Super Micro Headquarters Overview

Location

• Based in Silicon Valley, California.

Capabilities

• Known for server design and manufacturing.
• Capacity to build up to 3,500 fully integrated plug-and-play rack solutions per month.
  • 1,000 of these can be liquid-cooled.

Development and Manufacturing

• Development, manufacturing, and validation all occur on their Silicon Valley campus.

Rack Scale Build Process

Customer Interaction

• Begins with discussions to understand customer needs.
• Utilizes a broad portfolio of compute power, cooling, and networking products.

Rack Integration

• Offers customization of network blocks, compute blocks, storage blocks.
• The aim is to build a seamless, integrated solution that can be easily installed.

Validation Process

• Critical to building effective servers.

Testing Facilities

L11 Testing Facility

• 1 megawatt testing facility.
• Capable of testing an individual server up to a supercomputer.
• Fully automated, unique L1 tests:
  • Run simultaneously on thousands of nodes.
  • Ensure consistency in BIOS, firmware configuration, and OS settings.

L12 Testing Facility

• Focuses on application validation at the cluster level.
• Ensures the system is fully validated before delivery.
• Allows applications to run from day one post-installation.

Additional Resources

• Series of H3 13 videos on Super Micro’s landing page.
• Topics include Hyper to Cloud DC and Giant 8 GPU compute servers.