Lenovo takes over X86 server business from IBM

[Place Of Space]

One of my best friend has a graphic design company, one of the biggest in Germany. I visit his agency practically every week for lunch and talk with his employees. I have yet to see them using a smart phone doing their work. In fact one of their constant complain is their huge screens are too small and many of them have two big screens.

They must use very high-end professional computer, you know not everybody do the job and most people don't need that computer. As to market principle, when a products' market share decrease to a bottomline, it will be squeezed out by new innovations.

 

[Götterdämmerung]

They must use very high-end professional computer, you know not everybody do the job and most people don't need that computer. As to market principle, when a products' market share decrease to a bottomline, it will be squeezed out by new innovations.

I see, you have zero clue about graphic design, zero, nada.

 

[+4vsgorillas-Apebane]

I hope China eats all their lunches, figuratively speaking of course.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eat_someone's_lunch

 

[艹艹艹]

http://www.theverge.com/ces/2017/1/2/14150054/lenovo-vr-headset-windows-holographic
This is Lenovo’s Windows Holographic VR headset
bySam Byford@345triangleJan 2, 2017, 9:55pm ESTSHARE

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Lenovo just showed us its first VR headset, a prototype device that works withMicrosoft’s Windows Holographic platform. Next to other tethered PC headsets like the Oculus Rift or the HTC Vive, it’s noticeably smaller and lighter — Lenovo says it’s targeting around 350g for the final product’s weight versus the Vive’s 555g. The design is also pretty comfortable, taking heavy inspiration from PlayStation VR’s approach and suspending the lenses in front of the user’s eyes rather than securing them in place with a strap.

The headset uses two 1440 x 1440 OLED panels for its display, making it higher resolution than both the Rift and the Vive. Unfortunately the prototype isn’t functional just yet, so we can’t comment on how this works out in practice — there’s more to VR image quality than pure screen resolution.

Another question is how well its tracking works; it uses inside-out, six degrees-of-freedom tracking, which means there’s no external camera necessary, but the tech is yet to ship in a product and we’re not sure how Windows Holographic’s implementation will work out. Lenovo also isn’t producing any motion controllers for the headset, instead relying on third-party options that will be manufactured to the Windows Holographic specification.

As for what you’ll actually be able to do with this headset, Lenovo says that every Windows Store application will work in a theater-style floating viewer mode, and some HoloLens software will also be converted to the platform. Lenovo’s headset has two cameras on the front, meaning that mixed-reality applications are possible even without the HoloLens’ optical projection capability. (The image quality from those cameras is, of course, an open question.)


The still-unnamed headset will ship sometime this year for between $300 and $400 — Lenovo says the price isn’t set in stone but it’ll be “closer to $300.”

 

[Hammad Arshad Qureshi]

http://www.theverge.com/ces/2017/1/2/14150054/lenovo-vr-headset-windows-holographic
This is Lenovo’s Windows Holographic VR headset
bySam Byford@345triangleJan 2, 2017, 9:55pm ESTSHARE

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Live coverage from the year's biggest technology conference, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The year in tech starts here.

Lenovo just showed us its first VR headset, a prototype device that works withMicrosoft’s Windows Holographic platform. Next to other tethered PC headsets like the Oculus Rift or the HTC Vive, it’s noticeably smaller and lighter — Lenovo says it’s targeting around 350g for the final product’s weight versus the Vive’s 555g. The design is also pretty comfortable, taking heavy inspiration from PlayStation VR’s approach and suspending the lenses in front of the user’s eyes rather than securing them in place with a strap.

The headset uses two 1440 x 1440 OLED panels for its display, making it higher resolution than both the Rift and the Vive. Unfortunately the prototype isn’t functional just yet, so we can’t comment on how this works out in practice — there’s more to VR image quality than pure screen resolution.

Another question is how well its tracking works; it uses inside-out, six degrees-of-freedom tracking, which means there’s no external camera necessary, but the tech is yet to ship in a product and we’re not sure how Windows Holographic’s implementation will work out. Lenovo also isn’t producing any motion controllers for the headset, instead relying on third-party options that will be manufactured to the Windows Holographic specification.

As for what you’ll actually be able to do with this headset, Lenovo says that every Windows Store application will work in a theater-style floating viewer mode, and some HoloLens software will also be converted to the platform. Lenovo’s headset has two cameras on the front, meaning that mixed-reality applications are possible even without the HoloLens’ optical projection capability. (The image quality from those cameras is, of course, an open question.)


The still-unnamed headset will ship sometime this year for between $300 and $400 — Lenovo says the price isn’t set in stone but it’ll be “closer to $300.”

Wow Simply Fantastic. which Lenovo Models are compatible with this VR?

 

[Shotgunner51]

The Lenovo supercomputer MareNostrum 4, which occupies the 13th place in the TOP500, is set in a former Church
By Ekaterina Buravich - 2017-06-19

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The Lenovo supercomputer MareNostrum 4, which occupies the 13th place in the TOP500, is set in a former Church

During the conference on supercomputers ISC2017 Lenovo announced the completion of the deployment, she said, “the largest supercomputer next-generation Intel processors”. The system MareNostrum 4 performance of 11.1 PFLOPS ranked 13th in published today, the 49th edition of the TOP500 list. It is installed in the supercomputer center of Barcelona (BSC), in a former Church Chapel Torre Girona, belonging to the Polytechnic University of Barcelona.

https://newsworld.co/the-lenovo-sup...lace-in-the-top500-is-set-in-a-former-church/


Lenovo Delivers the Worlds Largest Next-Generation Intel Based Supercomputer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center
June 19, 2017 02:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Today, at International Supercomputing Conference (ISC2017), Lenovo (News - Alert) (SEHK:0992) (Pink Sheets:LNVGY)�announced that it has completed the delivery and implementation of the world's largest, next-generation Intel-based Supercomputer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). The 11.1 petaFLOP1 Supercomputer called MareNostrum 4, will be housed in the world's "most beautiful data center" at the Chapel Torre Girona�at the�Polytechnic University of Catalonia,�Barcelona,�Spain, and will be used to power diverse science from human genome research, bioinformatics and biomechanics to weather forecasting and atmospheric composition. This new system, which will continue to grow over time, is listed at #13 on the latest TOP500 (top500.org) list that was released today.

"The fast delivery, installation and optimization of the MareNostrum 4 system at BSC, showcases Lenovo's end-to-end, high-performance computing strength," said Kirk Skaugen, President of Lenovo Data Center Group. "Building on our 25 years of history in x86 server computing and our number one position in x86 server customer satisfaction and reliability, our goal at Lenovo is to be the largest supercomputing company on earth helping solve humanities biggest challenges through the rapid advancement of technology and innovation." ​

The system is powered by more than 3,400 nodes of Lenovo's next-generation servers, featuring Intel (News - Alert)® Xeon® scalable processors, interconnected with more than 60 kilometers of high-speed, Intel Omni-Path Technology 100 Gb/s network cabling. It is the third leading-edge HPC system that Lenovo has installed at the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), making Lenovo the largest provider of leading-edge HPC systems to this high impact scientific community, and solidified Lenovo's position as the fastest growing supercomputer company in Europe.

"From the lab to the factory, to the on-site implementation teams, the delivery of a system of this size and complexity demands a superior level of integration and skill," said Madhu Matta, VP & GM of High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence at Lenoo. "It requires a focus on a holistic customer experience that very few companies are capable of delivering." ​

Proven Global HPC Leader

Since its debut on the Top500 list in 2014 Lenovo has become the fastest growing TOP500 vendor in the world2. Lenovo is #2 in global TOP500 positions with 92 entries. Lenovo is #1 in supercomputing in China, the largest and fastest growing region for supercomputing in the world, claiming 50% more entries than the nearest competitor.

In a continuing commitment to give clients access to new technology, Lenovo is also upgrading its Global HPC Innovation Center based in Stuttgart, Germany with 6,000 cores of the next-generation Intel Xeon scalable processors and the newest NVIDIA GPUs interconnected with a choice of industry-leading, high performance fabrics from Mellanox (News - Alert) and Intel. The HPC Innovation Center was opened in May 2015 to collaborate with clients and give them access to the newest technologies and to experience the same systems that are powering the BSC MareNostrum 4 Supercomputer, right now before they are shipping in volume. Full system upgrade to be completed in August 2017.

An example of the industry collaboration driven by the Global HPC Innovation Center is at the University of Birmingham who has built a centerpiece research facility called Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR). BEAR is a collection of IT resources provided without cost to the University community and qualified external scientists, enabling the acceleration of their research across a variety of disciplines such as life sciences including genome sequencing, medical and linguistic research.

"Genome sequencing can generate rapid insights into the scale and patterns-of-spread of important epidemics. When Zika struck the Americas, we were able to respond rapidly by deploying portable sequencing to affected areas, generating sequence data in days," said Professor Nick Loman, Professor of Microbial Genomics and Bioinformatics at the University of Birmingham. "Comparative genome sequence analysis requires significant computation and storage requirements. The new system provides rapid, on-demand computation to speed up the analysis. We can instantly access hundreds of CPUs, thousands of gigabytes of RAM (News - Alert) and tens of terabytes of storage. This means we can keep pace with the rapid data generation, and quickly release important new findings to the scientific and public health community in order to assist epidemic response efforts." ​

Additional Resources

More information about Lenovo's ongoing work with Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) is here and Hyperion case study here.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170618005104/en/

 

[Shotgunner51]

Lenovo marks quarter century of x86 by announcing largest server portfolio
by MARK ALBERTSON UPDATED 14:03 EST . 20 JUNE 2017

Lenovo Group Ltd. threw a birthday party for itself today by announcing a significant expansion of the company’s server portfolio on the 25th anniversary of the x86 introduction by IBM. (Lenovo acquired the x86 server portfolio in 2014.) The news was accompanied by the creation of two brands — ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem — which are designed to significantly enhance Lenovo’s data center offerings.

“Today we are launching the largest portfolio in our data center history. We are fundamentally changing the nature of business,” said Yang Yuanqing, chairman and chief executive officer of Lenovo.​

Yang delivered his remarks earlier today during Lenovo Transform in New York. In addition to the two new brands, the company announced 14 new servers, five networking systems and seven storage products. Lenovo also showcased what it deemed as one of the world’s fastest next-generation supercomputers, which was officially unveiled yesterday in Barcelona, Spain.

Major commitment to be data center service provider

Lenovo is clearly focused on transforming itself into an end-to-end solutions provider for the data center infrastructure. This is an important step for the company as it competes with Dell EMC, Dell Technology Inc.’s infrastructure group, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. to drive success in the enterprise market.

“We are transforming Lenovo to the next phase of our data center growth,” said Kirk Skaugen, executive vice president and president of Lenovo’s Data Center Group.​

The new ThinkSystem brand is the data center product portfolio, which includes Lenovo’s high-performance servers, storage and cloud-enabled switches. It is the first major reconfiguration of Lenovo’s product line since it acquired the x86 server portfolio in 2014.

ThinkAgile is a “white glove” bundle of turnkey software and support solutions that will be included with Lenovo’s system offerings and can be unboxed on premises.

In his keynote remarks this morning, Skaugen emphasized that interest in Lenovo’s data center portfolio will not be hampered by legacy network and storage solutions. “We are being embraced by our customers because of our lack of legacy,” said the Lenovo executive.

“Significant joint ventures” in software-defined offerings will be coming soon, according to Skaugen, but he did not provide any specifics on what these potential announcements might include. Earlier this year, Lenovo formed a joint venture with Kopin Corp. to develop new augmented reality applications for the enterprise. Lenovo has also co-engineered with Microsoft in the past, and the new ThinkAgile offering includes hybrid and private cloud solutions for Microsoft’s Azure Stack.

An important sidebar story to Lenovo’s news in New York is its key relationship with Intel. At one point during today’s Transform keynote, Skaugen (who previously worked for Intel) was joined on stage by Rupal Shah, corporate vice president and general manager of Intel’s Global Data Center Group Sales. The Intel executive emphasized that her company’s Xeon processor “has a history of being built for the data center specifically” and commended Lenovo on the announcement of its two new brand offerings. “Both of our companies really stand behind the fact that it’s an increasingly hybrid world,” Shah said.

Lenovo also announced the implementation and delivery of what it calls the world’s largest, Intel-based supercomputer for the Barcelona Supercomputer Center in Spain. The MareNostrum 4 system uses 3,400 Lenovo server nodes and is interconnected with Intel’s Omni-Path architecture. It is the third High-Performance Computing system that Lenovo has installed for the scientific community in Europe and will be used for human genome research, bioinformatics and weather forecasting.

“Intel believes in Lenovo’s ability to not only succeed in the data center, but lead in the data center,” said Shah during her appearance at Transform.​

By transforming its data center portfolio, Lenovo is also seeking to capitalize on growing interest in the use of artificial intelligence for the enterprise. The company has already made a $1.2-billion investment in research and development of AI.

“Data intelligence is embedded in everything we do,” said Yang during his remarks today. “It’s no longer information technology; it’s intelligent technology.”​

https://siliconangle.com/blog/2017/...ing-largest-server-portfolio-lenovotransform/