Mellanox ConnectX-5 Boost Qualcomm Data Center Platforms

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced that the company’s Ethernet and IB network adapters are being used to accelerate throughput speeds on Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies’ new Arm-based Qualcomm Centriq 2400 platforms.

Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, is a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Mellanox’s 25, 50 and 100GbE and EDR IB interconnect solutions, paired with the Qualcomm Centriq 2400, a 10nm server processor, represent a sea change in terms of performance and innovation, offering a platform for the demanding compute and storage workloads.

“We are excited to collaborate with Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies to accelerate the next generation of Arm-based infrastructures optimized for diverse data center deployment needs,” said Yael Shenhav, VP, product marketing, Mellanox. “Arm-based technologies provide an innovative and cost-effective alternative to today’s data center environments. Combining Mellanox adapters’ unique blend of enhanced packet processing, virtualization and storage offload technologies with the revolutionary Qualcomm Centriq 2400 processor, delivers exceptional performance and great ROI for our customers.“

“Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies and Mellanox design top-class solutions to run high performance, power efficient cloud and telecommunication platforms,” said Ram Peddibhotla, VP, product management, Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies. “With a combination of Mellanox ConnectX adapters and our Qualcomm Centriq 2400 processors, we’re able to deliver enhanced throughput and packet performance in an NFV environment.“

“We are proud of our long-term partnership to develop telco and data center applications that combine 6WIND’s high performance networking software with Mellanox’s industry leading network adapters,” said Eric Carmès, founder and CEO, 6WIND SA. “Our joint collaboration with Mellanox and Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies introduces customers to the next generation of high performance solutions for networking and virtualization.“

The combined solution delivers DPDK forwarding scalable performance, while leaving the Arm-based cores mostly available for applications. Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Mellanox and 6WIND showcased an NFV-based platform including an acceleration of 6WIND Turbo Router and Turbo IPsec software network appliances over the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) on a Qualcomm Centriq 2400-based server with Mellanox ConnectX-5 100Gb/s interface at the Qualcomm Centriq 2400 launch event in San Jose, CA, on November 8, 2017.