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Amsterdam, Netherlands — September 26, 2019 — ZT Systems, a premiere provider of innovative compute and storage solutions for hyperscale datacenters, today showcased a new server design leveraging the Open Accelerator Infrastructure and OCP Accelerator Module (OAI-OAM) specifications at the Open Compute Regional Summit. Forthcoming in 2020, OCP-Certified solutions based on this design will help customers meet the ever-increasing bandwidth and interconnect flexibility requirements of today’s rapidly evolving Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) applications.

Contributed to the Open Compute Project (OCP) by Facebook, Microsoft and Baidu, the OAM specification supports an array of hardware accelerator technologies and interconnect topologies, while OAI encompasses OAM and supporting subsystems including baseboard and chassis. The new server design presented by ZT Systems leverages these specifications to enable the flexible and efficient deployment of a broad array of hardware accelerators including GPU, FPGA, and more.

“ZT Systems is pleased to present this new server design at the Open Compute Regional Summit,” said Raymond Miles, ZT Systems VP of Architecture. “As an OCP Gold Member and Open Compute Solution Provider, ZT works closely with partners to create solutions that power the most demanding hyperscale workloads. With ZT Systems servers based on open accelerator standards, global datacenter customers will be able to quickly and flexibly deploy the latest accelerator technology to offer powerful new artificial intelligence and ML/DL capabilities.”

As a longtime contributor to the Open Compute Project, ZT Systems offers several OCP Inspired™ and Accepted™ solutions on the Open Compute Marketplace. ZT has been active in the Open Compute community since its inception, with a presence at OCP events extending back to the very first Summit in 2012. ZT Systems solutions combine the energy efficiency, performance, versatility and cost effectiveness of OCP design elements with ZT’s hyperscale-focused integration, supply chain and deployment capabilities. Customers benefit from ZT’s unique experience deploying platforms featuring these technologies into real-world hyperscale environments.

About ZT Systems – Celebrating 25 years in business, ZT Systems is a leading supplier of hyperscale compute and storage solutions. Headquartered in Secaucus, NJ, ZT’s global manufacturing spans the US, EMEA and APAC. A trusted design, manufacturing, and logistics partner, ZT serves data center operators from enterprise organizations to the largest cloud providers. Through close, confidential customer engagement, ZT leverages deep experience with hyperscale workloads and supply chain considerations to develop application-tailored solutions. Flexible, purpose-built manufacturing capabilities enable ZT to sustain high quality while accommodating the dynamic nature of hyperscale. Integrated rack-level solutions are shipped worldwide with an industry-leading delivery SLA, and supported with global service and RMA capabilities. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery.

Learn more at ztsystems.com/ocp or contact us at 866-298-7089 / [email protected].
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ZT Systems Announces Server Solutions for Optimized Hyperscale Performance and Efficiency featuring Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Secaucus, NJ — July 11, 2017 — ZT Systems, the leading provider of purpose-built compute and storage solutions for hyperscale data centers, today announced the availability of server solutions featuring the new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors.

Workload-optimized ZT Systems platforms based on these new processors combine the performance and energy efficiency of the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with the cost effectiveness and agility of ZT’s hyperscale-focused design, manufacturing, integration, and deployment capabilities. An early design collaborator with leading cloud and Internet infrastructure providers on these platforms, ZT has the proven ability to deploy solutions designed for the Intel Xeon Scalable platform into hyperscale environments.

“ZT Systems solutions featuring these new Intel Xeon Scalable processors demonstrated outstanding performance for our hyperscale customers in prelaunch evaluation and development,” said Brent Miller, ZT Systems VP of Sales and Marketing. “Intel Xeon Scalable processor-powered ZT platforms mark a substantial improvement over the previous generation technology. With ZT solutions based on these new processors and optimized for their workloads, our customers benefit from improved cost effectiveness due to better performance, density and energy efficiency.”

“The new Intel Xeon Scalable processors deliver enhanced levels of performance, security and agility that enable enterprises and cloud providers to optimize their cloud infrastructure and innovate with new and differentiated service offerings,” said Jennifer Huffstetler, senior director of data center product management, Intel Corporation. “With an average of up to 65% higher performance across a broad range of benchmarks and applications versus our previous generation and up to 4.2x more VMs per server versus a typical 4-year old server, ZT’s new systems based on the new Intel Xeon Scalable processors are ideal for modernizing data center infrastructure.”

ZT Systems is a trusted design, manufacturing, and logistics partner to hyperscale compute and storage customers. As a winner of the Intel Breakaway Award, ZT has been recognized by Intel for dramatic growth in this space. ZT capitalizes on its strong working relationship with Intel to bring customers the latest server technology in platforms custom engineered to meet their requirements.

ZT solutions begin with close, confidential customer engagement to establish requirements, leveraging extensive experience with hyperscale workloads and supply chain considerations. Application-tailored compute and storage solutions are developed through an innovative approach that combines industry-standard parts with custom-designed elements as appropriate. ZT’s controlled manufacturing process ensures consistent quality for all systems.

For optimal ease of deployment, fully integrated and tested rack-level solutions can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery. Global service, support, and RMA capabilities keep clients’ server fleets running dependably.

About ZT Systems: Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 22 years of experience, ZT Systems serves data center operators from the largest cloud providers and internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Secaucus, NJ — March 31, 2016 — ZT Systems, the premiere provider of purpose-built compute and storage solutions for hyperscale data centers, today announced the availability of server solutions featuring the new Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family.

Workload-optimized ZT Systems platforms based on these new processors combine the performance and efficiency of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v4 product family with superior efficiency and cost effectiveness enabled by ZT’s hyperscale-focused design, manufacturing, integration, and deployment capabilities. ZT brings a unique perspective to delivering solutions featuring this technology into hyperscale environments, thanks to early design collaboration on these platforms with leading cloud and internet infrastructure providers.

“During prelaunch development and evaluation, ZT Systems solutions featuring these new processors met the high expectations of our hyperscale customers,” said Raymond Miles, ZT Systems Vice President of Architecture. “ZT platforms based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family deliver substantial improvements over previous generation technology. With workload-tailored ZT solutions powered by these new processors, our customers will realize improved performance, energy efficiency and density, driving better overall cost effectiveness.”

“The Intel Xeon processor E5 2600 v4 product family is built for the cloud with the performance, security and orchestration support that cloud providers demand, ” said Raejeanne Skillern, vice president and general manager of the Cloud Service Provider Group at Intel. “ZT delivers Intel Xeon processor based solutions that are tailored to the unique needs of the largest and most demanding cloud service providers to create an optimized platform for hyperscale customers.”

ZT Systems is a proven design, manufacturing, and logistics partner for customers in the hyperscale compute space. As a winner of the Intel Breakaway Award, ZT has been recognized by Intel for dramatic growth in this area. ZT leverages a strong working relationship with Intel to bring customers the latest server technology in platforms custom engineered to meet their requirements.

ZT solutions begin with close, confidential customer engagement to establish requirements, leveraging our extensive experience with hyperscale workloads and supply chain considerations. Application-tailored server and storage solutions are developed through an innovative approach that combines industry-standard parts with custom-designed elements as appropriate. To ensure consistent quality, ZT’s controlled manufacturing process includes shop floor controls, change management, BOM controls, and component-level tracking for all systems.

For optimal ease of deployment, fully integrated and tested rack-level solutions can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery. Global service, support, and RMA capabilities keep our clients’ server fleets running dependably.

About ZT Systems: Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 20 years of experience, ZT Systems serves data center operators from the largest cloud providers and internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Secaucus, NJ — September 10, 2013 — ZT Systems, a leading provider of compute and storage solutions optimized for hyperscale data centers, today announced the availability of server solutions featuring the new Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family.

These new solutions combine ZT’s custom design, integration, and delivery capabilities with the improved performance and efficiency of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family to address the unique technical and business requirements of individual large data center operators. During early implementation of this new generation of processors, ZT has developed thorough experience designing, building, and deploying platforms featuring this technology.

“Our engineers and customers have witnessed the benefits of designing platforms around these new processors firsthand,” said Casey Cerretani, ZT Systems Chief Technology Officer. “With the new Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family, our team has seen substantial improvements in both performance and energy efficiency, enabling greater density while reducing power use and cooling costs. These are critical benefits for our customers, for whom even a small power savings at the server level can make a massive difference when multiplied across thousands of machines.”

The Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v2 product family combines an industry-leading 22nm manufacturing process to deliver up to 45% more performance and 40% more energy efficiency compared to the previous generation. With up to twelve cores per socket, increased memory support, and decreased idle power, ZT solutions featuring these processors are attractive options for hyperscale customers looking for the best performance per watt, per dollar.

ZT Systems is a proven design, manufacturing, and logistics partner for customers in the hyperscale compute space. As the winner of the Intel Breakaway Award, ZT has been recognized by Intel for dramatic growth in this area. ZT leverages a strong working relationship with Intel to bring customers the latest server technology in platforms custom engineered to their requirements.

ZT solutions begin with close, confidential customer engagement to establish application requirements and data center environmental considerations. Server and storage solutions are designed using industry-standard parts, combined where necessary with custom elements and innovative engineering approaches. To ensure consistent high quality, ZT’s controlled manufacturing process includes shop floor controls, change management, BOM controls, and component-level tracking for all systems.

For optimal ease of deployment, servers can be pre-racked and cabled, and full racks can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery. Global service, support, and RMA capabilities keep our clients’ server fleets running dependably.

About ZT Systems: Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 18 years’ experience, ZT Systems serves data center operators from the largest internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

Secaucus, NJ — June 04, 2013 — ZT Systems, a leading provider of compute and storage solutions optimized for hyperscale data centers, today announced the availability of servers featuring the Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1200 v3 product family. Based on Intel’s next-generation processor microarchitecture codenamed “Haswell”, these new processors are built using an industry-leading 22nm manufacturing process. Solutions engineered with ZT’s signature “precision-fit” approach and powered by these processors provide significantly enhanced performance and energy efficiency in certain high volume data center applications.

“As scale compute customers expand to support the rapid growth of cloud computing, more emphasis is being placed on controlling operational costs within the data center,” said Raymond Miles, ZT Systems VP of Engineering. “For select applications, ZT solutions leveraging this latest generation of Intel® Xeon® processor technology can provide outstanding cost effectiveness. With integrated voltage regulation and TDP as low as 13W in low-voltage optimized parts, these processors enable platforms with reduced power consumption and increased density. Our clients demand solutions with the best performance, per watt, per dollar within their technical and business parameters, and the new Intel Xeon E3 v3 processors expand our design options for meeting this need.”

ZT Systems is a proven design, manufacturing and logistics partner for customers in the hyperscale compute space. As the winner of the 2012 Intel Breakaway Award, ZT has been recognized by Intel for dramatic growth in this area. ZT leverages a strong working relationship with Intel to bring customers the latest server technology in platforms custom engineered to their requirements.

ZT solutions begin with close, confidential customer engagement to establish application requirements and data center environmental considerations. Server and storage solutions are designed using industry-standard parts, combined where necessary with custom elements and innovative engineering approaches. To ensure consistent high quality, ZT’s controlled manufacturing process includes shop floor controls, change management, BOM controls, and component-level tracking for all systems.

For optimal ease of deployment, servers can be pre-racked and cabled, and full racks can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery. Global service, support, and RMA capabilities keep our clients’ server fleets running dependably.
About ZT Systems: Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 18 years’ experience, ZT Systems serves data center operators from the largest internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

ZT Systems Announces ARM-based Server Solution for Breakthrough Energy Efficiency and Density in Hyperscale Data Centers

Secaucus, NJ – November 18, 2010 – ZT Systems today announced the R1801e 1U Server powered by up to 16 ARM® Cortex™-A9 processor cores. Fully populated with eight server modules, eight SSDs, dual integrated Gigabit Ethernet switches and IPMI server management, this server has a system maximum power draw of less than 80 Watts. Designed primarily as a software and build development system, this groundbreaking, scalable solution highlights the tremendous potential power savings achievable with an ARM-powered® server.

The R1801e features STMicroelectronics’ SPEAr 1310 microprocessor with dual ARM Cortex™-A9 processor cores, plus 1Gbps Ethernet, DDR3 ECC memory and SATA. ZT partnered with PHYTEC America to integrate the SPEAr 1310 onto a server “System-on-Module” (SOM). Each SOM integrates the processor, 1 GB of DDR3 ECC DRAM, 1 GB of NAND Flash, Ethernet PHY, and UART, yielding a scalable architecture with up to eight discrete servers in each enclosure. Two embedded switches connect the server modules together and provide uplinks over standard Ethernet, with system management for each SOM provided via industry standard IPMI.

“This platform represents an attractive new option for certain applications in large data centers where power efficiency is a key priority,” said Casey Cerretani, ZT Systems Director of Engineering. “In concert with our partners, ZT will continue to develop innovative products using ARM technology building blocks to provide our customers with precision-fit data center servers that are best in class in terms of power, performance and overall cost.”

ZT Systems has worked with ARM to bring the benefits of ARM Cortex-A9 processors to the server market. There has been much discussion in the technical press, online forums and industry events as to the benefits of using ARM technology for efficient processing of hyperscale-class server workloads. This first product demonstrates that low power ARM processors are ready for evaluation and software development work.

“With ST’s SPEAr 1310 ARM Cortex-based SoC providing best-in-class MIPS/Watt, improved system reliability and lower cost-of-ownership, this ZT Systems server is primed to lead a revolution in data-center servers over existing solutions,” said Francesco Brianti, VP and SPEAr Business Unit Manager, STMicroelectronics. “The combination of ST’s low-power process technology, computational power and DDR3 memory support delivers outstanding performance and miserly power consumption and makes SPEAr an emerging force as the CPU of choice for server and other applications.”

The ZT Systems R1801e uses an industry standard 1U chassis, ATX power supply and SATA drive bank, so it fits easily into existing development lab and datacenter environments. Customers interested in harnessing the potential of ARM-based servers will find that this product has the right balance of features and scalability to enable software development, porting, optimization and ARM-based server concept evaluation.

About ZT Systems: Because no two data centers are exactly alike, ZT Systems engineers custom server and delivery solutions to meet each client’s unique technical and business requirements. Our precision-fit approach optimizes platforms, integration and support for reliable, scalable solutions that deliver maximum value with the efficiency and performance data center customers need – plus the expertise and personal attention they deserve. Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 16 years’ experience, ZT serves data center operators from the largest internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

ZT Systems Breaks Performance-Per-Watt Record with Cost-Effective, Cloud Computing-Optimized Server Solution Powered by AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series Processor

Secaucus, NJ — June 23, 2010 — ZT Systems, a leading provider of customized server solutions for large-scale data centers, today announced the ZT Systems 1253Ra 1U Datacenter Server, featuring the best performance per watt measured to date for an AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processor-powered server (SPECpower_ssj 2008 2,106 overall ssj_ops/watt) – a 52% increase in performance per watt over ZT Systems servers powered by the previous generation of comparable AMD Opteron™ processors.* This cost-effective new platform is an outstanding solution for high-density cloud computing data center operators focused on optimizing performance/watt/dollar per square foot.

The ZT Systems 1253Ra 1U Datacenter Server is designed around the new AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processor (formerly code-named “Lisbon”), which boasts the lowest known power per core of any server processor**, at 5.83W (35W/6 = 5.83W/core.) Combined with highly energy efficient components including solid-state drives, this platform is ideal for the scale out data center environment where density and efficiency are at a premium. ZT’s custom platform engineering, integration and delivery capabilities leverage this new technology as part of precision-fit solutions to the unique technical and business requirements of individual data centers.

“ZT is excited to enable customers with solutions based on this new AMD technology,” said Raymond Miles, ZT Systems Vice President of Engineering. “In addition to its unprecedented energy efficiency, the AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series Processor has attractive characteristics for virtualization, power management, and scalability. This record-breaking new platform represents a significant addition to our customizable solutions for cloud computing customers that address their unique requirements for server performance, cost effectiveness and energy efficiency.”

“This ZT Systems server showcases the breakthrough in performance-per-watt of the AMD Opteron™ 4100 Series processors,” said Patrick Patla, vice president and general manager, Server and Embedded Divisions, AMD (NYSE: AMD). “ZT Systems’ ability to rapidly develop and deliver AMD based customized servers provides a unique advantage to customers seeking the optimal balance of energy efficiency and performance.”