thunderx armv8 servers: disruption and innovation in the server market

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ARMV8 Servers

Disruption and Innovation in

the Server Market


Presentation TopicsCavium Introduction

ARM Server History & EcoSystem

ThunderX™ - Scale Out Innovation with ARMv8 Architecture

Scale Out Influence on target Workloads


Cavium Corporate Overview

Integrated Processing and Switching SolutionsAddressing >$11B TAM

MobileInfrastructureEnterprise

Data Centerand Cloud

Service Provider Cloud

Founded 2001

NASDAQ IPO (CAVM) 2007

7 year revenue CAGR 33%

Locations: Silicon Valley, MA, India, China, Taiwan

Profitable, strong balance sheet, no debt


Accelerating EcoSystem Momentum

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 7.2 Development Preview

Red Hat is also making available Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 7.2 Development Preview, which was first made available to partners and their customers in June 2015. This Development Preview enables new partner hardware and additional features for the ARM architecture.

Platform LSF

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Virtual Platform

• Cloud Compute/Storage

• Network Virtualization (NFV)

• SDN

Server Market Faces Disruption

Public Clouds & Enterprise

Servers

• 20% inc in shipment in 2014

• Cloud driving growth in server shipments

ODM Direct &High Density

Server

• Direct ODM model – OpenCompute

• Scale out models

Workload Optimized

Servers

• Targeted Application

• Optimized for performance


: Family of Workload Optimized Processors

Up to 48 full custom ARMv8 cores @ 2.5GHz

Multi-socket capable with Cavium Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCPI)

Up to 4x 72-bit DDR3/4 Memory Controllers

– 1 TB system memory in 2S config

Family Specific I/O’s including 40G/10GE, PCIe Gen3, SATA 6G

Standards based low latency Ethernet fabric

virtSOC™: Virtualization from Core to I/O

Platform : Single & Dual Socket

Family Specific Accelerators : Storage/Networking / Compute / Security The benefits of this Workload Specific approach

▪ Efficiency (Performance, Latency, Power, and Scalability)▪ Best in Class Optimized solution for the specific workload

Full Virtualization

Networking

Storage Controller

Accelerators

OptimizedPower

LowerCost

Security

ThunderX 2S Reference Platform

Virtualized Network &

Storage

Storage & Analytic

AcceleratorHigh Speed

NetworkARM 64bitProcessor

Network Accelerator

Security Accelerator


PerformanceTraditional Server Benchmarks

ThunderX™ World’s highest performance, power optimized ARM server SoC

Main Stream Server Processors

CN88XX1S & 2S Config

Perf

orm

ance

Low-End/MicroServer

CN88XX1S Configuration

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Main Stream Server Processors

CN88XX1S & 2S Config

Perf

orm

ance

Low-End/MicroServer

CN88XX1S Configuration

PerformanceCloud Workloads


Breadth of Server Form Factors – ODM/OEM

Dual SocketSingle Socket


ThunderX Differentiation for CephCategory ThunderX Differentiation

Storage 16 SATA ports enable drive density per socket and reduces cost by not requiring extra controllers

Network 80Gbps/Socket provides the extra bandwidth for Storage traffic between OSD Cluster and to the Clients.

Workload Accelerators

ThunderX has accelerators like Compression and RAID (XOR and Galois Field), that offload the CPU and eliminate need for extra HW

High level of Integration ThunderX provides a highly integrated solution, both at SoC level and at the system

level, coupled with complete SW Ecosystem.

Cost and TCO ThunderX based systems save on component costs due to the integrated SOC design and provide lower TCO due to optimal power consumption.


Public Cloud on ARM

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