Altera has announced that XtremeData has chosen the high-performance Stratix III FPGA for their XD2000i plug-compatible FPGA co-processor module supporting Intel’s front side bus (FSB). This high performance computing solution will supply additional processing power to Intel Xeon processor-based servers. The module plugs directly into the processor socket of dual- or quad-socket servers. It will provide high performance application acceleration ranging from 10x to 100x compared to processors alone, while simultaneously reducing overall system power consumption.
“The Stratix III family will offer attractive options to address the requirements of high performance computing market applications” said Ravi Chandran, CEO of XtremeData. “The key to FPGA acceleration is parallelism, so the availability of hardware resources within the Stratix III architecture, like multipliers, barrel shifters and memory, are important factors.”
The XD2000i is pin-compatible with and plugs directly into an Intel Xeon processor socket using the low-latency FSB interconnect. The XtremeData module integrates FPGA co-processing in a simple, elegant manner, with minimal disruption to the data-center infrastructure. It supports high-density form factors, including 1U servers, server blades and Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) platforms.
Altera
