Dell Technologies accelerates AI-powered innovation with the Dell AI Factory

Dell Technologies announces the creation of the Dell AI Factory, which will give customers access to the industry’s broadest portfolio of artificial intelligence, from device to data center to cloud 1, and an open ecosystem of technology partners to build AI applications that meet their unique needs, including via traditional purchase or as a Dell APEX Subscription. “Artificial intelligence is transforming business at an unprecedented pace. Data centers must be designed from the ground up to support the speed and scale of AI as new AI-powered desktops transform productivity and collaboration,” said Jeff Clarke, vice president and chief operating officer of Dell Technologies. “New IT infrastructure and devices are needed specifically designed to meet the specific requirements of artificial intelligence. Dell AI Factory helps customers
Accelerate your AI adoption with the world’s broadest AI portfolio and leading AI ecosystem partners, giving you the right approach and greater control over your AI deployments on-premises, at the edge and in cloud environments.”

Providing the infrastructure to achieve any AI outcome

Dell’s comprehensive AI portfolio of clients, servers, storage, data protection and networking is the foundation of the Dell AI Factory. Dell Technologies is expanding this offering with new offerings specifically designed to meet the growing demands of artificial intelligence.

AI computers are rewriting the rules of creativity and productivity

 Dell introduces the most Copilot+ computers Powered by Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus, 2 processors and packed with new Microsoft AI features. Aimed at professionals and consumers, these laptops have built-in artificial intelligence, revolutionary performance and exceptional battery life. This revolutionary AI PC environment will help users easily manage tasks and workflows through local processing and processing on GPU, CPU and NPU.

Advances in data management and protection that drive AI innovation
 Dell PowerScale F910 scale All-flash file storage meets the needs of demanding AI workloads, providing faster access to AI information with up to 127% performance improvements3 and exceptional density.

 Power scale: Project Lightning is a new, high-performance parallel file system software architecture that will be integrated with PowerScale to reduce training time for large-scale and complex AI workflows.

 Dell AI data protection solution helps customers protect critical AI-based applications and data with Dell data protection software and devices and reference design to streamline deployment.

An expanded network portfolio provides structure to accelerate AI performance
 Dell PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON, Powered by the Broadcom Tomahawk chipset, it doubles the network performance of AI 4 applications with a modern network architecture that delivers high throughput, low latency and easy scalability to meet the needs of the most demanding network environments.
 Dell PowerEdge XE9680 Supports Broadcom 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters. The combination of PowerEdge hardware, the PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON switch and 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters enables organizations to achieve greater performance, scalability and efficiency by building robust Ethernet networks.
 SONiC Enterprise Distribution innovations improve AI performance, while SmartFabric Manager for SONiC simplifies deployment, orchestration and lifecycle management with a single view of the SONiC network.

Accelerate time to value for AI with a leading partner ecosystem
Deep collaboration between Dell and leading ecosystem partners ensures tightly integrated solutions and makes it easier for customers to start using AI.
 Dell Technologies is the first infrastructure provider to partner with Hugging Face to provide optimized local deployment of generative AI models. Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face enables organizations to easily and securely train and deploy open, customized Large Language Models (LLM) locally on Dell infrastructure. This experience accelerates time to value for customers building their own AI applications for applications such as chatbots and customer service, and is available directly on Hugging Face’s leading open platform for AI developers.

 Dell Technologies continues to work with Meta to simplify the deployment of Meta Llama 3 models locally on Dell infrastructure by providing test results, performance data and deployment regulations.
 Dell AI for Microsoft Azure AI Services accelerates the deployment of AI services, such as speech transcription and translation, built on the Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure.

Simplify your AI journey with an expanded portfolio of services
Dell is expanding its broad portfolio of professional AI services to deliver better business outcomes through AI initiatives.

 Microsoft Copilot implementation services Help organizations transform the way they work with expert guidance on using Microsoft Copilots for GitHub, security, Windows, and sales.

 Acceleration services for the Dell enterprise center in a cuddly face Accelerate your time to value for rapid AI prototyping by using the Dell Portal on Hugging Face, where you can get strategic advice on tool and model selection and use case customization.

Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA expands to accelerate AI adoption
Dell Technologies has expanded the Dell AI factory with NVIDIA with new advancements in servers, edge devices, workstations, solutions and services. Announced in March, Dell’s AI Factory with NVIDIA accelerates AI adoption by providing integrated capabilities from Dell and NVIDIA or pre-validated full-stack solutions.

Additional Comments “AI workloads generate massive traffic and require exceptional performance in clouds and data centers,” said Dr. Charlie Kawwas, president of Broadcom’s Semiconductor Solutions Group. “We are proud to partner with Dell to showcase world-leading networking innovations that enable organizations to realize the maximum performance of Dell infrastructure solutions. Broadcom’s commitment to enabling AI infrastructure through open, scalable and energy-efficient networking solutions will drive this collaboration for the benefit of our customers.”