, and can bring better TCO and cost performance for enterprise customers.
In terms of high reliability, Lenovo Wentian server has been recognized by national authoritative organizations, and has undergone nearly 20 rigorous tests in the four dimensions of the National Computer Quality Inspection and Testing Center (NCTC), and has obtained nearly 100 such authoritative certifications. Including anti-radiation interference, anti-high and low temperature, air pressure and humidity, anti-surge impact, anti-lightning, including the adaptability of the power supply, low noise, etc., so that users can use Lenovo servers without fear of any harsh environment and peace of mind.
Full-stack, all-intelligence
Meet the layout of enterprises from edge to cloud
ThinkSystem servers, Lenovo Wentian WR3220 G2 servers for small and medium-sized enterprises, and Lenovo intelligent edge cloud and edge hyper-converged all-in-one series for edge scenarios. Lenovo's edge hyper-converged appliance integrates deep integration of computing, storage, networking, and security functions, with high availability, simplified deployment, convenient management, and secure and reliable features, helping to diversify computing power from general to edge. The three series of products further enrich Lenovo's coverage from cloud to edge scenarios, and Lenovo continues to build AI-embedded intelligent terminals, AI-oriented infrastructure, and AI-native full-stack intelligent capabilities for solution services.
Yabin Dang, Director of Intelligent Edge Cloud Products and Solutions of Lenovo China Infrastructure Business Group and Intelligent Edge China Division.
In the process of quickly implementing the "Lenovo Wentian + Lenovo thinksystem" dual-brand strategy, Lenovo supports the scenario needs of different local customers in China through rich product lines, and delivers product solutions efficiently and agilely through modular design and software and hardware integration to meet the needs of Chinese localized customers for quality, efficiency and value.