During Computex 2021 in Taipei, though the occasion is all-digital as a result of Coronavirus pandemic, GIGABYTE Server has showcased its newly revised MZ72-HBO dual-socket motherboard with assist for AMD’s third technology EPYC 7003 processors. The GIGABYTE Server MZ72-HBO boasts assist for as much as 128 cores and 256 threads (64c/128t per socket), twin 10 GbE Base-T Ethernet, as much as Four TB of DDR4-3200 reminiscence, and 5 full-length PCIe 4.Zero slots.
In the server workspace, the use case for high-core depend processors consists of knowledge facilities, cloud computing, and MPI parallel programming. This is the place the GIGABYTE Server MZ72-HB0 is available in, with assist for as much as 280 W TDP chips. This means it might probably assist a most of 128-cores and 256 threads of highly effective Zen Three EPYC 7003 goodness throughout each AMD SP3 sockets. Each of the SP3 sockets consists of eight reminiscence slots (sixteen in complete), with assist for as much as 2 TB of DDR4-3200 reminiscence per processor working in eight-channel, with RDIMM, LRDIMM, and 3DS reminiscence sorts all supported.
The GIGABYTE Server MZ72-HB0 Revision 3.Zero boasts all kinds of options, together with a lot of storage, with one PCIe 4.Zero x4 M.2 slot, 4 7-pin SATA ports, and three SlimSAS ports providing assist for both twelve SATA or three PCIe 4.Zero U.2 NVMe drives. Included on the board is an ASPEED AST2500 BMC controller, which permits entry to GIGABYTE’s Management Console (GMC), and features a Gigabit Management LAN port for distant entry. Other networking functionality features a pair of 10 GbE Base-T LAN ports powered by a Broadcom BCM57416 controller. On the decrease portion of the board are 5 full-length PCIe 4.Zero slots that may function at x16/x16/x16/x8/x8, whereas I/O on the rear panel consists of two USB 3.0, a COM port, and a D-sub video output for the BMC.
At the time of writing, we’re uncertain when the GIGABYTE Server MZ72-HB0 shall be accessible at retail, nonetheless the corporate has began channel distributions and we even have a evaluation unit in-house on our Milan test-bench. However, the earlier MZ72-HB0 (revision 1.0) mannequin with assist for EPYC 7002 processors retails between $700 and $900 relying on the retailer. Due to this, we anticipate the newer revision 3.Zero mannequin to fall in the same value bracket.
Source: GIGABYTE Server
