SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavium, Inc.
(NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that
enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud,
wired and wireless networking, today announced the demonstration of
ThunderX based workload optimized server platforms for next
generation Cloud and Hyperscale Data Centers at ARM TechCon 2015 in
the Santa Clara convention center
in California. The show Expo
dates are Wednesday, November
11th and Thursday,
November 12th.
ThunderX is Cavium's 64-bit ARMv8 server processor family for
next generation Cloud and high performance computing - workloads.
With up to 48 high-performance custom cores, single and dual socket
capability, high memory bandwidth and capacity, and integrated
hardware accelerators, ThunderX enables best-in-class ARMv8
performance per dollar and performance per watt. The ThunderX
family includes multiple SKUs that enable servers optimized for
compute, storage, network and security workloads in the cloud, and
is widely supported by industry-leading OS, hypervisor, software
tool and application vendors. ThunderX is also optimized for
networking specific workloads such as Network Functions
Virtualization (NFV).
Show Highlights and Demonstrations
Cavium executives will be available to discuss the broad range
of ThunderX based platforms, which are ideal for critical
workloads such as cloud storage with CEPH, Apache Hadoop for Big
Data Analytics, distributed data bases such as MySQL &
Cassandra, Web Serving with NGINX , HPC and virtualization of base
station functions in a Cloud RAN environment . ThunderX
customer reference platforms will be on display at Cavium's booth
#214 along with live demo of
- ARM based OVH cloud platform running on ThunderX.
- FreeBSD based ThunderX system running NGINX.
- Cloud RAN deployment using Octeon Fusion & ThunderX running
on MontaVista CGX with Base Band Unit (BBU) and Evolved Packet Core
(EPC).
Cavium ThunderX presentation sessions at ARM TechCon 2015
include:
- Wednesday, November
11th: Ed Maste,
FreeBSD, will be presenting on Exploring the FreeBSD/ARM64 Port at
the Developer's Den.
- Thursday, November
12th: Gopal Hegde,
VP/GM of Data Center Processor Group at Cavium, will be presenting
at Ballroom B (11.30AM) on ThunderX
Workload Optimized Processors
- Numerous ThunderX partners including System Partners, High
Performance I/O partners and ARM focused software partners will be
exhibiting at ARM TechCon..
To schedule a meeting at ARM TechCon, please send an email to
sales@cavium.com and enter ARM TechCon 2015 Meeting Request
in the subject line.
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 & 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 offices are in San Jose, California with design team
locations in California,
Massachusetts, India, and China. For more information, please visit:
http://www.cavium.com
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