Cavium has upped the performance of its OCTEON processors
by unveiling new processor family called OCTEON II CN68XX.
Cavium says this is the industry's highest-performance multi-core
processors. These processors are designed to work not like
horse but like a chariot to process the data inside latest
enterprise servers of cloud computing class.
Single chip 8 to 32-core OCTEON II MIPS64 processors provide
up to 48 GHz of 64-bit compute with L3-L7 Data and Security
Acceleration performanve to deliver 40Gbps of throughput
for Internet infrastructure applications, mobile internet
infrastructure and secure data centers. These OCTEON II
CN68XX/67XX processors are powered by 8 to 32 of MIPS64
processor cores.
Cavium claims OCTEON II processors computing performance
is greater than 3x of next-generation alternative processors
and delivers 4x higher performance over its own OCTEON Plus
processors.
"RadiSys customers are facing increasing processing
requirements to meet their next-generation performance needs,
so we are pleased to see the significant increase in compute
density, throughput and service features of the new Cavium
CN68XX OCTEON II processors, " said Anthony Ambrose,
Vice President and General Manager, Communication Networks,
RadiSys. "As the leader in ATCA solutions, we are at
the forefront of delivering innovative 4G solutions with
our Promentum ATCA 4.0 platform. The OCTEON CN68XX will
help RadiSys continue to provide our customers with cutting-edge
solutions."
"SonicWALL's recently announced technology, Project
SuperMassive, uses Cavium's OCTEON Plus to deliver unmatched
performance and scalability up to 384 cores and 40Gbps for
full DPI and security processing in a compact, energy efficient
architecture," said Matt Medeiros, CEO of SonicWALL.
"The OCTEON II CN68XX will enable us to scale to 1024
cores and achieve well over 100Gbps of full malware protection
so customers no longer have to compromise performance for
security."
"This new family of products defines a new performance,
features and cost paradigm for equipment vendors targeting
the massive upgrade cycle of the network infrastructure
for 3G/4G wireless, cloud computing and data center applications.
With over twice the per-core control plane performance,
new hardware acceleration and a dramatic increase in overall
throughput, the OCTEON II CN68XX significantly enhances
our competitive position and increases the breadth of applications
that we address while reducing cost and power consumption,"
said Syed Ali, President and CEO, Cavium Networks. "These
capabilities are essential to support the rapid growth in
voice, video and data traffic and enable new classes of
innovative applications that were simply not possible previously."
OCTEON II CN68XX and CN67XX Family Highlights
37KB I-cache, 32KB D-cache operating at up to 1.5GHz for
up to 48GHz of standard-ISA based processing.
HyperConnect Cross-Bar with Independent I/O and Coprocessor
Networks: The OCTEON II cores are coupled with up to 4MB
partition-able, low latency L2 cache using a HyperConnect
cross-bar with over 6Tbps throughput.
40+ Gbps of Packet processing and TCP performance.
40+ Gbps IPsec, SSL Security performance. OCTEON II adds
WAPI support in encryption/ decryption engines to support
China-specific WLAN deployments. Additionally, it includes
Snow3G hardware acceleration, to address security requirements
of 4G mobile networks.
Enhanced Compression/decompression acceleration - Up to
20Gbps.
Third generation HFA Deep Packet Inspection engines.
Interfaces include up to four 72-bit ECC-protected DDR3
interfaces with 400+Gbps of bandwidth
SGMII, RXAUI, XAUI and double-rate XAUI interfaces for up
to 12x GbE, 4x 10GbE and 2x 20GbE Ethernet connectivity
Interlaken or Interlaken-LA controller with up to x8 lane
widths, providing a channelized interface up to 40Gbps or
coprocessor connectivity
Two PCIe Gen2 controllers, width up to x8 lanes
Real Time Power Optimizer to dynamically control the power
consumption
Availability: The CN68XX will sample in Q4 2010 in 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
