Xilinx announces new line of adaptable SmartNIC cards
Alveo SN1000 SmartNICs come with 100Gb/s line rate network function offload and composability features for customization.
One thing is clear about Xilinx: It isn't waiting around for is acquisition by AMD to close. The latest initiatives from the company are a new SmartNIC card and an FPGA platform app store that features ready-to-deploy solutions aimed at key markets, such as data analytics, video and image processing, machine learning, and security.
The new Alveo SN1000 line features integrated "composability" features that allow for customization. Enterprise users can add their own custom networking functions, as needed, to supplement the SmartNIC's core networking capabilities.
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SmartNICs are a growing trend in data centers. Intel, Nvidia (through Mellanox) and Xilinx have all introduced them in the past year. The concept is simple enough: Offload all network processing and data routing from the CPU, so the CPU can stick to its core computing tasks.
Xilinx's new SmartNICs add support for developers to create and deploy software-defined, hardware-accelerated applications. The Alveo SN1000 family of SmartNICs are powered by Xilinx's XCU26 FPGA and a 16-core Arm A72 processor complex, along with customizable logic and support for secure boot and QoS traffic shaping management. The cards have dual-QSFP ports for 10/25/100Gbs connectivity and top-end 200Gbps full-duplex throughput.
The Alveo SN1000 family starts with the SN1022 SmartNIC, a PCIe Gen4 100Gb/s composable SmartNIC with a comprehensive suite of solutions for network, storage, and compute acceleration functions on a single platform. The card comes with Xilinx's Vitis Networking, which supports P4, C, and C++ programming by developers to compose custom offloads and tweak existing offloads to handle new protocols and applications without replacing hardware.
下载】Alveo SN1000 SmartNIC数据表（v1.0）
Xilinx Alveo SN1000 是业界首款提供软件定义硬件加速的 SmartNIC ，可在单个平台上实现所有功能卸载。SN1000 SmartNIC 可直接卸载 CPU 密集型任务，优化网络性能，其架构能够以线路速率加速各种广泛的定制卸载，包括支持客户构建和第三方卸载。本文描述了Xilinx®Alveo™SN1000 SmartNIC的规范。
