{"id":40670,"date":"2018-10-02T20:35:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=40670"},"modified":"2018-10-02T20:43:55","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T18:43:55","slug":"xilinx-launches-the-worlds-fastest-data-center-and-ai-accelerator-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/40670-xilinx-launches-the-worlds-fastest-data-center-and-ai-accelerator-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Xilinx Launches the World\u2019s Fastest Data Center and AI<\/span> Accelerator Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deli\u00adve\u00adring 4X<\/span> per\u00adfor\u00admance vs GPUs, 90X<\/span> vs CPUs, AND<\/span> unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted adap\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty across workloads<\/p>\n

SAN<\/span> JOSE<\/span>, Calif., Oct. 2, 2018 \u2014 Xilinx Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Forum (XDF<\/span>) \u2013 Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ<\/span>: XLNX<\/span>) the lea\u00adder in adap\u00adti\u00adve and intel\u00adli\u00adgent com\u00adpu\u00adting, today laun\u00adched Alveo<\/a>, a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of powerful acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor cards desi\u00adgned to dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly increase per\u00adfor\u00admance in indus\u00adtry-stan\u00addard ser\u00advers across cloud and on-pre\u00admi\u00adse data cen\u00adters. With Alveo, cus\u00adto\u00admers can expect breakth\u00adrough per\u00adfor\u00admance impro\u00adve\u00adment at low laten\u00adcy when run\u00adning key data cen\u00adter appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons like real-time machi\u00adne lear\u00adning infe\u00adrence as well as video pro\u00adces\u00adsing, geno\u00admics, and data ana\u00adly\u00adtics, among others. The Alveo\u2122 U200<\/span><\/a> and Alveo U250<\/span><\/a> are powered by the Xilinx\u00ae UltraS\u00adca\u00adle+\u2122 FPGA<\/span> and are available now for pro\u00adduc\u00adtion orders. And like all Xilinx tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, cus\u00adto\u00admers can recon\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre the hard\u00adware, enab\u00adling them to opti\u00admi\u00adze for shif\u00adting workloads, new stan\u00addards and updated algo\u00adrith\u00adms wit\u00adhout incur\u00adring repla\u00adce\u00adment costs.<\/p>\n

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Alveo acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor cards deli\u00adver signi\u00adfi\u00adcant per\u00adfor\u00admance advan\u00adta\u00adges over a broad set of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. For machi\u00adne lear\u00adning, the Alveo U250<\/span> increa\u00adses real-time infe\u00adrence through\u00adput by 20X<\/span> ver\u00adsus high-end CPUs, and more than 4X<\/span> for sub-two-mil\u00adli\u00adse\u00adcond low-laten\u00adcy appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons ver\u00adsus fixed-func\u00adtion acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors like high-end GPUs*. Moreo\u00adver, Alveo acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor cards redu\u00adce laten\u00adcy by 3X<\/span> ver\u00adsus GPUs, pro\u00advi\u00adding a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant advan\u00adta\u00adge when run\u00adning real-time infe\u00adrence appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons.** And some appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons like data\u00adba\u00adse search can be radi\u00adcal\u00adly acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted to deli\u00adver more than 90X<\/span>, ver\u00adsus CPUs.***<\/p>\n

Alveo is sup\u00adport\u00aded by an eco\u00adsys\u00adtem of part\u00adners and OEMs who have deve\u00adlo\u00adped and qua\u00adli\u00adfied key appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons in AI<\/span>\/ML<\/span>, video trans\u00adco\u00adding, data ana\u00adly\u00adtics, finan\u00adcial risk mode\u00adling, secu\u00adri\u00adty, and geno\u00admics. Four\u00adteen eco\u00adsys\u00adtem part\u00adners have deve\u00adlo\u00adped appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons for imme\u00addia\u00adte deploy\u00adment. They are Algo-Logic Sys\u00adtems Inc, Bigstream, Black\u00adLynx Inc., CTAc\u00adcel, Fal\u00adcon Com\u00adpu\u00adting, Maxe\u00adler Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, Mip\u00adso\u00adlo\u00adgy, NGCo\u00addec, Skreens, SumUp Ana\u00adly\u00adtics, Titan IC<\/span>, Vites\u00adse Data, VYU\u00adsync and Xelera Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly, top OEMs are col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with Xilinx to qua\u00adli\u00adfy mul\u00adti\u00adple ser\u00adver SKUs with Alveo acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor cards inclu\u00adding Dell EMC<\/span>, Fuji\u00adtsu Limi\u00adt\u00aded and IBM<\/span> with more to come.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The launch of Alveo acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor cards fur\u00adther advan\u00adces Xilinx\u2019s trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon into a plat\u00adform com\u00adpa\u00adny, enab\u00adling a gro\u00adwing eco\u00adsys\u00adtem of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon part\u00adners that can now inno\u00adva\u00adte fas\u00adter than ever befo\u00adre,\u201d said Manish Muthal, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, data cen\u00adter, Xilinx. \u201cWe are see\u00ading strong cus\u00adto\u00admer inte\u00adrest in Alveo acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors and are deligh\u00adted to part\u00adner with our appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon eco\u00adsys\u00adtem to deli\u00adver pro\u00adduc\u00adtion-deploya\u00adble solu\u00adti\u00adons based on Alveo to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

OEM<\/span> Quo\u00adtes<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>FPGA-based acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon solu\u00adti\u00adons in modern data cen\u00adters are gai\u00adning popu\u00adla\u00adri\u00adty as acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors that can be pro\u00adgrammed and repro\u00adgrammed easi\u00adly as users see fit,\u201d said Ravi Pen\u00adde\u00adkan\u00adti, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, pro\u00adduct manage\u00adment and mar\u00adke\u00adting, Dell EMC<\/span> Ser\u00advers &<\/span> Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre Sys\u00adtems. \u201cOur col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Xilinx to crea\u00adte best-in-class acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon solu\u00adti\u00adons will bene\u00adfit cus\u00adto\u00admers in a ran\u00adge of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons from video con\u00adtent strea\u00adming to risk manage\u00adment and finan\u00adcial services.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Fuji\u00adtsu con\u00adgra\u00adtu\u00adla\u00adtes Xilinx on the announce\u00adment of its new board level pro\u00adducts and solu\u00adti\u00adons. With 5G<\/span> use cases for appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons such as auto\u00adno\u00admous dri\u00adving, tele\u00adme\u00addi\u00adci\u00adne, and vir\u00adtu\u00adal rea\u00adli\u00adty, the ran\u00adge of vRAN appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons based on the COTS<\/span> ser\u00advers is expec\u00adted to expand con\u00adsider\u00ada\u00adb\u00adly in the future,\u201d said Mr. Masa\u00adki Tani\u00adguchi, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, depu\u00adty head of Net\u00adwork Pro\u00adducts, Fuji\u00adtsu Limi\u00adt\u00aded. \u201cFuji\u00adtsu Limi\u00adt\u00aded and Fuji\u00adtsu Labo\u00adra\u00adto\u00adries Ltd. have been col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with Xilinx to joint\u00adly vali\u00adda\u00adte 3X<\/span> per\u00adfor\u00admance on cri\u00adti\u00adcal soft\u00adware func\u00adtions in the 4G<\/span> vRAN sys\u00adtem. Fuji\u00adtsu looks for\u00adward to crea\u00adting powerful solu\u00adti\u00adons by com\u00adbi\u00adning its x86 ser\u00advers and Xilinx adap\u00adta\u00adble acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon boards.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The launch of Xilinx\u2019s stan\u00addard acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon board pro\u00adducts is an exci\u00adting addi\u00adti\u00adon to a rapidly emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy are\u00adna focu\u00adsed on fue\u00adling per\u00adfor\u00admance-hun\u00adgry appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said Keith McAu\u00adlif\u00adfe, Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent and Chief Tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgist, Ser\u00advers Glo\u00adbal Busi\u00adness Unit, HPE<\/span>. \u201cWe look for\u00adward to col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with Xilinx to bring their tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy to mar\u00adket and enable our cus\u00adto\u00admers to crea\u00adte breakth\u00adrough busi\u00adness value.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>With the IBM<\/span> Power Sys\u00adtems AC922<\/span> ser\u00adver, IBM<\/span> has alre\u00ada\u00addy demons\u00adtra\u00adted that we have the best plat\u00adform for enter\u00adpri\u00adse AI<\/span> trai\u00adning,\u201d said Ste\u00adve Sibley, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of IBM<\/span> Cogni\u00adti\u00adve Sys\u00adtems. \u201cIBM<\/span> sees infe\u00adrence as a key com\u00adpo\u00adnent of a com\u00adple\u00adte, end-to-end AI<\/span> plat\u00adform, and POWER9<\/span>\u2019s lea\u00adder\u00adship I\/O band\u00adwidth for data move\u00adment makes it an ide\u00adal pai\u00adring with Xilinx\u2019s new Alveo U200<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor card to bring infe\u00adrence to the enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Xilinx\u00ae Alveo\u2122 U200<\/span> and U250<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor cards are available today start\u00ading at $8,995 (USD<\/span>) and can be purcha\u00adsed today. Alter\u00adna\u00adtively, you can try it out first in the Nim\u00adbix cloud.<\/p>\n

More details on Alveo and the full spec sheets are available on our web\u00adsite. The latest list of Alveo appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon deve\u00adlo\u00adpers is available on the appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon direc\u00adto\u00adry. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon on Xilinx and its breakth\u00adrough tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, plea\u00adse visit www.xilinx.com. Fol\u00adlow us on Twit\u00adter, Lin\u00adke\u00addIn, and Facebook.<\/p>\n

About Xilinx<\/p>\n

Xilinx deve\u00adlo\u00adps high\u00adly fle\u00adxi\u00adble and adap\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adces\u00adsing plat\u00adforms that enable rapid inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon across a varie\u00adty of tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies \u2013 from the end\u00adpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx is the inven\u00adtor of the FPGA<\/span>, hard\u00adware pro\u00adgramma\u00adble SoCs and the ACAP<\/span>, desi\u00adgned to deli\u00adver the most dyna\u00admic pro\u00adces\u00adsor tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy in the indus\u00adtry and enable the adap\u00adta\u00adble, intel\u00adli\u00adgent and con\u00adnec\u00adted world of the future. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit www.xilinx.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Foot\u00adno\u00adtes:<\/p>\n

*20x run\u00adning Goog\u00adLeNet V1<\/span>, Batch=1 | Alveo U250<\/span> vs Intel Xeon Pla\u00adti\u00adnum Sky\u00adla\u00adke CPU<\/span> (c5.18xlarge ins\u00adtance; 4x run\u00adning Goog\u00adLeNet V1<\/span>, Batch=1 | Alveo U250<\/span> vs Nvi\u00addia V100<\/span> GPU<\/span><\/p>\n

**3x run\u00adning CNN<\/span>+BLSTM<\/span> speech-to-text laten\u00adcy | Alveo U250<\/span> or U200<\/span> + Intel Xeon CPU<\/span> E5-2686<\/span> v4 vs Nvi\u00addia P4<\/span> + Xeon CPU<\/span> E5-2690<\/span> v4<\/p>\n

***90x run\u00adning RYFT<\/span> Ela\u00ads\u00adtic\u00adse\u00adarch | Alveo vs EC2<\/span> C4<\/span>.8xlarge instance<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Copy\u00adright 2018 Xilinx, Inc. Xilinx, the Xilinx logo, Alveo, Ver\u00adsal and other desi\u00adgna\u00adted brands included her\u00adein are trade\u00admarks of Xilinx in the United Sta\u00adtes and other count\u00adries. All other trade\u00admarks are the pro\u00adper\u00adty of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deli\u00adve\u00adring 4X<\/span> per\u00adfor\u00admance vs GPUs, 90X<\/span> vs CPUs, AND<\/span> unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted adap\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty across workloads<\/p>\n

SAN<\/span> JOSE<\/span>, Calif., Oct. 2, 2018 \u2014 Xilinx Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Forum (XDF<\/span>) \u2013 Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ<\/span>: XLNX<\/span>) the lea\u00adder in adap\u00adti\u00adve and intel\u00adli\u00adgent com\u00adpu\u00adting, today laun\u00adched Alveo<\/a>, a port\u00adfo\u00adlio of powerful acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor cards desi\u00adgned to dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly increase per\u00adfor\u00admance in indus\u00adtry-stan\u00addard ser\u00advers across cloud and on-pre\u00admi\u00adse data cen\u00adters. With Alveo, cus\u00adto\u00admers can expect breakth\u00adrough per\u00adfor\u00admance impro\u00adve\u00adment at low laten\u00adcy when run\u00adning key data cen\u00adter appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons like real-time machi\u00adne lear\u00adning infe\u00adrence as well as video pro\u00adces\u00adsing, geno\u00admics, and data ana\u00adly\u00adtics, among others. The Alveo\u2122 U200<\/span><\/a> and Alveo U250<\/span><\/a> are powered by the Xilinx\u00ae UltraS\u00adca\u00adle+\u2122 FPGA<\/span> and are available now for pro\u00adduc\u00adtion orders. And like all Xilinx tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, cus\u00adto\u00admers can recon\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adre the hard\u00adware, enab\u00adling them to opti\u00admi\u00adze for shif\u00adting workloads, new stan\u00addards and updated algo\u00adrith\u00adms wit\u00adhout incur\u00adring repla\u00adce\u00adment cos\u00adts. (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1584,1583],"class_list":["post-40670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-alveo","tag-xilinx","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40670"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40675,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40670\/revisions\/40675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}