
Lenovo unveiled its entry-level synthetic intelligence (AI) inferencing server on Sunday. Dubbed ThinkEdge SE100, the gadget gives edge computing capabilities and is aimed toward small and medium-sized companies (SMBs) and enterprises. Showcased forward of the Cellular World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, it’s a part of the corporate’s new ThinkSystem V4 Servers. Lenovo claimed that the ThinkEdge SE100 is supplied with the corporate’s proprietary know-how to supply safe processing of AI workloads whereas sustaining optimum energy consumption. Notably, the patron tech model additionally showcased its ThinkBook “Codename Flip” AI PC idea at MWC 2025.
Lenovo Unveils Entry-Stage AI Edge Computing Resolution for Companies
In a press release, the corporate detailed the brand new ThinkEdge SE100 AI inferencing server. It’s powered by Intel’s Xeon 6 processors and comes with Lenovo’s Neptune liquid cooling and the Neptune Core Compute Advanced Module. The gadget is claimed to supply sooner workloads with diminished fan speeds and decrease energy consumption. The tech big added that the server may also have diminished air movement necessities, making it simpler to deploy in a variety of environments.
Notably, the gadget is designed for edge computing. Not like server-based processing, edge computing brings the computation and knowledge storage nearer to the units and doesn’t depend on centralised knowledge centres. The largest benefits with edge computing are decrease latency and improved response occasions. Edge computing is necessary for functions that depend on real-time knowledge processing.
The ThinkEdge SE100 can be outfitted with Lenovo’s Open Cloud Automation (LOC-A) and a Baseboard Administration Controller (BMC). The gadget sports activities the corporate’s newest model of XClarity administration platform that gives centralised monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting infrastructure.
Lenovo claimed that the brand new AI inferencing server is 85 p.c smaller and twice as highly effective as a normal 1U server. The gadget is adaptable for desktops, wall-mounts, ceilings, and 1U racks. It may be outfitted with as much as six or eight efficiency cores and even in its fullest GPU-equipped configuration, it’s claimed to stay below 140W to assist decrease energy consumption.
Additional, the server additionally helps hybrid cloud deployments and ML capabilities for AI duties resembling object detection and textual content recognition. Highlighting some use circumstances, Lenovo mentioned retailers can use the ThinkEdge SE100 for stock administration, producers can use it for high quality management and warehouse monitoring, and healthcare establishments can use it for course of automation, lab knowledge dealing with, and back-office duties.
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