This last suggests there is an opportunity for AMD or some other graphics vendor (Intel?) to make a socketed GPU solution that could result in some interesting market share changes and performance improvements.įor now, we’ll call this a missed opportunity. They’ll have issues, given that GPUs are delivered as socketed parts. It is interesting to note that Lenovo showcased both what DreamWorks was using - a four-socket Intel server - and what the next generation was likely to look like - two AMD sockets and up to 4 GPU accelerators. The rack-optimized ThinkStation PX provides flexibility for use in both desktop and data center environments, enabling a convenient transition between the two. They tend to be excessively noisy, making them undesirable places to work. If you’ve never been in one, a typical server room sounds like you are inside a windstorm or vacuum cleaner. While it still has some air-cooled components like power supplies, the plan is to make them water-cooled, eventually promising a nearly dead-quiet server room. The resulting servers run much more quietly and make the server room more tech-friendly than is usually the case. Over the years, Lenovo has developed better and faster water connections, pivoting connections that allow for easy maintenance. With warm water cooling, you don’t need a water chiller, making it far less expensive to put in, and you don’t get condensate, which can create corrosion issues. It still amazes me that warm water cooling is unique to Lenovo, given its massive performance and cost advantages. This unique approach, developed at IBM, resulted in excess of 30% energy savings for DreamWorks’ render farm and won the company several environmental awards, according to DreamWorks. Warm Water CoolingĭreamWorks indicated that it switched to Lenovo servers because they could be cooled with warm water. But for those who need ultimate performance, to my knowledge, there is nothing more powerful until an anticipated dual-socket AMD Threadripper offering shows up. Your electric bill increase will be substantial if you leave that workstation running. So, if you want unbelievable levels of power, you’ll likely have to pull a 20-amp dedicated circuit so you can plug in the thing.
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Frankly, it had me at Aston Martin workstation because, while it is doubtful I’ll ever be able to afford the car, the workstation is something I could buy.Īs noted above, the most high-performance configuration has two of Intel’s most powerful professional CPUs and four of Nvidia’s most powerful professional GPUs, which, together, require a 20-amp dedicated circuit to run.
Like BMW, which HP has used for workstations in the past, Aston Martin is good at blending clean external design with optimized airflow to create an attractive, high-performance, air-cooled workstation platform. Not because Q, James Bond’s armorer, had a fondness for those cars (there is an interesting backstory here), but because, like Porsche and BMW, Aston Martin has become a design house that can be contracted to design other things.įrom left: ThinkStation PX, P7, P5 (Image Credit: Lenovo) Lenovo’s early recognition of the unique performance advantage of AMD’s Threadripper platform resulted in Lenovo taking over market leadership of high-end servers, which turned out to be another brilliant move by the company.Īston Martin co-designed the workstations Lenovo launched last week. A significant advantage with either system would, or apparently did, cause DreamWorks to flip to Lenovo instead.įrom talking to DreamWorks, it was likely the servers, not the workstations, that forced the switch. But when Meg Whitman split the company, neither HPC nor HP could make blended workstation bids. What prompted this column was a workstation announcement at DreamWorks, which was once the old HP’s most prominent reference account. We’ll close with my Product of the Week, GrammarlyGO, a solution that adds generative AI to its automated editing product line. Let’s talk about some of the ways Lenovo has found to move around its competitors, which has resulted in its gaining share and generally being ranked as number one in an increasing number of categories. They pull so much power that you’d likely need your desk or home office rewired to run the thing. They are impressive performers, using up to two of Intel’s most powerful CPUs and up to four of Nvidia’s most powerful professional graphics cards. Even its smartphone unit, Motorola, seems to have recovered, and in servers and PCs, Lenovo is a true force to reckon with.īut last week, Lenovo launched a new line of ThinkStation workstations co-designed with Aston Martin that expanded its lead in that market.
Lenovo has been hitting it out of the park of late.
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