XS Selects AppliedMicro X-Gene for New OCP Server Platform
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 16 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (Nasdaq: AMCC), a global leader in computing and connectivity solutions, today announced that XS Inc., a leading supplier of customized solutions for enterprise and hyperscale data center customers, has selected AppliedMicro’s X-Gene 2 server CPU for its next-generation V-Raptor servers.
The jointly engineered V-Raptor II series, featuring X-Gene’s 64-bit ARMv8-A microarchitecture, couples the performance and power-efficiency of X-Gene 2, and is designed for compute intensive workloads.
“Our collaboration with XS Inc. showcases our commitment to the Korean market, as well as the market demand for X-Gene-based platform solutions,” said Kumar Sankaran, associate vice president, software and platform engineering at AppliedMicro. “We are excited that XS Inc. has developed a high performance, low power, cost-effective platform that is ideal for the enterprise and hyperscale data center markets.”
XS has designed and will market a new OCP server platform based on the X-Gene 2 Server-on-a-Chip solution. The 1U quad socket solution delivers leading-edge performance and power-efficiency suitable for cost-effective scale-out high-performance application server deployments.
“We’re delighted to collaborate with AppliedMicro as it shows our joint commitment to delivering X-Gene-based solutions for the data center markets,” said Myoung Hwan Yoo, CTO and co-founder at XS Inc. “We have worked closely with tier one Korean data center customers to develop a platform that is optimized to meet their hyperscale data center needs and look forward to volume deployments starting later this year.”
Visit AppliedMicro & XS booth (No. 5) at OpenStack Days Korea on Feb 18, 2016 for more information.
About AppliedMicro
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC) is a global leader in computing and connectivity solutions for next-generation cloud infrastructure and data centers. AppliedMicro delivers silicon solutions that dramatically lower total cost of ownership. Corporate headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California. www.apm.com.
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Source: AppliedMicro
