Cavium Networks releases new multi-core processor family
Cavium Networks unveiled a family of processors which deliver compute performance and application acceleration for borderless enterprise, mobile internet infrastructure and secure data center and cloud computing applications.
The OCTEON II CN68XX/67XX processor families integrate 8 to 32 enhanced MIPS64 cores in a single chip combined with over 85 L3-L7 application and security acceleration engines, virtualization features, 100Gbps of connectivity, and a Real Time Power Optimizer that dynamically adjusts power depending upon the application-level processing requirement. The new OCTEON II processors also are fully software compatible to previous generations of chips enabling OEM customers to re-use existing software and system designs to easily upgrade their existing systems for higher performance.
Additionally, the OCTEON II processors are supported by Cavium’s 3rd generation multi-core software development kit (SDK) and the broadest embedded multi-core ecosystem with over 50 vendors delivering OSs, tools, application software and stacks, hardware sub-systems, complementary silicon as part of the Multicore Partnership for Accelerated Customer End-solutions (PACE).
The parts are built on a 65 nm process. Steve Klinger, director, embedded processor group states "Cavium doesn’t push the boundaries on the process, instead they push the limits on architectures and design styles allow them to make smaller cells and cores." The new families of processors will provide upgrade paths for existing applications while the additional resources and functions will facilitate opportunities for new sockets in enterprise, edge, and network subsystems. The latest chips address the problem of more performance for the system while reducing the power consumption per function as well as offering greater scalability across power and performance requirements.
The CN68XX will sample in Q4 2010. The CN68XX will be offered in 16, 24, and 32-core options and is software compatible with the OCTEON II CN63XX 2 to 6 core processors. Various members of the CN68XX processor family will be offered with different hardware acceleration options, speed grades and price points. The CN67XX is pin and software compatible with the CN68XX and will be offered in 8, 12, and 16-core options, and will also sample in Q4 2010. For more information, please visit: http://www.caviumnetworks.com
