SAN JOSE, Calif., March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Open Compute
Project U.S. Summit — StackVelocity, a business unit of Jabil and
Cavium, Inc., (NASDAQ: CAVM) today announced that they will partner
to deliver Open Compute Project (OCP) and OCP inspired Open Cloud
Server (OCS) platforms based on ThunderX™ line of processors. The
objective of the partnership is to provide best-in-class ARMv8
based server platforms to support diverse Hyperscale datacenter
workloads.
The ThunderX product family is Cavium's 64-bit ARMv8-A server
processor for next generation Data Center and Cloud applications
that features high performance custom cores, single and dual socket
configurations, high memory bandwidth and large memory capacity.
The product family also includes integrated hardware accelerators,
integrated feature rich high bandwidth network and storage IO,
fully virtualized core and IO, and scalable high bandwidth, low
latency Ethernet fabric, which affords ThunderX best-in-class
performance per dollar and watt. The ThunderX processor family is
fully compliant with ARMv8-A architecture specifications as well as
ARM's SBSA and SBBR standards and is widely supported by industry
leading OS, Hypervisor and Software tool and application
vendors.
StackVelocity customers continue to demand integration services
that support an ever increasing level of performance per watt and
performance per dollar efficiency. "Companies looking seriously at
Open Compute are intensely focused on squeezing every ounce of
performance and efficiency from their data centers," said
Doug Taylor, General Manager,
StackVelocity. "Cavium's ThunderX architecture was designed to
drive exceptional efficiency and performance, so collaborating with
them to bring their ARM platform to Open Compute for scale-out IT
operators worldwide made perfect sense."
"The combination of StackVelocity -- a global system integrator
of client workload-optimized server platforms – and Cavium, with
deep roots in the Open Compute community, creates a powerful
partnership," said Rishi Chugh,
Director, Data Center Processor at Cavium. "Our relationship with
StackVelocity enables us to deliver workload-optimized, flexible,
scalable and efficient ARM-based OCP/OCS-compliant Data Center
server solutions to the OCP community."
The two companies made the announcement today at the Open
Compute Project U.S. Summit in San Jose,
California. Visitors to the Open Compute Project US Summit
can visit StackVelocity and Cavium in booths C11 & C12 to learn
more about ThunderX based product offerings.
About StackVelocity
Based in San Jose, Calif., StackVelocity is global
provider of integration and validation services for hyperscale
cloud computing data centers running next-generation workloads.
With more than 60 facilities worldwide, the company's rack-level
integrated solutions are designed for customers with specific
requirements for open source software and cost-optimized hardware.
StackVelocity is engaged with tier one and two customers in
the public cloud market, as well as SaaS providers and large
enterprises. StackVelocity delivers services from deployment and
support through logistics and on-site repair. StackVelocity is a
business unit of Jabil. More at www.stackvelocity.com.
About Cavium
Cavium is a leading provider of highly
integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent
processing in enterprise, data center, cloud and wired and wireless
service provider applications. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of
integrated, software-compatible processors ranging in performance
from 100 Mbps to 100 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent
functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and
access and service provider equipment. Cavium's processors are
supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems,
tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium's
principal office is in San Jose,
CA with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India and China. For more information, please visit:
http://www.cavium.com.
ThunderX™ is a registered trademark of Cavium, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights
reserved. © Cavium, Inc. 2015.
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