Calxeda brings in 2014 first 64bit-server platform based on the ARM architecture, so the company has announced. On the new cpu roadmap Calxeda is also a new 32bit-server platform on the basis of the ARM15-cpu core, which is available in 2013.
Calxeda calls are 64bit-server platform ‘Lago’. It is based on ARM’s 64bit ARM V8 architecture. According to EETimes, will the 64bit ARM socs at least four ARM cores. Specific details like clock speed and amount of cache memory has Calxeda not published. It is expected that in the coming week also competitors like Applied Micro, Cavium and Marvell products on the basis of the new 64bit ARM V8 architecture is disclosed. Then starts namely the ARM TechCon conference.
The Lago-server platform of Calxeda is intended for very large data centers, where thousands of processornodes are connected with each other. Lago is equipped with Calxeda’s third generation of interconnect, with the name Fleet Services. This links the 64bit-socs-with each other and also provides the optical connections between chassis.
In addition to the 64bit-Lago-platform, Calxeda also a new 32bit-server platform with the name Midway on the roadmap. This has a release in 2013 according to the schedule. Midway follows the current EnergyCore platform and is developed on the basis of the ARM15 core. Midway is more suitable for cloud environments.
The current EnergyCore ECX-1000 processor of the EnergyCore platform of Calxeda has four ARM Cortex-A9-chipkernen that at a clock speed of 1.1 GHz to run and that together 4MB-L2-cache sharing. The ECX-1000 would load, maximum 5W consumption. Recently it is also a 1.4 GHz variant of this appeared.
The Calxeda developed interconnect for the current platform provides five external and three internal 10Gb channels. These channels can be limited at 1Gb to save energy. This interconnect makes it possible to have up to 4096 processornodes to connect with each other.
