Compute where the data is born
EMDC is a micro data center: servers, switches, storage and cooling in one box. Hang one on a wall, or fill a rack with several.
RackStack it in the rack
Three units fill one 4U insert in a 19-inch rack. Each unit runs its own cluster. HIRO’s Intelligent Orchestration platform joins the units at one site and the sites with each other.
WallOr mount it on a wall
For places with no room for a server rack: an office, a shop floor, a substation. It is the same unit as in the rack.
Every slot is an open standard
No vendor lock-in: use COM-HPC modules, OCP NIC 3.0 cards and EDSFF drives from any vendor that suits you.
- Compute modulesPICMG COM-HPC, 150 to 300 W, up to eight per unit; x86 CPUs, NVIDIA GPU SoCs, AMD Versal FPGAs or CXL memory. The prototype also runs NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin modules.
- Network cardsOCP NIC 3.0
- Management moduleOCP DC-SCM 2.1, OpenBMC firmware with Redfish
- Flash storageEDSFF E1.S
- CXL memoryEDSFF E3.S
- FabricPCIe Gen5 and CXL
- Liquid cooling · optionalTwo pipes at the rear connect to the building’s chilled-water or HVAC loop. With liquid cooling the unit needs no fans, and the heat can go into the building’s heating loop.
- Air cooling · optionalFans at the rear pull air in through the front grille and out through the rear grille.
Working prototype, built in the EU project CAPE
EMDC is a working prototype, built in the EU project CAPE with Fraunhofer and Universität Bielefeld. You buy the units and the modules. HIRO supplies the Intelligent Orchestration platform and a service contract.
