American technology company International Business Machines (IBM) on Tuesday announced their next generation servers. These will consist of a new system called Power11 and a server line. According to IBM, these are set to have a higher power efficiency compared to rivals, and will simplify AI operations for businesses.
The Power11 is set to be IBM’s first major update to the power chip line since 2020, where the company rolled out the Power10 manufactured by Samsung. It will comprise IBM’s updated power system, which is an integrated package of chips and software. Tom McPherson, general manager of power systems at IBM, said that this integrated package would lead to an improved performance in terms of reliability and security.
The latest offering from IBM closely resembles NVIDIA’s system structure. However, IBM does not view itself as a competitor to NVIDIA, but is instead focusing on the simplification of productive AI for businesses.
The company claims the system will not need any planned down-time for software updates, and will have a total unplanned down-time of below 30 seconds per annum. This translates to an up-time of 99.9999 percent. To achieve this, IBM will use autonomous patching and automated workload movement to carry out maintenance without taking the system offline.
The system is also made to detect a ransomware attack and respond, all within a one-minute time frame. This will be achieved using a feature called IBM Power Cyber Vault, which is said to follow the NIST cybersecurity framework. IBM also offers protection on firmware integrity attacks with a built-in quantum-safe cryptography.
“…With Power11, clients can accelerate into the AI era with innovations tailored to their most pressing business needs. We are taking advantage of the full IBM stack to deliver hybrid cloud, AI, and automation capabilities while building on our decades-long reputation as a trustworthy hybrid infrastructure for essential workloads,” McPherson said in a statement.
The new system is set to release on July 25. Furthermore, in the fourth quarter of the year, IBM is planning the integration of Power11 with Spyre, IBM’s recent and most efficient AI chip. The chip was introduced last August, and made to allow future IBM Z systems to seamlessly perform large-scale AI inferencing.
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At the moment, IBM is vying for market space with Intel and Advanced Micro Devices. Most notably, the three companies are competing in areas such as financial services, manufacturing and healthcare.
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