Computer equipment and supplies

Tender description

The contracting authority requires commodity computer systems for training state-of-art artificial intelligence systems based on Neural Network technologies (CNN, GANs, etc). Three main categories of equipment are sought: (i) personal dual-GPU computers for use by individual Ph.D. or postdoctoral researchers in a tower case that can be placed on or under the desk; (ii) shared GPU servers systems which will be used by small teams (3-4 persons) working on a specific project but sharing a common codebase or sets of experimental data; these can be either rack-mounted, or in a tower case; a multi-port network interface, is required; (iii) personal single-GPU laptop computers to be used by individual researches for prototyping code. Tower case node; suitable for on-desk or under-desk use in office environment. — single-CPU; 12-Core; 128 GB RAM (non-ECC RAM is acceptable), — desirable: RAM upgrade options; CPU upgrade options, — 2 x 24GB GPU; Fast GPU-to-GPU Bus (50 Gbps transfer rate minimum), — 2 x 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD, — desirable: option to upgrade to higher capacity M2 NVMe SSD, — desirable: option to add SATA HDD/SSD storage, — 1 x 10 Gbe network interface (chipset must be Linux compatible), — desirable: 2 or 4-port network interface or higher data rates, — front and rear USB3.2 Gen 1 (or equivalent) ports, — basic HDMI Monitor, — desirable: monitor upgrades, — 3-year warranty and back-to-base servicing. — tower or rack case, — single-CPU; 20 core or higher; 256 GB RAM; (non-ECC is acceptable), — desirable: ECC RAM; RAM/CPU upgrade options; dual-CPU option, — 4 @ 24 GB GPU; GPU-to-GPU Bus (50 Gbps transfer rate between paired GPU). Note: Fewer GPU with higher memory spec is also acceptable, — desirable: option to upgrade to 6 or 8 GPU, — 2 @ 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD with write rate 2000MByte/s+, read rate 3000MByte/s +, — desirable: option to upgrade to higher capacity M2 NVMe SSD, — desirable: options to add SATA HDD/SSD storage capacity, — desirable: internal NAS support, or high-speed external NAS I/O, — 2 Port 25 Gbe network interface (chipset must be Linux compatible), — desirable: 4-port network interface or faster data rates, — desirable: USB3.2 Gen 1 (or equivalent) ports, — 3-year warranty and back-to-base servicing, — desirable: on site servicing. Single CPU i7 8 cores or higher: — desirable: CPU upgrade options, — minimum 32 GB DDR4, 2.666 MHz RAM or equivalent, — desirable: 64 GB DDR4 RAM or faster RAM upgrade, — single GPU 8GB GDDR6; compatible with AI frameworks such as Tensorflow, Pytorch, — desirable: GPU upgrades, — 2 @ 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD with write rate 3000MByte/s+, read rate 3000MByte/s+, — desirable: 1 @ 2TB NVMe SSD option can be substituted, — desirable: option to upgrade to higher capacity M2 NVMe SSDs, — 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n Wifi, Bluetooth (or equivalent), — desirable: 1 Gbps ethernet port or ethernet adapter, — minimum 2 x USB 3.1 ports; camera and micropohone to support videoconferencing, — desirable: 4 x USB 3.2 and/or thunderbolt/USB-C ports, — 3-year warranty and back-to-base servicing.