AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 17, 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 that its flagship 48
core ARMv8-A based ThunderX workload optimized processor has won
the coveted Readers' and Editors' Choice Award for Top 5 New
Products or Technologies to Watch to be presented at the 2015
International Conference for High Performance Computing,
Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC15), in Austin, Texas. The list of winners were
revealed at the HPCwire booth at the event, and on the HPCwire
website, located at www.HPCwire.com.
The coveted annual HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards
are determined through a nomination and voting process with the
global HPCwire community, as well as selections from the HPCwire
editors. The awards are an annual feature of the publication and
constitute prestigious recognition from the HPC community. These
awards are revealed each year to kick off the annual supercomputing
conference, which showcases high performance computing, networking,
storage, and data analysis.
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).
Cavium is also exhibiting at the SC15 Conference this week
enabling the entire HPC community to experience directly the
opportunities with ThunderX that include OEM system partners,
software tools and software solutions. Cavium is exhibiting
in booth 481.
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"We are honored that ThunderX has been recognized by the Global
HPC Community in this prestigious category," said Gopal Hegde, Vice President and General Manager,
Data Center Processor Group at Cavium. "This award is yet another
indicator of the tremendous momentum and recognition that Cavium
has created in the server market with ThunderX. We continue
to expand our system and software partners to accelerate end user
delivery and deployment in some of the leading HPC customer
environments worldwide."
"HPCwire readers are among the most informed in the HPC
community and these awards are ultimately given to the
organizations that are making the greatest impact in advancing
technology and humanity itself through high performance computing,"
said Tom Tabor, CEO of Tabor
Communications, publisher of HPCwire. "The HPCwire Readers'
and Editors' Choice Awards send a strong message of support and
appreciation from those in the global HPC community. We are proud
to be able to recognize these efforts each your and our
congratulations go out to all the winners."
More information on these awards can be found at the HPCwire
website (http://www.HPCwire.com) or on Twitter through the
following hashtag: #HPCwireAwards.
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interested in high performance and data-intensive computing. Visit
HPCwire at www.hpcwire.com.
About Cavium, Inc.
Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor
products that enable intelligent processing in enterprise, data
center, cloud, 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
Cavium Contact
Angel
Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: (408) 943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
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