{"id":49384,"date":"2019-08-06T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=49384"},"modified":"2019-08-06T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T20:25:00","slug":"xilinx-expands-alveo-portfolio-with-industrys-first-adaptable-compute-network-and-storage-accelerator-card-built-for-any-server-any-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/49384-xilinx-expands-alveo-portfolio-with-industrys-first-adaptable-compute-network-and-storage-accelerator-card-built-for-any-server-any-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Xilinx Expands Alveo Portfolio with Industry\u2019s First Adaptable Compute, Network and Storage Accelerator Card Built for Any Server, Any Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

First low-pro\u00adfi\u00adle PCIe Gen 4 card deli\u00advers dra\u00adma\u00adtic impro\u00adve\u00adments in through\u00adput, laten\u00adcy and power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy for cri\u00adti\u00adcal data cen\u00adter workloads<\/strong><\/p>\n

SAN<\/span> JOSE<\/span>, Calif.<\/span>, Aug. 6, 2019<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ \u2014 Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ<\/span>: XLNX<\/span>), the lea\u00adder in adap\u00adti\u00adve and intel\u00adli\u00adgent com\u00adpu\u00adting, today expan\u00added its Alveo data cen\u00adter acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor card port\u00adfo\u00adlio with the launch of the Alveo\u2122<\/sup> U50<\/span>. The U50<\/span> card is the industry\u2019s first low pro\u00adfi\u00adle adap\u00adta\u00adble acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor with PCIe Gen 4 sup\u00adport, uni\u00adque\u00adly desi\u00adgned to super\u00adchar\u00adge a broad ran\u00adge of cri\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpu\u00adte, net\u00adwork and sto\u00adrage workloads, all on one recon\u00adfi\u00adgura\u00adble platform.<\/p>\n

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Alveo U50<\/span> Data Cen\u00adter Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor Card (PRNewsfoto\/Xilinx, Inc.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Alveo U50<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes cus\u00adto\u00admers with a pro\u00adgramma\u00adble low pro\u00adfi\u00adle and low-power acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor plat\u00adform built for sca\u00adle-out archi\u00adtec\u00adtures and domain-spe\u00adci\u00adfic acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of any ser\u00adver deploy\u00adment, on-pre\u00admi\u00adse, in the cloud and at the edge. To meet the chal\u00adlenges of emer\u00adging dyna\u00admic workloads such as cloud micro\u00adser\u00advices, Alveo U50<\/span> deli\u00advers bet\u00adween 10\u201320x impro\u00adve\u00adments in through\u00adput, laten\u00adcy and power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy. For acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted net\u00adwor\u00adking and sto\u00adrage workloads, the U50<\/span> card helps deve\u00adlo\u00adpers iden\u00adti\u00adfy and eli\u00admi\u00adna\u00adte laten\u00adcy and data move\u00adment bot\u00adt\u00adlen\u00adecks by moving com\u00adpu\u00adte clo\u00adser to the data.<\/p>\n

Powered by the Xilinx\u00ae<\/sup> UltraS\u00adca\u00adle+\u2122 archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, the Alveo U50<\/span> card is the first in the Alveo port\u00adfo\u00adlio to be packa\u00adged in a half-height, half-length form fac\u00adtor and low 75-Watt power enve\u00adlo\u00adpe. The card fea\u00adtures high-band\u00adwidth memo\u00adry (HBM2<\/span>), 100 giga\u00adbit per second (100 Gbps) net\u00adwor\u00adking con\u00adnec\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty, and sup\u00adport for the PCIe Gen 4 and CCIX<\/span> inter\u00adcon\u00adnects. By fit\u00adting into stan\u00addard PCIe ser\u00adver slots and using one-third the power, the Alveo U50<\/span> signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly expands the scope in which adap\u00adta\u00adble acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon can be deploy\u00aded to unlock dra\u00adma\u00adtic through\u00adput and laten\u00adcy impro\u00adve\u00adments for deman\u00adding com\u00adpu\u00adte, net\u00adwork and sto\u00adrage workloads. The 8GB<\/span> of HBM2<\/span> deli\u00advers over 400 Gbps data trans\u00adfer speeds and the QSFP<\/span> ports pro\u00advi\u00adde up to 100 Gbps net\u00adwork con\u00adnec\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty. The high-speed net\u00adwor\u00adking I\/O also sup\u00adports advan\u00adced appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons like NVMe-oF\u2122 solu\u00adti\u00adons (NVM<\/span> Express over Fabrics\u2122), dis\u00adag\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal sto\u00adrage and spe\u00adcia\u00adli\u00adzed finan\u00adcial ser\u00advices applications. <\/p>\n

From machi\u00adne lear\u00adning infe\u00adrence, video trans\u00adco\u00adding and data ana\u00adly\u00adtics to com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal sto\u00adrage, elec\u00adtro\u00adnic tra\u00adding and finan\u00adcial risk mode\u00adling, the Alveo U50<\/span> brings pro\u00adgramma\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, and high through\u00adput and low laten\u00adcy per\u00adfor\u00admance advan\u00adta\u00adges to any ser\u00adver deploy\u00adment. Unli\u00adke fixed archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adves, the soft\u00adware and hard\u00adware pro\u00adgramma\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of the Alveo U50<\/span> allows cus\u00adto\u00admers to meet ever-chan\u00adging demands and opti\u00admi\u00adze appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon per\u00adfor\u00admance as workloads and algo\u00adrith\u00adms con\u00adti\u00adnue to evolve. <\/p>\n

Alveo U50<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted solu\u00adti\u00adons deli\u00adver signi\u00adfi\u00adcant cus\u00adto\u00admer value across a ran\u00adge of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, including:<\/p>\n