Liqid and Ampere Unveiled Heterogeneous Computing to Provide Flexibility for Data Center Accelerators and Networking

Liqid, Inc. announced support for ARM-based servers, expanding its ability to deliver composable resources across heterogeneous compute platforms.

Ampere Mt. Jade platform dual socket rack server

Collaborating with Ampere Computing LLC, the company will introduce Gen 4.0 PCIe – based composability for the Ampere Altra Mt. Jade dual-socket server. As a first cloud-native servers, Altra platforms are already adaptive and will be able to compose for data center accelerators such as GPU, FPGA, and persistent memory, as well as provide flexibility for networking and NVMe storage deployment. With the ability to compose for ARM-based servers in addition to x86-based devices, Liqid continues to provide the array software-defined, adaptive infrastructure solutions to address the needs of modern IT.

Liqid Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure

“The Ampere Altra Mt. Jade dual-socket server platform delivers predictable high performance, security isolation, extreme scalability, and leading power efficiency,” said Matt Taylor, SVP, sales and business development, Ampere. “By introducing composability, Ampere Altra can scale resources like GPU and other accelerators for Arm systems, as well as move between heterogeneous deployments, making it a compelling solution for those seeking to build maximum efficiency and performance.“

With 160 processor cores in a dual socket configuration, the Ampere Altra processor – based Mt. Jade platform has a high core density. It provides performance and scalability for core workloads including data analytics, database, web-tier and Android-in-the-Cloud (AIC).

With 128 lanes of PCIe Gen 4.0 per socket and 192 PCIe Gen 4.0 lanes in 2-socket configuration that can bifurcate from x16 down to x2, Altra solutions provide flexibility for interfacing with off-chip devices, such as NVMe storage and networking cards running in excess of 100GB/s, also making it suited for AI-driven applications.

The introduction of Liqid composability enhances Altra processor support for GPUs, FPGAs, NICs, NVMe storage, and persistent memory, and allows it to scale these resources across PCIe, Ethernet, or IB for maximum resource utilization. IT users can also share resources across hereterogenous systems, delivering flexibility for uneven, data-intensive workloads such as those associated with AI and deep learning.

“We are excited to work with Ampere to extend the dynamic resource utilization and efficiency of composable infrastructure solutions to Arm-based compute platforms for the first time,” said Sumit Puri, CEO and cofounder, Liqid. “Heterogeneous resources can be added on demand, managed, and scaled in unprecedented configurations, seamlessly mixing and matching legacy servers with Arm processors to maximize hardware footprints for unparalleled data performance.“

Ampere Mt. Jade server