Whom You Know: AI DEMYSTIFIED WITH NEW LENOVO AI WORKSTATION

Thursday, March 21, 2019

AI DEMYSTIFIED WITH NEW LENOVO AI WORKSTATION

As interest in and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow across industries, so does the need for guidance and solutions for navigating AI strategies. It’s one thing to implement machine and deep learning workflows, but it’s another to ensure you’re getting the most out of them – with quick and easy deployment and, ultimately, faster time to market. At Lenovo, we understand getting up and running requires both an understanding of AI and the solutions that allow you to harness this complex technology.

Today we are announcing our new Lenovo AI Workstation – an out-of-the-box, client workstation platform designed to decipher the complicated process of getting started with AI solutions and enhance the efficiency of many machine and deep learning workflows.

ThinkStation P920

We believe AI is a tool you can adapt to enable your business. Working locally on a powerful client AI workstation can deliver a number of key advantages when deploying AI solutions – including increased security and control, along with improved speed and efficiency at your deskside. Whether it takes the form of machine and deep learning, or edge computing, client AI is quickly transforming how we develop, model and deploy projects around the world.

Regardless of your workflow, each AI project begins with large quantities of unstructured data with a goal of transforming it into intelligently-trained AI models…quickly. As a result, Lenovo has seen an increased demand for high-performance workstation solutions to help navigate the immense amount of data. Our AI Workstation is here to help simplify your path, removing the challenge of selecting the right hardware configuration, and ultimately making the investment simpler and easier.

Available in both single and dual processor configurations, our new solution offers the perfect combination of enterprise-grade hardware and software. The AI Workstation is built around our most powerful configurations of the ThinkStation P520 and ThinkStation P920 workstations, with Intel Xeon processors with ECC memory, which removes the risk of a memory error – critical when dealing with large datasets. Additionally, we’ve incorporated the latest NVIDIA Quadro RTX professional GPUs with AI-optimized Tensor Cores to drive the most demanding AI projects. This solution also features the Ubuntu Linux operating system- an OS made for data scientists looking for the ideal software layer; delivering a NVIDIA RAPIDS-ready platform to support a number of GPU-accelerated AI frameworks such as TensorFlow, Caffe, and PyTorch.

ThinkStation P520 ThinkStation P920

Intel Xeon W2155 processor Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6136 processors

NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 Dual NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 with NVLink

128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4 @ 2666Mhz ECC memory 384GB (12 x 32GB) DDR4 @2666Mhz ECC memory

512GB M.2 NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2 x 1TB 2.5” SATA SSD (Data) storage 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD (Boot) + 2 x 2TB 2.5” SATA SSD (Data) storage

Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Linux

Suggested AI Workstation model configurations; additional options available and based on customer requirements.

Lenovo’s AI Workstation can also be clustered together at the desktop and then scaled into the data center thanks to Lenovo Intelligent Computing Orchestration or LiCO. This unique software solution, developed internally at Lenovo by our datacenter group, allows professionals to simplify the management and use of distributed workstations for more seamless AI model development – enabling users to get the most out of their hardware and help pave the way for ultimate AI success.

This AI Workstation solution offers users who face challenging machine and deep learning models the ability to dramatically transform the efficiency of their workflow. Data scientists who spend hours of their day striving to decipher the data can now train and evaluate these AI models, rapidly speeding up results to deliver the best ROI for their business.

More and more, AI is evolving from nice-to-have into a standard business requirement. Our goal is to empower professionals who were once guarded in deploying AI to begin without the frustration and complication of determining where to start. The new Lenovo AI Workstation is here to take the heavy lifting off your plate. While AI once was just an unattainable idea, Lenovo is addressing the pain points and highlighting the path with ease of deployment and optimized hardware configurations, reducing the runway into your AI journey.

From medical imaging to construction-site robotics to global food supply algorithms, businesses are already experiencing the benefits of AI toolsets built directly into the software packages they use every day. With the AI Workstation, Lenovo is dedicated to delivering maximum levels of performance, ultimate platform scalability and unmatched levels of reliability. Lenovo ThinkStation Workstations are engineered from the ground up to not just meet, but exceed the rigorous computing requirements of today’s most demanding machine learning and AI workflows.

Today, we are excited to offer the whole package with our new AI Workstation, enabling you to power the businesses of the future. Lenovo’s AI Workstation will be available by the end of March. System configurations are highly customizable, scalable and pricing is determined by customer need. To learn more, visit www.lenovoclientai.com.

ThinkStation P520

Recent Testimonials by Brand Ambassadors on their Experience with Whom You Know

"I work with Peachy Deegan because she's prolific at what she does. She's a hard worker, she's thoughtful and she's tasteful at what she writes which is very important. Peachy gets the facts correct, and just that alone is worth its weight in gold."

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Sometimes WHOM YOU KNOW, really makes a difference and Ammos Estiatorio is grateful to know Peachy Deegan!"
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“Whom You Know has done an amazing job of featuring our company over many years [seven]. Peachy has worked tirelessly to create a well-curated selection of topics and brands that are clearly of relevance to her growing audience of readers. Her articles are filled with great insights based on first-hand experience. She does her research, knows her business and is a pleasure to work with!”

-David Sasuga, Owner of Fresh Origins Microgreens
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"We were so fortunate to hit Peachy’s radar. Her review of our Warmies was spot-on and came at a great time in our company’s early history.
Peachy has such a strong relationship with her readers. She provides honest and real comments; she is truly a trusted source in a very large circle
of consumers."
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President
Intelex U.S.A.
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-Giuliano Zuliani, Owner of Primola Restaurant
https://www.facebook.com/Primola-Canaletto-restaurants-NYC-135616799831091

"
Peachy Deegan is a gem. She is wonderful to feature our Irish brands in 'Whom You Know'! The articles are beautifully and passionately presented, bringing products and brands to life, making both relevant and fun for her many faithful followers to read. I am immensely proud for our hand-crafted products to be included in this venue!"

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Bill Follett
President, Belleek Group North America
www.Belleek.com

"As you know from my past features, Peachy Deegan and I were in the same class at Boston College prior to either of us becoming entrepreneurs. When we played together on the BC Alumni softball team in Central Park years ago, she mentioned she could not find a great dentist in Manhattan and could often be found networking on her phone in the outfield hiding from the ball. She was my second patient ever in 2006 when I opened my dental practice; I was one of the first sponsors on Whom You Know and the first Mover and Shaker featured in 2009 and have worked with her continuously since. She's even talked her friends that are doctors into being my patients, and they subsequently send their hospital colleagues. I don't know anyone that is as great of a networker and writer as Peachy, nevermind that she is upstanding and always good for her word. Cosmopolitan Dental is so happy to be in the company of the caliber of major brands she works with today, and although she will tell you a million ways to get your teeth dirty between Peachy's Picks, Terrific Takeout and Peachy's Pantry, Peachy Deegan will tell you there is only one way to get your teeth clean!"
-Dr. Garo Nazarian, Founder and Owner of Cosmopolitan Dental
http://cosmopolitandental.com/