Cavium’s Programmable Switch Enables Innovative OCP Open
Data Center Solutions
SAN
JOSE, CA – January 24, 2017 –
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM) a leading provider of
semiconductor products that provides intelligent processing for enterprise,
data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, today announced that it will
contribute its Wedge 100C switch hardware design, based on the production ready,
field deployed, XPliant® Programmable
ASIC, to the Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation.
The programmable Wedge 100C
is an open switch platform, focused on Top of Rack deployments with
10G/25G/40G/50G/100G server connectivity and 100GbE uplinks to the aggregation
layer of the network. The programmable Wedge 100C design uses Cavium XPliant
CNX88091, programmable production-ready Ethernet switch and is based on the
original OCP-ACCEPTED™ Wedge 100 switch specification and designs which were
contributed by Facebook in October 2016.
The contributed network
switch can be managed by a variety of Network Operation Systems (NOS),
including the Facebook OpenSwitching System ("FBOSS") software stack.
Cavium’s XPliant Family of Ethernet Switches uniquely address the needs of today’s highly
dynamic datacenter networks by enabling developers to continuously evolve and
improve data center network operations. The world’s first programmable Wedge
100C open switch platform will allow developers to continuously introduce new
protocols, adapt networks to new server technologies like containers, and
improve network visibility without requiring the deployment of new network
switching systems. These attributes extend the life cycle of the Wedge 100C
switch, and deliver on the OCP vision of providing high ROI on the datacenter
operator’s switching infrastructure investment.
“The Open Compute Networking
Project is excited to see that Cavium has shared the Wedge 100C hardware
design with the community,” said Omar Baldonado, OCP Networking Project
Co-Lead. “Wedge 100C provides data center operators with the option of
using a programmable switching silicon. This is the flexibility the industry
needs from rich hardware and software.”
"Contributing the
programmable Wedge 100C open switch platform to the OCP is an important step in
supporting the OCP’s goal of maximizing innovation," said Eric Hayes,
Vice President and General Manager of the Switching Platform Group at Cavium.
“This contribution empowers today a community of developers to produce cost
effective, innovative data center networking solutions, that are extremely
beneficial to datacenter operators as they migrate their networks to 25 GbE and
100 GbE.”
About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband/Consumer, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, China and Taiwan.
About the Open Compute Project
The Open Compute Project Foundation is a 501(c)(6) organization which was founded in 2011 by Facebook, Intel, and Rackspace. Our mission is to apply the benefits of open source to hardware and rapidly increase the pace of innovation in, near and around the data center and beyond.
Cavium Contact
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband/Consumer, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, China and Taiwan.
About the Open Compute Project
The Open Compute Project Foundation is a 501(c)(6) organization which was founded in 2011 by Facebook, Intel, and Rackspace. Our mission is to apply the benefits of open source to hardware and rapidly increase the pace of innovation in, near and around the data center and beyond.
Cavium Contact
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com