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Apps on the x86 architecture have mostly been limited to desktop processors - until now. At the 2016 WinHEC Conference in China, Microsoft announced that ARM processors will soon be able to run the full desktop experience of Windows.
During the Windows 8 time frame, as The Verge recounted, Microsoft implemented Windows on ARM under Windows RT, which proved to be unpopular since RT was only capable of running apps from the Windows store - that meant no x86 apps.
This has been rectified with the software giant's partnership with Qualcomm. Through emulation that is built into Windows 10, ARM processors will be able to run x86 win32 programs.
Executive Vice President Terry Myerson noted on Windows Blog: "For the first time ever, our customers will be able to experience the Windows they know with all the apps, peripherals, and enterprise capabilities they require, on a truly mobile, power efficient, always-connected cellular PC."
With a Snapdragon chipset, Microsoft demoed Windows 10 on ARM running the desktop Office suite, Adobe Photoshop, and Halo Spartan Assault. This showed how easily desktop apps might be handled on laptops and tablets by hardware partners, and even phones with Continuum, all the while taking advantage of the light footprint that mobile processors provide.
Lumia 950 XL release with Continuum, a feature of Windows 10 Mobile that let's phone act like computers when connected to a display. While Microsoft did not discuss Continuum in relation to this x86 emulation, this ARM implementation of Windows 10 could make Continuum that much more potent.
As it stands, Continuum for Windows 10 Mobile can only be taken advantage of using apps specifically design under the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) architecture, but Windows 10 on ARM can bring desktop apps to phones.
Windows 10's support for ARM processors is set to release next year. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!
Microsoft has been already in the news for the latest upcoming devices that are reported to be waiting in the pipeline to be released once 2017 sets in. And it’s back in the headline yet again but this time for a completely different reason. It is reported that Microsoft will be tying up with Qualcomm to enable the availability of Windows 10 desktops apps on ARM chipsets.
The news has come in that Windows 10 will be able to support ARM chipsets and the announcement has been made by the officials of both Microsoft and Qualcomm. This means that the desktop windows app will be available on the mobile devices like smartphones, laptops and tablets. And such compatible devices might come out “as early as next year” as the company officials have suggested.
It is also reported that the new Windows 10 which is going to support ARM chipsets from Qualcomm will be able to run desktop x86 Win32 apps besides the Universal Windows apps. This will surely make things much better particularly after the discontinuation of the Windows RT platform which did not feature any desktop apps. But it remains to be seen how well the apps perform because it is expected that the apps will still run better on the x86 chipsets made by Intel.
However, the latest developments have put under the scrutiny the relationship between Microsoft and Intel which many believe that might just have fallen out. But Terry Myerson, Executive Vice President of Microsoft, absolutely dismissed such possibilities. He has been quoted telling The Verge, “We’re working closer with Intel than we ever have before. The collaboration is better than ever before. It’s just the case where Qualcomm does have these chips with integrated connectivity and better idle power performance which enables new devices to get built.” Thus the speculations that the collaboration between Microsoft and Intel might come to an end in distant future should die down for the time being.
Regarding the availability of the PCs which would be coming out after such collaboration between Microsoft and Qualcomm, it is speculated that it might be very early in 2017. Qualcomm has been quoted saying that the Windows 10 based on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors are “expected to be available as early as next year.” so the tech enthusiasts across the world would be eager to watch out how these new devices perform when they are brought out in the market.
A video demonstrating Windows 10 and Adobe Photoshop running on an ARM-based device is reproduced below, with Qualcomm and Microsoft promising to launch the first units some time next year.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 8, 2016 – NEXCOM DNA 1520 network platform fills the hardware gap to a service-centric network environment. Built with the Cavium OCTEON TX™ 64-bit ARM®-based SOC family, the DNA 1520 delivers excellent performance, bandwidth, security, and ruggedness all at once, helping telecommunications companies serve a broad range of network applications including networking, security, and storage services to industrial, transport, and enterprise clients in ubiquitous network environments.
"Pushed by burgeoning IoT
applications across industries, the demand for network services is springing
up. As the demand varies by industry, building network services on a united
network platform can save service and maintenance efforts and cost for
telecommunications companies; however, a network platform suitable for all
network services is hard to find. To solve this problem, the DNA 1520 taking
advantage of the Cavium OCTEON TX SOCs is equipped with enhanced performance to
support 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections while providing configuration flexibility
and industrial grade reliability to adapt to application-specific requirements
for applications including industrial firewall and VPN, IDS and IPS, SDN
infrastructure, vCPE, and NAS," said Hadwin Liu, Chief Architect of NEXCOM
Network and Communication Solutions Business Group.
"We are pleased to partner with
NEXCOM to deliver the DNA 1520 platform. The Cavium OCTEON TX 64-bit quad-core
ARM SOC family is built from ground-up for robust, enterprise class networking,
security and storage applications. Its high data plane throughput, rich
software ecosystem and server-class virtualization features enables DNA 1520
platform to dynamically support various network applications in the
fast-growing industrial IoT networking infrastructure." said Venkat Sundaresan,
Director of Product Line Marketing, Infrastructure Processor Group, Cavium,
Inc.
The DNA 1520 is powered by the OCTEON
TX CN80XX and CN81XX families with up to four 64-bit ARM v8.1 cores.
The DNA 1520 supports 10 Gbps connections, DMZ implementation, LAN bypass, and
expansion of wireless, PoE, I/O, and storage. The DNA 1520 features the
extended temperature range from -20 degree Celsius to 70 degree Celsius, dual
power support of 12V and 9 to 36V power supplies, fanless design, and
vibration-proof connectors.
The DNA 1520 can ensure factory
productivity by protecting industrial networks against unauthorized access,
enhance public safety by keeping surveillance recording on public transport
services, and increase client satisfaction by hosting network services in vCPE
for dynamic service adjustment according to clients' needs.
Main Features
- - Cavium OCTEON TX ARM 64-bit CN80xx and 81xx SOC family with 64-bit ARM v8.1 cores
- - Onboard 1~4GB DDR4 ECC memory
- - Up to 2GB of onboard SLC NAND flash
- - 802.3bz 10Gbps connections with backward compatibility with 1/2.5/5Gbps
- - Support 1-pair bypass feature
- - Support expansion of Wi-Fi/3G/LTE, 802.3at/802.3af PoE, industrial management, and storage
- - Dual DC power input : 9V~36V DC or 12V DC
About NEXCOM:Founded in 1992,
NEXCOM integrates its capabilities and operates six global businesses, which
are IoT Automation Solutions, Intelligent Digital Security, Internet of Things,
Interactive Signage Platform, Mobile Computing Solutions, and Network and
Communication Solutions. NEXCOM serves its customers worldwide through its
subsidiaries in five major industrial countries. Under the IoT megatrend,
NEXCOM expands its offerings with solutions in emerging applications including
IoT, robot, connected cars, Industry 4.0, and industrial security. www.nexcom.com.
About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbp that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband/Consumer, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, China and Taiwan. For more information, please visit : http://www.cavium.com.
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbp that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband/Consumer, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, China and Taiwan. For more information, please visit : http://www.cavium.com.
Media Contact:
Liyin Lin
Marketing Director
Tel: +886 2 8226 7786 ext. 2110
Email: liyinlin@nexcom.com.tw
Cavium Media Contact
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
Liyin Lin
Marketing Director
Tel: +886 2 8226 7786 ext. 2110
Email: liyinlin@nexcom.com.tw
Cavium Media Contact
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
Cavium and Leading Partners Showcase ThunderX® ARM-based Server Platforms, QLogic® FastLinQ Ethernet Adapters and Fibre Channel HBAs for High Performance Computing at SC16
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 15, 2016 --
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor
products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center,
cloud, wired and wireless networking, today announced the showcasing of
ThunderX based workload optimized server platforms and the QLogic
FastLinQ Ethernet Adapters and Fibre Channel HBAs for High Performance
Computing, Data Analytics, Scale Out Storage and Hyperscale Data Centers
at SC16 in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The show Expo dates are from Monday, November 14th to Thursday, November 17th.
ThunderX is Cavium's 64-bit ARMv8server processor family
for next generation high performance computing and hyperscale
workloads. With up to 48 high-performance custom cores, single and dual
socket capability, high memory bandwidth and capacity, and integrated
hardware accelerators, ThunderX enables best-in-class ARMv8 performance
per dollar and performance per watt. The ThunderX family includes
multiple SKUs that enable servers optimized for compute, storage,
network and security workloads in the cloud, and is widely supported by
industry-leading OS, hypervisor, software tool and application vendors.
ThunderX is also optimized for networking specific workloads such as
Network Functions Virtualization (NFV).
From
the heart of the data center, to the edge of the enterprise, and in the
cloud, QLogic® Fibre Channel and Ethernet adapters deliver an
uncompromising suite of features, performance and reliability with a
comprehensive suite of offerings that span 10GbE to 100GbE, and 8GFC to
32GFC (Gen6). QLogic Fibre Channel adapters are the gold standard in
SAN connectivity, trusted with running mission critical applications
across the world, and the QLogic FastLinQ Ethernet adapters are the most
flexible data networking solutions in the industry supporting FCoE,
iSCSI and RDMA transports. Together, these products make Cavium the
industry leader in high performance network connectivity solutions.
Show Highlights and Demonstrations
Cavium
executives will be available to discuss the broad range of ThunderX
based production platforms, which are ideal for critical workloads such
as highly parallel HPC applications, scale out storage with CEPH, Apache
Hadoop for Big Data Analytics, distributed data bases such as MySQL
& Cassandra, and Web Serving with NGINX. In addition to the ThunderX
based ODM and OEM platforms, Cavium's QLogic® FastLinQ Ethernet
Adapters and Fibre Channel HBAs will be on display at Cavium's booth
#4057 including:
- QLogic FastLinQ 10/25/40/50/100 Gb Ethernet Adapters
- QLogic Enhanced Gen5 and Gen6 Fibre Channel Adapter
- ThunderX System Partners including: Aewyn, E4, Gigabyte and Lenovo
Cavium
representatives will also be presenting more details on ThunderX at a
number of partner sponsored events during the week. These events
include the ARM HPC User Group as well as presentations at the Red Hat
and SUSE booths during the week at the Convention Center.
To schedule a meeting at SC16, please send an email to sales@cavium.com and enter SC16 Meeting Request in the subject line.
About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbp that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, Israel, China and Taiwan.
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbp that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, Israel, China and Taiwan.
Media Contact
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
Cavium to Showcase ARMv8 Processor Solutions to Accelerate Next Generation Infrastructure at ARM TechCon 2016
Cloud scale deployment on ThunderX® with OpenStack, Secure IoT platform on OCTEON TX™ and MontaVista's CGX 2.0
SAN JOSE, CA – Oct. 26,
2016 – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor
products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud,
wired and wireless networking, will exhibit ThunderX and OCTEON TX ARM-based
solutions for next-generation Infrastructure deployments in booth# 603 at ARM
TechCon 2016 from October 26-27 in Santa Clara, California.
Cavium's ThunderX ARMv8 based
workload optimized processor integrates key capabilities that are critical for
the most demanding Public and Private Cloud workloads. The OpenStack cloud
infrastructure enables end users to fully utilize ThunderX's features for
critical cloud workloads. These workloads include CEPH for cloud storage,
Apache Hadoop for Big Data Analytics, MySQL and Cassandra for distributed
databases, and NGNIX for secure web servers. ThunderX is also optimized for
networking specific workloads such as Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
and Load-Balancing for Telco applications.
Cavium's OCTEON TX is
a complete line of 64-bit ARM-based SoCs for control plane and data plane
applications in networking, security, and storage. The OCTEON TX expands the
addressability of Cavium's embedded products into control plane application
areas within enterprise, service provider, data center networking and storage
that need support of extensive software ecosystem and virtualization features.
This product line is also optimized to run multiple concurrent data and control
planes simultaneously for security and router appliances, NFV and SDN
infrastructure, service provider CPE, wireless transport, NAS, storage controllers,
IOT gateways, printer and industrial applications.
Cavium will present its
ThunderX and OCTEON TX products, along with its partner MontaVista's CGX 2.0,
in booth #603:
- Live demonstration of Openstack solution (Autopilot, JuJu Charms, MAAS) on ThunderX SoC.
- Live demonstration of Secure IoT Gateway solution based on OCTEON TX CN81xx 4-core SoC and MontaVista CGX 2.0.
- Showcase its latest OCTEON TX CN83xx, 24-core SoC for Service Centric Networks.
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About Cavium
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbp that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband/Consumer, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, China and Taiwan. For more information, please visit : http://www.cavium.com.
Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software compatible processors ranging in performance from 1Gbps to 100Gbp that enable secure, intelligent functionality in Enterprise, Data Center, Broadband/Consumer, Mobile and Service Provider Equipment, highly programmable switches which scale to 3.2Tbps and Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters up to 100Gbps. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tools and application support, hardware reference designs and other products. Cavium is headquartered in San Jose, CA with design centers in California, Massachusetts, India, China and Taiwan. For more information, please visit : http://www.cavium.com.
Media Contact
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
Angel Atondo
Sr. Marketing Communications Manager
Telephone: +1 408-943-7417
Email: angel.atondo@cavium.com
MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwired - October 24, 2016) - Open-Silicon, a system-optimized ASIC solution provider and ARM Approved Design Partner, today announced it will participate in a panel discussion titled, "Creating Custom SoCs for IoT: Easier Than You Might Think," at ARM TechCon 2016 in Santa Clara, CA. The company will also demonstrate its ARM® Cortex®-M Based IoT Custom SoC Platform.
Panel Session:
- Title: "Creating Custom SoCs for IoT: Easier Than You Might Think"
- Panelists:
- Nandan Nayampally, VP of Marketing and Strategy, ARM
- Swamy Irrinki, Senior Director of Marketing, Open-Silicon
- Jeff Miller, Product Marketing Manager, Mentor Graphics
- Paul Martin, Director of Engineering, Sondrel
- When: Thursday, October 27, 11:00am -- 11:30am
- Track/Location: Expo Theater (Free), Exhibition Floor, Santa Clara Convention Center
Abstract: The hardware
industry finds itself in a new wave of innovation driven by custom SoC
development for mixed signal IoT devices. These devices span an incredibly
diverse market space, from medical to white goods and everything in between.
Despite the diversity, they share common characteristics where analog circuits
connect the real world to processors and fuel the drive to innovate, reduce
cost and differentiate. In this panel session, experts from ARM, Mentor
Graphics, Open-Silicon and Sondrel will discuss why it is now easier than ever
to design custom SoCs. The panel will look at the paths to low-cost silicon and
try to debunk the belief that devices must be created on the latest nodes to be
competitive. The panel will look at the tools that can help companies create
mixed-signal devices, including devices incorporating MEMS sensors. The panel
will explore how companies without experienced resources available can get to
market.
Booth Demonstration:
- Booth #935 - Exhibition Floor, Santa Clara Convention Center
Wednesday, October 26, and Thursday,
October 27, from 10:30am - 6:30pm
ARM Cortex-MBased IoT Custom SoC Platform - Demonstrates
end-to-end communication between sensor hubs and a cloud platform through a
gateway device. Depending on the type of radio technology, the sensor hubs can
be used outdoors, on the factory floor or inside a room. This industrial IoT
system setup is part of Open-Silicon's Spec2Chip IoT Platform, which allows IoT
ASIC designs to be evaluated at the system level.
About Open-Silicon
Open-Silicon transforms ideas into system-optimized ASIC solutions within the time-to-market parameters desired by customers. The company enhances the value of customers' products by innovating at every stage of design -- architecture, logic, physical, system, software and IP -- and then continues to partner to deliver fully tested silicon and platforms. Open-Silicon applies an open business model that enables the company to uniquely choose best-in-industry IP, design methodologies, tools, software, packaging, manufacturing and test capabilities. The company has partnered with over 150 companies ranging from large semiconductor and systems manufacturers to high-profile start-ups, and has successfully completed over 300 designs and shipped over 120 million ASICs to date. Privately held, Open-Silicon employs over 250 people in Silicon Valley and around the world. www.open-silicon.com
Open-Silicon transforms ideas into system-optimized ASIC solutions within the time-to-market parameters desired by customers. The company enhances the value of customers' products by innovating at every stage of design -- architecture, logic, physical, system, software and IP -- and then continues to partner to deliver fully tested silicon and platforms. Open-Silicon applies an open business model that enables the company to uniquely choose best-in-industry IP, design methodologies, tools, software, packaging, manufacturing and test capabilities. The company has partnered with over 150 companies ranging from large semiconductor and systems manufacturers to high-profile start-ups, and has successfully completed over 300 designs and shipped over 120 million ASICs to date. Privately held, Open-Silicon employs over 250 people in Silicon Valley and around the world. www.open-silicon.com
Open-Silicon is a
trademark and service mark of Open-Silicon, Inc. registered in the United
States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective holders.
Contact Information:
Purvi Shenoy
Open-Silicon
408-240-5772
Email contact
Media Contact:
Jennifer DeAnda
208-794-7113
Email contact
Purvi Shenoy
Open-Silicon
408-240-5772
Email contact
Media Contact:
Jennifer DeAnda
208-794-7113
Email contact
A sprinkling of Internet of Things ... and ... it's alive: Startup
Igneous Systems has re-discovered and re-imagined the idea of customers renting
an externally managed system on their premises, giving it an Internet of Things
(IoT) and public cloud make-over.
Customers
start with a 2x1 system of two dataRouters and one dataBox at a usable capacity
of 212TB. The dataRouters and dataBoxes can scale independently.
The
new angles are that IoT devices can generate vast amounts of data which is
difficult to send to a set of on-premises servers or the public cloud because
transmission is too slow and/or the data is sensitive and needs to be retained
on site.
Igneous's
answer is to store it locally in a public cloud-like, scale-out,
hyper-converged system that can run some compute processes on the data, and be
managed through the cloud. Example compute workloads are auto-tagging, metadata
extraction, image processing, and text analysis.
Igneous
owns and operates the on-premises equipment and the customer has a
capacity-based subscription pricing scheme. The systems are remotely managed
and monitored through a cloud service, and there is automated cloud management
processes for upgrades, troubleshooting, and failure management. Igneous claims
that these functions can be performed on a mirror of incoming and outgoing data
streams without slowing down low-level system functions.
The
Igneous architecture utilises a microservices approach and incorporates stream
processing, an event-driven framework, and container services.
The
equipment is based on ARM-powered nano-servers, with each being a disk drive,
ARM processor and Ethernet link. Igneous calls this a JBOND - Just a Bunch of
Networked Drives. There is a SoC (System On Chip) with a Linux-running Marvell
32-bit Armada 370 processor, with two Cortex-A9 cores running at up to 1 GHz.
Networking is via two 1 GbitE ports, and the nanoservers operate in a kind of
mesh.
It
reminds El Reg of Seagate's Ethernet-addressed Kinetic disk drives, except that
Igneous has had its own nanoservers built and the JBOND is accessed as an S3
data store. Any processing capabilities to operate on the stored data need
adding. Data is stored using erasure coding and failed nanoserver disks have
data rebuilt using other nanoservers.
We
also think 32-bit ARM CPUs look a bit light in compute power terms and 64-bit
ones will need to be used if any serious compute is going to be done on the
data.
Access
is via Amazon's S3 API across a customer's 10Gbit Ethernet infrastructure.
Other public cloud service access protocols will probably be added in the
future.
A
dataBox has 60 drives (nano-servers with 6TB disks) in a 4U enclosure and is a
capacity store. A dataRouter is a stateless 1U server used for protocol
endpoints and keeping track of data in the nanoserver mesh.
There
is some existing third-party software support. For example, Commvault Virtual
Server Protection (VSP) enables users to back up to an Igneous System and
Infinite IO works with Igneous.
This
Igneous nanoserver kit is an interesting start in what we might ultimately call
micro or nano hyper-converged systems. Getting involved with it means
leading/bleeding edge work for Linux and S3 buffs.
Get
a datasheet here. The Igneous Data Service is available immediately to
customers in North America. Customers can purchase annual subscriptions in
increments of 212TB of usable capacity, starting at under $40,000 (equivalent
to 1.5 cents/GB/month). This is claimed to be lower than the cost of S3 (3
cents/GB/month). Volume discounts are available, based on installed capacity or
contract duration. ®
