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IDT Launches Low-Latency Computing Platform to Speed Big Data Analytics and Deep Learning at the Edge of Networks
Integrated Device Technology (News - Alert), Inc.® (IDT®)
(NASDAQ: IDTI) today announced that it has launched a heterogeneous
mobile edge computing platform that performs real-time Big Data
analytics and deep learning with low-latency computing at the network
edge. Developed at IDT's Open
High-Performance Analytics and Computing (HPAC) lab, the platform
utilizes modules currently in production and is based on innovations and
collaboration with NVIDIA (News - Alert), Prodrive Technologies and Concurrent
Technologies PLC.
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"Network operators are looking for ways to add analytics capabilities on
large amounts of unstructured data close to users, by pushing more
compute capacity to the network edge, rather than sending data on the
backhaul to the core of the network data centers," said Sailesh
Chittipeddi, chief technology officer and vice president of Global
Operations at IDT. "IDT's Mobile Edge (News - Alert) Computing Platform offers network
and data center operators, as well as systems integrators, a quick path
to computing at the edge by connecting accelerators based on a
heterogeneous architecture with IDT's low-latency RapidIO (News - Alert) products.
"This is becoming more important with high-bandwidth streaming video and
associated analytics that need to happen close to the last mile where
users are located," Chittipeddi noted.
The new platform is based on a 1U form factor server and features
heterogeneous computing with NVIDIA® Tegra® K1 processors and x86 CPUs.
The computing elements are connected using RapidIO fabric technology
with about 100ns switching latency and 20 Gbps ports, with upcoming
versions using RapidIO 10xN technology accelerated to 50 Gbps. The
platform can be populated with appropriate mixes of processor types and
accelerator capacity to optimize workloads for deep learning and
analytics at the edge of the wireless network. Co-located with base
stations, it is possible to support in ATCA form factors if required.
The modular building blocks can be deployed by carriers for server
functionality at the wireless base station, Cloud Radio Access Network
(C-RAN) or in the central office. And with distributed data center
functions becoming increasingly important for streaming video
applications, the platform can also be deployed at the network point of
presence.
Five 1U systems can be meshed together in a network that can support up
to 60 teraflops of computing capacity using the energy-efficient NVIDIA
Tegra processors. In a central office, up to 40 1U systems can be
connected in an industry-standard data center rack to deliver up to half
a petaflop of compute performance.
"Prodrive Technologies has developed an extensive suite of RapidIO-based
server and supercomputing solutions for a variety of markets," said
Pieter Janssen CEO of Prodrive Technologies. "Our latest collaboration
with IDT on heterogeneous computing is in the initial Mobile Edge
Computing Platform, which builds on our RapidIO top-of-rack switching
solutions already developed for both C-RAN and high-performance
computing markets."
The initial Mobile Edge Computing Platform is focused on GPU and x86
technologies and is available by contacting [email protected].
Other versions in development are based on ARM (News - Alert), DSP, FPGA, and PowerPC
options.
About
IDT
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. develops system-level solutions that
optimize its customers' applications. IDT uses its market leadership in
timing, serial switching and interfaces, and adds analog and system
expertise to provide complete application-optimized, mixed-signal
solutions for the communications, computing and consumer segments.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., IDT has design, manufacturing, sales
facilities and distribution partners throughout the world. IDT stock is
traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market® under the symbol
"IDTI." Additional information about IDT is accessible at www.IDT.com.
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