Xilinx and its Ecosystem Showcase Compute, Storage, and Networking Acceleration for Data Center and HPC Applications at SC4

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced it will showcase, together with its ecosystem, compute, storage, and networking acceleration for Data Center and HPC applications at Supercomputing 2014. Through a series of demonstrations and presentations, Xilinx and its ecosystem will highlight FPGA-based solutions demonstrating new and industry-leading capabilities that can enable rapid innovation and accelerated deployment in the Data Center. To learn more, visit Xilinx at booths #3903 and 4003, November 17 - 20, 2014 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Presentations/Panel Participation:

Tuesday 11/18 at 5:30 p.m., Room 393-94-95 - Reconfigurable Supercomputing

Tuesday, 11/18 at 10:00 a.m., Micron booth #1949 - The Benefits of Xilinx UltraScale Devices for HMC

In-Booth Demonstrations by Xilinx and its Alliance Members - Booths #3903 and #4003:

Key Value Store Application Acceleration

Leveraging the Alpha Data ADM-PCIE-7V3 board, this demonstration is a broadly applicable key value store workload acceleration engine (i.e. Memcached and NoSQL) that delivers significant performance/watt acceleration at substantially lower latency.

NVMe Flash Storage Platform Featuring a Kintex-7 FPGA

This demonstration is an NVMe-based flash storage solution running on a Xilinx Kintex -7 FPGA development platform. The solution showcases a fully compliant NVMe spec 1.1 interface.

Low Latency 25G/50G Ethernet MAC Connectivity Solution

This demonstration utilizes two Virtex UltraScale VCU107 boards communicating over four channels of 25G Ethernet through 5 meters of direct attached copper cable and two QSFP+ modules. The low latency 25GE MAC supports the 25G Ethernet Consortium specification.

Low Latency TOE for Network Acceleration from Alliance Member Intilop

Demonstration features Intilops 16 to 16,394 Simultaneous Connections TCP & UDP Offload Engine (TOE & UOE) and 10G MAC soft IP core running on the Alpha Data ADM-PCIE-7V3 card.

Software Defined Development Environment for OpenCL

Demonstration of Xilinxs software defined development environment enabling the compilation of OpenCL applications into binaries ready for execution on FPGA devices using a standard programming environment.

Software Defined Development Environment for Xilinx Virtex-7 Devices

Demonstration of OpenCL applications featuring the Alpha-Data ADM-PCIE-7V3 board based on the All Programmable Virtex-7 FPGA for the highest performance at the lowest possible power envelope.

Software Defined Development Environment for Kintex-7 Devices

Demonstration featuring the Pico Computing M505-K325T acceleration board based on the All Programmable Kintex-7 FPGA, delivering unparalleled fanless performance for under 20W.

Xilinx Technology-enabled Demonstrations Throughout the SC14 Show floor:

The following Xilinx Alliance Program members will showcase a Xilinx-based technology demonstration in their SC14 booths:

Alpha Data - Booth #3803

Demonstration features Alpha Datas industry-leading FPGA accelerator boards for network processing including the KU3 UltraScale card with dual 40GbE / PCIe Gen3 x16, and the 7V3 Virtex-7 card with dual 10GbE / PCIe Gen3 x8.

Auviz Systems - Alpha Data Booth #3803

Demonstrating functions from Auviz Systems computer vision and image processing middleware IP, AuvizCV, created using Xilinxs software defined development environment for OpenCL.

Convey Computer - Emerging Technology Booth ET11

Demonstrating high level programming for Conveys Virtex-7 FPGA-based Wolverine line of high performance coprocessors, with the Convey Personality Development Toolset and the Xilinx software defined development environment for OpenCL.

The Dini Group - Booth #528

Showcasing scalable Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA-based solutions for high performance computing featuring the DNK7_F5PCIe board.

Invea-Tech - Booth #3923

Demonstrating the worlds first HPC 100GE transmit/receive data stream on xR4 PCI-e cards based on Virtex-7 HT FPGAs with 28Gbps transceivers using a commodity server.

Micron - Booth #1949

Hosting HMC interoperability demos featuring Open-Silicon and Pico Computing IP on Virtex UltraScale devices.

Nallatech - Booth #1332

Showcasing Nallatechs PCI-287n with dual Kintex-7 FPGAs for high performance computing and network processing applications.

Pico Computing - Booth # 3233

Demonstrations include Xilinxs software defined development environment for OpenCL running in a Kontron 2U with Pico Computings Kintex-7-powered acceleration module; Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) IP running on Xilinxs Virtex UltraScale VCU109 device; and Pico Computings new EX-850 Virtex UltraScale board integrating eight HMCs devices.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the worlds leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

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