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Bull & Intel

Powering enterprise, HPC & AI together

Building on a long-standing Bull–Intel partnership and decades of HPC expertise, BullSequana servers powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 processors deliver sovereign, high-performance infrastructure, from enterprise-scale mission-critical workloads to large-scale HPC and AI deployments, combining performance, security, and efficiency.

Together, Bull and Intel combine advanced silicon innovation with proven system design to help organisations run their most demanding workloads with confidence, today and into the future.

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Partnership benefits

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Enterprise scale-up without compromise

BullSequana SH with Intel® Xeon® 6 delivers true scale-up performance, enabling organisations to grow seamlessly from 2 to 16 sockets within a single system.

  • Purpose-built large SMP architecture, optimised for demanding scale-up workloads such as SAP HANA® and intensive data-processing platforms
  • Supports up to 128 TB DDR5 memory to power large in-memory databases and real-time analytics
  • Bull’s Node Controller UNC5 interconnect (for 8-socket systems and above) ensures high-bandwidth, low-latency communication across all sockets
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Trusted infrastructure for regulated and sovereign environments

BullSequana SH with Intel® Xeon® 6 is designed with a secure-by-design approach, combining supply-chain transparency with advanced hardware protection.

  • Firmware protection with Trusted Execution technology using Root-of-Trust (RoT)
  • Intel® confidential computing technologies including SGX and TDX
  • Secure virtualisation advancements through collaboration with Vates
  • Adaptable to national sovereignty, compliance, and regulated industry requirements worldwide
  • Intel’s semiconductor manufacturing in Leixlip, Ireland, supports sovereign infrastructure
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From simulation to AI training at scale

BullSequana X and XH servers integrate Bull’s HPC heritage with Intel® innovation to power demanding HPC workloads and AI applications.

  • Purpose-built for simulation, modelling, and advanced analytics
  • Intel® Xeon® processors with Intel® AMX for built-in AI acceleration
  • Direct liquid cooling capable of 45°C CPU operation for improved energy efficiency
  • Support for CPU-based and accelerator-enhanced AI
  • Designed for high core-count, memory-intensive AI training and inference

Spotlight on Bull solutions, powered by Intel

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BullSequana SH powered by Intel® Xeon® 6

BullSequana SH is ideal for mission-critical enterprise environments requiring high reliability and seamless scalability. It supports large in-memory databases such as SAP HANA®, core banking and ERP systems, large-scale virtualisation, and real-time analytics with predictable scale-up performance.

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BullSequana X400 powered by Intel® Xeon® processors

A comprehensive family of rack-mounted servers designed for High-Performance Computing & AI workloads. They offer an optimum balance between density, efficiency, and cost. They can be deployed for specific customer workloads or integrated into large-scale exascale clusters as service nodes.

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BullSequana XH3500 powered by Intel® Xeon® 6

The BullSequana XH3500 is Bull’s flagship exascale-ready platform, engineered for the most demanding AI and high-performance computing workloads. Designed with Bull’s best-in-class direct liquid cooling, it enables sustainable performance at national and scientific scale.

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Centre for Excellence in Performance Programming - CEPP One+

At CEPP, we ensure a smooth transition to the latest Intel compilers, libraries and tools. Our expert CEPP one+ team works closely with Intel to support and oversee migration, with access to pre-release Intel oneAPI versions to validate and implement critical fixes early.

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Customer Successes

Featured Customer Deployments

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Enterprise customers running SAP HANA® scale-up systems

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AI-driven organisations deploying hybrid HPC/AI platforms

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Resources

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Interview with Marie Thery, President Intel France

Hear how the Bull–Intel partnership unlocks customer value through co-developed, sovereign high-performance solutions, code modernisation, and confidential computing by design.

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BullSequana SH for SAP HANA brochure

Learn how BullSequana SH delivers secure, scalable, high-performance infrastructure for SAP HANA®. Designed for business-critical environments, it enables reliable in-memory processing and real-time business operations at scale.

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Interview with Jan Krüger, Technical and Account Director, SAP at Intel

Jan shares his experience on what SAP customers are expecting from next-generation server platforms and how BullSequana SH is meeting these demands.

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BullSequana SH series brochure

Learn how in-memory computing with BullSequana SH allows you to deploy your critical & AI applications with confidence. Meeting the exacting demands of enterprises, cloud providers and hyperscalers.

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Interview with Jean-Laurent Philippe, CTO EMEA at Intel

Hear how Intel and Bull are committed to pushing the boundaries of technology, ensuring our customers receive solutions that cater to their unique requirements.

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Why Bull & Intel?

Bull and Intel combine decades of co-engineering expertise with leading processor innovation to deliver high-performance, sovereign infrastructure. Together, they provide scalable enterprise systems and advanced HPC platforms optimised for mission-critical and AI-driven workloads. 

BullSequana SH powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 processors enables seamless scale-up from 2 to 32 sockets within a single system. This architecture supports large in-memory databases, virtualisation, and data-intensive applications with predictable performance and reliability. 

BullSequana SH powered by Intel® Xeon® 6 processors provides certified, high-performance scale-up infrastructure for SAP HANA® deployments. The platform delivers industry-leading performance, with numerous SAP benchmark world records, and supports configurations up to 16 sockets and 128 TB of memory for large, mission-critical SAP landscapes. 

BullSequana servers are engineered with a secure-by-design approach, combining supply-chain transparency, advanced hardware protection, and Intel® confidential computing technologies such as SGX and TDX. Solutions are adaptable to national sovereignty and regulatory requirements worldwide. 

BullSequana X/XH platforms integrate Bull’s HPC heritage with Intel® Xeon® processors and Intel® AMX for built-in AI acceleration. The platforms are designed for simulation, modelling, AI training, and inference, delivering high memory bandwidth and energy-efficient performance. 

The partnership is built on long-standing collaboration and joint optimisation across hardware, firmware, and software ecosystems. This ensures validated, performance-tuned solutions that balance enterprise reliability with HPC innovation. 

Scale-Up and Secure your Critical Workloads with Bull and Intel

Whether you are modernising infrastructure, scaling up, or optimising mission-critical workloads, Bull and Intel deliver proven technology solutions built for the future. Let’s explore how we can enhance your transformation strategy together.

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Scale-up and secure your critical workloads with Bull and Intel

Whether you are modernising infrastructure, scaling up, or optimising mission-critical workloads, Bull and Intel deliver proven technology solutions built for the future. Let’s explore how we can transform your transformation strategy together.

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Webinars & Live Events

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Scaling Generative AI for Enterprise Innovation

November 15, 2025
10:00-11:00 AM CT

Join experts from NewCo and NVIDIA as they explore how enterprises are deploying large language models and vision AI at scale. This session covers architecture design, data strategy, and real-world deployment patterns using accelerated computing.

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Supercomputing for National Research and Innovation

November 18, 2025
10:00-11:00 AM CT

Discover how national laboratories and research institutions are using HPC and AI to drive scientific breakthroughs. Speakers from NVIDIA and NewCo showcase use cases in climate modeling, bioinformatics, and advanced simulation with exascale-ready solutions.

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Real-time Risk Modeling with GPU Acceleration

September 5, 2025
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Learn how financial organizations are transforming fraud detection, risk modeling, and algorithmic trading with high-performance GPU computing. This webinar features a deep dive into AI pipelines, model optimization, and infrastructure best practices.

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News & Resources

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NewCo And NVIDIA Announce Expanded Collaboration On AI Supercomputing

NewCo and NVIDIA have strengthened their partnership to deliver next-generation AI supercomputers for enterprise and research institutions. The expanded collaboration includes joint engineering efforts and optimized software frameworks for accelerated AI workloads.

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Accelerating Generative AI In Enterprise Environments

This technical white paper explores best practices for deploying large language models securely and efficiently using NewCo infrastructure with NVIDIA GPUs. It provides an architecture blueprint and performance benchmarks to guide AI adoption at scale.

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From Simulation To Insight: Why HPC Needs AI Acceleration

This expert article explains how combining HPC and AI leads to faster research breakthroughs in fields like climate modeling, life sciences, and energy exploration. Discover how NVIDIA GPU acceleration integrated with NewCo supercomputing platforms is reshaping innovation.