Intel collaborates to drive IPUs

Author: EIS Release Date: Dec 13, 2021

Intel today announced a collaboration with Inspur, Ruijie Networks and Silicom to design and develop new FPGA-based infrastructure processing unit (IPU) chips to deliver customised and programmable products for cloud and networking customers.

 

An IPU is a programmable networking device designed to enable cloud and communication service providers to reduce overhead and free up performance for central processing units CPUs.

 

Intel’s aim for IPUs is for them to add programmability to networks allowing them to deliver new capabilities like telemetry, congestion control and traffic steering.

 

 

• Inspur, China’s cloud computing and big data service provider, will build and design new IPU offerings using Oak Springs Canyon, Intel’s latest state-of-the-art FPGA-based IPU platform, which provides a high-performance, flexible and differentiated 2×100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) solution. As a result of this deep collaboration with Intel, Inspur can offer its customers a platform that leverages the IPU to increase data center efficiency, while providing flexibility needed for differentiation.

 

 

• Ruijie Networks, headquartered in China, is dedicated to the digitization of all industries. Working with Intel, Ruijie Networks plans to use Oak Springs Canyon to extend Intel’s FPGA- based IPU portfolio with 100 GbE and 200 GbE options. The platform allows its customers to deploy a uniquely powerful combination of the Intel AgilexTM FPGA architectural advancements delivered with Intel Xeon processors to create the customized IPU solution optimized for their unique data center applications.

 

• Silicom provider of high-performance networking and data infrastructure solutions, continues its ongoing partnership with Intel to create a unique IPU based on the Oak Springs Canyon platform. Silicom realized the platform can offer customers a 2×100 GbE solution

 

Intel is holding a four-day global virtual event Dec. 6-9, 2021 to showcase FPGAs, SmartNICs and IPUs through developer-focused webinars and demonstrations. Register for the event on Intel.com.