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News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: XD2000i plug-compatible FPGA coprocessor module
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 April 2007
Coprocessor module built using FPGA
High performance bus to supply additional processing power to Intel Xeon processor-based servers is based on the power of a coprocessor module built using a Stratix III FPGA.
XtremeData has chosen the high-performance Altera Stratix III FPGA for its XD2000i plug-compatible FPGA coprocessor module supporting Intel's front side bus (FSB) This high performance bus will supply additional processing power to Intel Xeon processor-based servers
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The module plugs directly into the processor socket of dual- or quad-socket servers.
It will provide high performance application acceleration ranging from 10x to 100x compared to processors alone, while simultaneously reducing overall system power consumption.
"The Stratix III family will offer attractive options to address the requirements of high-performance computing market applications", says Ravi Chandran, CEO of XtremeData.
"The key to FPGA acceleration is parallelism, so the availability of hardware resources within the Stratix III architecture, like multipliers, barrel shifters and memory, are important factors".
The XD2000i is pin-compatible with and plugs directly into an Intel Xeon processor socket using the low-latency FSB interconnect.
The XtremeData module integrates FPGA coprocessing in a simple, elegant manner, with minimal disruption to the data-center infrastructure.
It supports high-density form factors, including 1U servers, server blades and Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) platforms.
"Application developers across computing sectors such as financial analysis, medical imaging, data analytics, text searches, network security and scientific computing will have a 'plug and play' solution for adding processing performance to their Intel-based systems", says Dr Dileep Bhandarkar, Director of Advanced Architectures for Intel.
"Intel is creating a total ecosystem for accelerators, including an Intel QuickAssist Technology Accelerator Abstraction layer that is hardware independent and enables rapid creation of new high performance applications".
"The XtremeData coprocessor module will use a high-performance Stratix III FPGA-based solution that enables existing Intel Xeon applications to be accelerated while delivering significant cost, power and space savings", says Dr Misha Burich, Altera's Senior Vice President of Research and Development.
"When these XtremeData co-processor modules are installed into commercial off-the-shelf CPU platforms, the algorithmic parts of applications can be substantially accelerated via parallelisation and pipelining".
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