8 AMD Ryzen AM5 nodes in one chassis
Yesterday, NVIDIA showed off its MGX HPC server design, reworking an older rack-mount chassis design to accommodate the latest components. Now we can see another design exclusive to AMD, the Supermicro MicroCloud 3U chassis designed to run multiple nodes in a single enclosure. The reason for the 3U form factor is that it has eight independent single-socket AMD Ryzen AM5 nodes mounted vertically, giving plenty of room for your components and two of his 3.5-inch bays.
Internal connectivity between nodes is handled by unique high-density connectors, with a choice of 1GbE, 10GbE, or 25GbE LOMs for external communication. Each node has one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot and M.2 port, with ECC or non-ECC DDR5 DIMMs up to 128 GB, not to mention two SATA ports for drives on the front.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about the Supermicro MicroCloud is its ability to handle Ryzen 7000 processors with up to 170W TDP. That’s a much higher TDP than many other similar offerings, and it speaks well to the cooling performance of being able to handle eight hot-ish processors in this small footprint. For more information, please visit Serve The Home.
