It is fully compliant with ARMv8 architecture as well as ARM’s Server Base System Architecture (SBSA), while bringing to market significant enhancements including:
- The first ARM based SoC that scales from 24 to 48 cores in a pin compatible foot print.
- The first ARM based SoC to be fully cache coherent across dual sockets using Cavium Coherent Processor Interconnect (CCPI).
- Integrated I/O capacity with hundreds of Gigabits of I/O bandwidth.
- Up to four DDR3/4 72 bit memory controllers capable of supporting 2400MHz memories up to 1TB of memory capacity in a dual socket configuration.
- Hundreds of integrated hardware accelerators for security, storage, networking and virtualization.
- Standard based low latency Ethernet fabric enabling interconnections of thousands of ThunderX nodes.
- Full system virtualization using Cavium virtSoC technology.
“Over the past decade, Cavium has been a pioneer in delivering high performance, multi-core processors to the market. ThunderX is our flagship ARMv8 multi core processor family with the highest core counts and the most comprehensive set of I/O and accelerators in the market. The ThunderX based solutions are fully optimized for a wide variety of next-generation Data Center and cloud workloads,” said Gopal Hegde, VP/GM of Data Center Processor Group at Cavium. “ThunderX is a disruptive technology that enables our customers to deliver highly integrated, high performance, best in class platforms,” he added.
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