Platforms compliant with Project Olympus Open Compute Platform Specifications
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN, May 29, 2017 – Inventec, world's
leading ODM server manufacturer for enterprise and cloud datacenter server
and storage platforms, today announced, Baymax, a new server platform
optimized for Cloud compute, high-performance cloud storage and Big Data
applications based on Cavium, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: CAVM), second-generation 64-bit
ARMv8 ThunderX2 product family.
Inventec is the largest ODM server manufacturer in the world and
is a recognized leader in the delivery of high-performance and scalable
server and storage designs to leading server OEMs as well as Mega Scale
Datacenter end user customers. The Baymax platform from Inventec is an
OCP Project Olympus compliant 1U rack mount server platform supporting two
ThunderX2 SoCs in a dual socket configuration with up to 1.5TB of DDR4
memory, three PCIe x16 slots, four SATA ports complimented by four M.2 flash
for local storage. This platform is optimized for diverse workloads such as
Hadoop, SQL, high performance cloud storage and Search workloads that require
a balance of high computing performance with highest memory capacity and
bandwidth.
The ThunderX2 product family is Cavium's second generation 64-bit ARMv8-A server processor SoCs for Datacenter, Cloud and High Performance Computing applications. The family integrates fully out-of-order high performance custom cores supporting single and dual socket configurations. ThunderX2 is optimized to drive high computational performance delivering outstanding memory bandwidth and memory capacity. The new line of ThunderX2 processors includes multiple workload optimized SKUs for both scale up and scale out applications and is fully compliant with ARMv8-A architecture specifications as well as ARM's SBSA and SBBR standards. It is also widely supported by industry leading OS, Hypervisor and SW tool and application vendors.
“Inventec’s success as world’s largest server ODM has been based
on our compelling designs and manufacturing expertise and our ability to
deliver leading edge cost effective server platforms to world’s largest mega
scale datacenters,” said Evan Chien, Senior Director of Inventec Server
Business Unit 6. “Earlier this year Inventec’s customers requested platforms
based on Cavium’s ThunderX2 ARMv8 processors, and the new Baymax platform is
the first platform being delivered.”
“Inventec
is well known for their robust and innovative designs and broad customer base
in both Hyperscale and Enterprise server markets and are expanding their
ThunderX server portfolio offering with the addition of Baymax platforms,”
said Gopal Hegde, VP/GM, Datacenter Processor Group, Cavium, “They are a
great addition to the growing list of ThunderX2-based platform
manufacturers.”
About Inventec
Since its establishment, Inventec has adhered to a corporate philosophy of “Innovation, Quality, Open Mind, and Execution.” Starting from calculator and telephone, Inventec has moved forward into notebook industry and established a compelling reputation. In 21th century, Inventec has entered the fields of cloud computing, mobile computing, wireless communications, network applications, digital home appliances, software application and sustainable energy for the diversification. For more information, please visit: http://www.inventec.com
About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of infrastructure solutions for compute, security, storage, switching, connectivity and baseband processing. Cavium’s highly integrated multi-core SoC products deliver software compatible solutions across low to high performance points enabling secure and intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Datacenter and Service Provider Equipment. Cavium processors and solutions are supported by an extensive ecosystem of operating systems, tools, application stacks, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, Israel, China and Taiwan. For more information, please visit: http://www.cavium.com
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