Archives

The AT8050 is a single-socket processor blade and, as opposed to a dual socket approach, the advantages are that clients can still make use of the one available AdvancedMC slot for further feature extensions. They can maximize the amount of available memory from 24GB DDR3 Registered ECC VLP SDRAM, up to 48GB DDR3; and, most importantly, clients can swap out their existing node blades with the AT8050 without having to upgrade their chassis platforms, which they would have to do to be able to cool several dual-socket-designed quad-core node blades.

Bottom Line: The Kontron AT8050 provides the most performance and functionality without making sacrifices to power consumption.

Achieve greater performance and energy efficiency with Intel Xeon 5600 or 5500 Series

The Intel Xeon processor 5600/5500 series brings together a number of innovative technologies to deliver a more intelligent level of performance. Three new features include:

>> Intel® Turbo Boost Technology increases performance by increasing processor frequency, enabling faster speeds as conditions allow.

>>Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT) lets today’s well-threaded applications make the most of every clock cycle.

>> Intel® QuickPath Technology and an integrated memory controller speed traffic between processors and I/O controllers for bandwidth-intensive applications, to deliver as much as 25.6 GB/s, up to 3.5x the bandwidth of previous-generation processors.

Intel Turbo Boost Technology adjusts performance levels depending on when and where it’s needed. It does so by adapting the processor frequency to the demands of the application and allows specific cores within each processor to run above the rated frequency.

Various telecom applications lend themselves to parallel, multithreaded execution. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology enables simultaneous multi-threading within each processor core, up to two threads per core or eight threads on a quad-core processor, or 12 threads on a six-core processor. Hyper threading reduces computational latency, and makes optimal use of every clock cycle.

The associated Intel® 5520 chipset, which supports up to 36 lanes of PCI Express* 2.0 and directly assignable I/O for virtualization (VT-d), offers significant new enhancements to accelerate I/O traffic and lower CPU utilization in both native and virtualized environments.

40G ATCA Xeon Processor Blade

Dual Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 8-Core Series and High speed dual 40GBase-KR4 to fabric interface

Kontron has a full range of ATCA board and application-ready platforms for Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) to help accelerate their network system development for LTE Evolved Packet Core, carrier cloud and content delivery applications.

TEMs designing for 40G based platforms can begin development immediately with the OM9141-40G ATCA platform which consists of a 40G chassis with advanced cooling, 40G switching, 40G packet processing, and now, 40G general purpose multicore processing capabilities.

Introducing the Kontron AT8070, a 40G ATCA Dual Xeon processor blade with the highest performance and flexibility for addressing the high traffic and increasing delivery costs of fixed broadband and wireless network applications managed by budget-constrained service providers.

For superior processing and I/O performance, the Kontron AT8070 is designed with the 8-core Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 family, a larger storage capacity, virtualization technology, and will support next generation Intel processors.

Kontron has developed Active Power Management, a software interface for clients to intelligently pre-set and regulate the processor power settings on its AdvancedTCA® processor blade via the Intel® Node Manager embedded in the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 family. The Active Power Management fully integrates existing Kontron Management Solutions and is accessible using known standards such as IPMI and PICMG® interfaces. It allows dynamic power monitoring, power capping controls, and power threshold alerting, thus enabling platforms to achieve maximum performance and power for a single node.

– Lowest PCIe/memory latency with Dual 8GT/s QPI interfaces between CPUs
– Total of 128GB Memory (Up to 64GB via 4 DDR3 channels per CPU)
– Onboard drive 2.5″ SAS/SATA HDD/SSD
– Kontron Active Power Management via Power Node manager
– Two User-defined power level modes:
NEBS mode up to 225W; High power mode up to 350W
– Compatible with Rear Transition Module RTM8063-CC with 2 hot swap 2.5” SAS/SATA hard drives
– Support for IPMI v2.0

The AT8050 is a single-socket processor blade and, as opposed to a dual socket approach, the advantages are that clients can still make use of the one available AdvancedMC slot for further feature extensions. They can maximize the amount of available memory from 24GB DDR3 Registered ECC VLP SDRAM, up to 48GB DDR3; and, most importantly, clients can swap out their existing node blades with the AT8050 without having to upgrade their chassis platforms, which they would have to do to be able to cool several dual-socket-designed quad-core node blades.

Bottom Line: The Kontron AT8050 provides the most performance and functionality without making sacrifices to power consumption.

Achieve greater performance and energy efficiency with Intel Xeon 5600 or 5500 Series

The Intel Xeon processor 5600/5500 series brings together a number of innovative technologies to deliver a more intelligent level of performance. Three new features include:

>> Intel® Turbo Boost Technology increases performance by increasing processor frequency, enabling faster speeds as conditions allow.

>>Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT) lets today’s well-threaded applications make the most of every clock cycle.

>> Intel® QuickPath Technology and an integrated memory controller speed traffic between processors and I/O controllers for bandwidth-intensive applications, to deliver as much as 25.6 GB/s, up to 3.5x the bandwidth of previous-generation processors.

Intel Turbo Boost Technology adjusts performance levels depending on when and where it’s needed. It does so by adapting the processor frequency to the demands of the application and allows specific cores within each processor to run above the rated frequency.

Various telecom applications lend themselves to parallel, multithreaded execution. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology enables simultaneous multi-threading within each processor core, up to two threads per core or eight threads on a quad-core processor, or 12 threads on a six-core processor. Hyper threading reduces computational latency, and makes optimal use of every clock cycle.

The associated Intel® 5520 chipset, which supports up to 36 lanes of PCI Express* 2.0 and directly assignable I/O for virtualization (VT-d), offers significant new enhancements to accelerate I/O traffic and lower CPU utilization in both native and virtualized environments.