Dell Unveils PowerEdge XE7740 with Gaudi 3 to Break Barriers to Enterprise AI

Dell is introducing the PowerEdge XE7740 server, featuring Intel Gaudi 3 PCIe accelerators, to meet the need for efficient, scalable, and cost-effective AI infrastructure. 

The PowerEdge XE7740 is designed to offer powerful AI acceleration, flexibility, and performance, according to Dell. The 4U PowerEdge XE7740 delivers the ease of integration of the PowerEdge R-Series with the performance and scalability of PowerEdge XE-Series, advanced networking and powerful accelerator configurations to meet the growing needs of AI development. 

Whether you're fine-tuning AI models for specific business workflows or running high-performance inferencing, the XE7740 simplifies deployment, improves operations, and sets new benchmarks for AI price versus performance, the company said. Now enterprise business and industries including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, and retail have even more freedom to choose right-sized AI infrastructure. 

The XE7740 is highly flexible, accommodating up to eight double-wide or PCIe accelerators. With configurations supporting up to 8 individual Gaudi 3 accelerators, the XE7740 optionally offers two groups of 4-way bridged accelerators.

4-way Gaudi 3 PCIe accelerator bridging integrates 900 GB/s combined throughput for accelerator-to-accelerator communication over 18x 200GbE interfaces using Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) over Converged Ethernet (RoCE v2).  Accelerator-to-accelerator bridging is crucial for larger-scale AI models and larger memory spaces, ensuring workflow scalability and flexibility, according to Dell. 

This server isn’t just about raw computing power; it delivers flexible networking with up to a 1:1 accelerator to Network Interface Card (NIC) ratio through eight full-height PCIe slots and an integrated OCP networking module. 

The XE7740 is purpose-built for enterprise AI and seamless integration into existing air-cooled racks, thanks to innovative Dell Smart Cooling.

Powered by up to 8 Gaudi 3 PCIe accelerators, it supports seamless AI workflow integration with optimization for popular models such as Llama4, Llama3, Deepseek, Phi4, Qwen3, Falcon3, and more.

Alongside a diverse catalog of existing models, Gaudi 3 allows enterprises to accelerate AI adoption effortlessly. Its efficient design ensures high performance without costly power and cooling upgrades, making it ideal for organizations looking to scale AI workloads reliably and efficiently, Dell said.

Dell PowerEdge XE7740 is tailored for various AI workloads, including but not limited to: 

• Large Language Model (LLM) inferencing and fine-tuning 

• Multimodal AI applications, such as image and speech recognition 

• Data-intensive healthcare analysis and genome sequencing 

• Financial services fraud detection and risk mitigation 

• Real-time personalization in retail and e-commerce 

The Intel Gaudi 3 PCIe accelerators integrate smoothly with PyTorch and platforms such as Hugging Face, enabling organizations to fine-tune models or infer complex AI models efficiently.  

By reducing unpredictable pay-as-you-go accelerator utilization costs and cloud egress charges, the XE7740 empowers businesses to streamline on-premises AI projects without compromising performance or data security, Dell said.

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