Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled major additions to its next-generation HPE Cray supercomputing portfolio, introducing systems that deliver industry-leading compute density designed to meet the rapidly expanding demands of at-scale artificial intelligence (AI). The updated portfolio features three new multi-partner, multi-workload compute blades, unified management software, and advanced high-performance interconnect capabilities. Together, these additions reinforce HPE’s position in delivering one of the most powerful architectures for research institutions, sovereign technology programs, and large enterprises accelerating their AI-driven scientific and engineering breakthroughs.

Trish Damkroger, senior vice president and general manager of HPC and AI Infrastructure Solutions at HPE, emphasized the growing need for performance across all workloads. “Global organizations relying on supercomputing are looking for better computing performance for all of their workloads,” she said. “Our new HPE Cray Supercomputing platform is the answer to customers’ needs for higher performance density with a unified AI and HPC architecture that is engineered for groundbreaking outcomes. HPE is proud to share our unwavering commitment to AI and supercomputing as the engine of innovation and scientific discovery, advancing the way people live and work.”

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This expansion follows last month’s introduction of the HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000, designed to drive breakthroughs in the converged AI and HPC era. HPE also strengthened the ecosystem with the HPE Cray Supercomputing Storage Systems K3000 the first factory-built solution using embedded DAOS open-source technology for significantly improved performance.

Growing Industry Adoption of HPE’s Next-Gen Platform

The High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS) and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) have already selected the HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 as the foundation for their next flagship systems. Their upcoming Herder and Blue Lion supercomputers will leverage these advancements to push scientific limits.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Resch of HLRS stated, “As the builder of HLRS’s Hawk and Hunter supercomputers, HPE has for years been an excellent partner for HLRS. HPE’s supercomputer systems and expert support have directly enhanced the ability of our scientific and industrial user communities to make novel scientific discoveries and design better technologies. As we look forward to the arrival of Herder, we are excited to begin the next stage of this cooperation with HPE. The GX5000 platform will offer our users a major leap in performance for simulation and artificial intelligence, as well as improved energy efficiency a primary concern at our HPC center.”

At LRZ, Prof. Dr. Dieter Kranzlmüller added, “At LRZ, our mission is to deliver world-class high-performance computing that drives research with global impact, while ensuring our supercomputers operate efficiently and sustainably. The upcoming HPE Cray GX500 platform, chosen for our next flagship system Blue Lion, perfectly reflects this commitment. Featuring 100 percent direct liquid cooling capable of operating at temperatures of up to 40 °C, the system enables the reuse of waste heat across the Garching research campus. With sustained performance up to 30 times faster than our current system, Blue Lion will empower researchers to seamlessly integrate traditional modeling and simulation workflows with cutting-edge AI methods pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery like never before.”

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New Liquid-Cooled, Multi-Workload Compute Blades

To support density-optimized performance for GPUs and CPUs, HPE introduced three advanced blades with full direct liquid cooling. Customers can mix these blades within an HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 chassis to tailor performance for specific workloads:

  • GX440n Accelerated Blade (NVIDIA-based):
    Features four NVIDIA Vera CPUs and eight NVIDIA Rubin GPUs, offering up to 192 GPUs per rack.
  • GX350a Accelerated Blade (AMD-based):
    Includes one next-gen AMD EPYC “Venice” CPU and four AMD Instinct MI430X GPUs, delivering up to 112 GPUs per rack.
  • GX250 Compute Blade (CPU-only):
    Designed for double-precision workloads with eight next-gen AMD EPYC “Venice” CPUs, supporting up to 40 blades per rack.

Unified Systems Management and Advanced Interconnect

HPE’s new Supercomputing Management Software enhances multi-tenant, containerized, and virtualized environments while offering advanced energy monitoring and governance. Moreover, HPE Slingshot 400 now optimized for the GX5000 provides high-bandwidth, low-latency networking with configurations up to 32 switches and 2,048 ports.

DAOS-Based Storage Boosts AI Productivity

The new HPE Cray Storage Systems K3000, built on HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen12, offers low-latency DAOS architecture and scalable NVMe configurations, enabling faster data processing for AI workloads.

Industry Leaders Praise HPE’s Innovation

“The latest HPE Cray supercomputing platform reflects the deep collaboration between AMD and HPE to develop leadership technologies at the convergence of HPC and AI,” said Travis Karr of AMD.

“HPE’s next-generation AI supercomputers with NVIDIA Vera Rubin are designed to supercharge scientific discovery,” added Dion Harris of NVIDIA.

Dr. Earl Joseph of Hyperion Research noted, “High performance computing and AI have become very high growth sectors. HPE’s next generation of GX5000 supercomputers will help researchers and companies dramatically develop better products and new scientific discoveries, as well as help transform society by addressing critical societal goals.”

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