Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI) shares rose Friday after the company unveiled a new high-density server designed to handle demanding compute workloads without taking over your entire data center.

The company announced it will introduce a new 6U SuperBlade platform featuring both liquid and air cooling options. The SBI-622BA-1NE12-LCC system utilizes dual Intel Xeon 6900 Series processors, each equipped with up to 256 P-cores. That's a lot of processing power packed into a relatively compact space.

Compute Density

Here's where things get interesting. Supermicro says a single 6U enclosure can support up to 10 blades, reaching a maximum of 25,600 cores per rack. The platform supports both direct liquid cooling for those running hot workloads and standard air cooling for more conventional setups.

The company claims the design can reduce cabling by up to 93% and decrease space requirements by approximately 50% compared to traditional 1U servers. That's significant if you're trying to maximize computing power in a limited physical footprint. The system targets HPC and AI workloads, including research, financial modeling, and similar demanding applications.

Memory And Storage

Each blade supports up to 3TB of DDR5 memory and multiple storage options, including PCIe 5.0 NVMe drives. The chassis includes two 25G Ethernet switches with 100G uplinks and flexible PCIe expansion for additional connectivity needs.

Supermicro says the chassis management system enables remote control of blades, power, cooling and networking, plus BIOS access. That means administrators can manage everything without physically touching the hardware.

SMCI Price Action: Super Micro Computer shares were up 6.82% at $31.26 at the time of publication on Friday.