- Two new complete infrastructure-class platforms for faster time-to-market and optimal design points for cloud to edge applications in the era of 5G
- The Arm Neoverse N1 platform, optimized for 7nm technology and delivering a 2.5x performance improvement on key workloads
- The Arm Neoverse E1 platform, a high-efficiency throughput platform, delivering a 2.7x improvement in throughput performance over previous generations
Bangalore, February 21, 2019: Arm Limited, a semiconductor and software design company, today announced the launch of two new platforms to address the requirement for for faster time-to-market and optimal design points for cloud to edge applications in the era of 5G. The announcement follows up on the announcement of Arm Neoverse last year and he two new platforms, the Neoverse N1 platform and the Neoverse E1 platform, have been developed specifically to address the paradigm shift in the way data will be stored, processed, and managed. Combined with Arm’s unique business model and platform enablement capabilities, the platforms will enable broad innovation, extreme scale, and diverse compute solutions from Arm’s partner ecosystem.
Arm Neoverse N1: Accelerating the transformation to a scalable cloud to edge infrastructure
The Neoverse N1 platform, shows a staggering +60% integer performance improvement and 2.5x more performance on key cloud workloads. It also helps partners maximize the efficiency, performance, and area benefits of the Neoverse N1 platformby optimizing for leading-edge 7nm process technology to realize the benefits of highly advanced silicon manufacturing.
Going beyond raw compute performance, the Neoverse N1 platform was built from the ground up with infrastructure-class features including server-class virtualization, state-of-the-art RAS support, power and performance management, and system level profiling. The platform also includes a coherent mesh interconnect, industry-leading power efficiency, and a compact design approach for tighter integration, enabling scaling from 4- to 128-cores. This incredible scalability gives partners the flexibility to build diverse compute solutions by adding accelerators or other features with their own on-chip custom silicon. All of this enables companies to deliver solutions with lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for infrastructure customers.
For more details on the N1 platform, read this blog.
Arm Neoverse E1: Empowering the infrastructure to meet next-generation throughput demands
The explosion of data will require more than just increased compute performance; a second important dimension is moving the data around to be processed, analyzed, filtered, and stored. As the world transitions to 5G to address these throughput demands, network infrastructure is undergoing a significant transformation.
The Neoverse E1 platform was uniquely designed to enable the transition from 4G to a more scalable 5G infrastructure with more diverse compute requirements. Featuring an intelligent design for highly-efficient throughput, the Neoverse E1 achieves 2.7x throughput performance, 2.4x throughput efficiency, and over 2x compute performance compared to previous generations. It also delivers scalable throughput for edge to core data transport, supporting everything from a sub-35W base station all the way through to a multi-100GB router.
Thanks to Arm’s diverse software ecosystem, supporting legacy networking software stacks and leading open source software-defined networking (SDN) solutions, the entire network infrastructure is ready to take full advantage of the Neoverse E1 platform.
For more details on the E1 platform, read this blog.
Accelerating the Arm ecosystem
“The world of a trillion connected devices and its surge of new data compute requirements are closer than you think. Our ecosystem, business model, and technology leadership has positioned the Arm architecture to be the preferred choice in building the next-generation infrastructure. Announcing these two new platforms today is more than just the launch of new products. They represent a seminal moment of change for a market that has been deprived of choice and economic flexibility for more than 20 years. As I mentioned, we are entering a new era of compute needs. Only Arm has a roadmap that is undaunted by the end of Moore’s Law and will deliver generational performance gains of 30% through 2021, combined with the freedom for our partners to customize and innovate based on market needs”, said Drew Henry, SVP and GM, Infrastructure Line of Business, Arm
Additional Resources:
- Visit the Neoverse N1 and Neoverse E1 product pages for additional details
- Learn about Arm ServerReady
- Learn more about our work with developers on the Arm Infrastructure Community
Supplemental Quote Sheet:
Cadence
“Cadence has collaborated closely with Arm to ensure that its full-flow digital implementation and signoff tools, the Cadence Verification Suite, and design IP are optimized for Arm’s new Neoverse N1 CPU for next-generation cloud-to-edge infrastructure,” said Dr. Anirudh Devgan, president of Cadence. “We also worked with Arm on the delivery of the Neoverse N1 System Development Platform, which is based on the Neoverse N1 CPU and Cadence IP and was implemented and verified using a full Cadence tool flow.”
Canonical
“The advent of 5G and explosion in the number of intelligent devices requires cloud infrastructure to transform to a more distributed model and support new workloads. Canonical is excited to deliver open source solutions like Ubuntu Server 18.04, Charmed OpenStack, CEPH, and Charmed Distribution of Kubernetes on Arm to help drive scalable Neoverse IP and products that are tested across the widest range of clouds and systems; from public to private clouds, virtualized infrastructure and through to the edge,” said Stephan Fabel, director of Product at Canonical.
Docker
“Docker and Arm are collaborating on our shared vision for providing distributed computing solutions from cloud to edge. Docker’s industry-leading container platform including Docker Hub has become integral to the Arm software ecosystem, where tens of thousands of containerized Arm applications are already being used by developers. The Docker platform is the only solution that covers the complete container-based software development lifecycle from dev to production, accelerating the adoption of Arm Neoverse-based solutions by our collective customers,” said David Messina, EVP Strategic Alliances at Docker.
Drone I/O
“As software and hardware combine to bring us everything from smartphones to supercomputers, from medical instruments to agricultural sensors, and from base stations to servers, the ability to deploy software and fix bugs quickly is essential when delivering new features to market,” said Brad Rydzewski, co-founder, Drone I/O. “Drone I/O looks forward to helping developers create software experiences for the Arm server and edge computing ecosystem based on next-generation Arm Neoverse platforms.”
NGINX
“NGINX shares the same core idea with Arm, which is to offer lightweight, high-performing technology with no bloat and efficiency,” states Christine Puccio, VP, Global Strategic Alliances & Partnerships at NGINX. “Through our NGINX Application Platform, we’re enabling partners like Arm to deliver more compute density with no sacrifice to best-of-class performance. We truly look forward to a continued collaboration with the Arm ecosystem on next-generation solutions for IoT and distributed cloud-based environments.”
Packet
“We dove into the Arm datacenter ecosystem three years ago with a vision for diverse, customized hardware solutions that could be deployed in thousands of locations, from the centralized cloud to the far edge of the network. With Neoverse, Arm is delivering on that promise by pairing market-leading performance and outstanding efficiency with a vibrant ecosystem that thrives on solving big challenges,” said Zac Smith, CEO at Packet
Rancher Labs
“Rancher and Arm have partnered to create a Kubernetes-based computing platform for IoT and edge nodes. We are enthusiastic about working with the Arm ecosystem on next-generation Arm Neoverse-based solutions to deliver increased levels of performance and throughput for edge to cloud deployments,” said Sheng Liang, co-founder and CEO at Rancher Labs
Red Hat
“Red Hat is committed to supporting customer choice in computing architectures, backed by our multi-architecture strategy, to help our customers drive open innovation on a wide range of processors and hardware configurations including Arm-based technologies,” said Jon Masters, Chief Arm Architect at Red Hat. “We look forward to continuing our years-long collaboration with Arm and its partners as we explore the opportunities presented by the Arm Neoverse N1 Platform, especially around hyperscale, edge and high-performance computing,” said Jon Masters, Chief Arm Architect at Red Hat.
SUSE
“Arm’s infrastructure IP and platform enablement approach allows the ecosystem to deliver a range of solutions with just the right I/O and processor capabilities needed for a particular workload. SUSE is excited provide enterprise-grade SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Arm subscriptions directly to customers who can benefit from the diversity of Arm Neoverse platforms from the edge to the core to the cloud. SUSE looks forward to continued collaboration with the latest Arm Neoverse product innovations that will accelerate the momentum for Arm in the infrastructure market,” said Brent Schroeder, CTO Americas, SUSE
Synopsys
“Leading semiconductor and system companies rely on Synopsys tools and interface IP for their most advanced cloud, infrastructure, and networking designs,” said Deirdre Hanford, co-general manager, Synopsys Design Group. “Synopsys and Arm have been collaborating for more than 25 years to enable mutual customer success, and our latest collaboration delivers optimized support for Neoverse platforms, where our Fusion Design Platform, Verification Continuum Platform, and DesignWare Interface IP have already enabled tapeout success for early adopters of Arm’s Neoverse-N1 platform for cloud-to-edge infrastructure computing. Designers can quickly implement Neoverse N1 processor-based designs using our optimized QuickStart Implementation Kit (QIK).”
TSMC
“Arm and TSMC have collaborated to develop the Arm Neoverse N1 SoC on TSMC’s industry first and leading 7nm FinFET process technology,” said Suk Lee, senior director of Design Infrastructure Management Division, TSMC. “We look forward to a continued partnership with Arm to drive the cloud-to-edge solution capabilities of Arm Neoverse ecosystem and enable our mutual customers to achieve success in 5G, AI and other evolving application areas.”
VMware
“We are excited to see Arm deliver on the Neoverse platform roadmap which spans solutions from cloud to edge. As 5G and IoT drive an increasingly distributed cloud and edge compute model, we look forward to bringing the power of ESXi to the edge on 64-bit Arm standardized platforms, and continuing to manage and secure Arm-based IoT devices with VMware Pulse IoT Center.” Mimi Spier, vice president, IoT and Edge Business Unit, VMware.
Xilinx
“The diversity of compute applications from hyperscale to the edge require data to be processed seamlessly among heterogeneous components. The Arm Neoverse N1 CCIX-enabled platform, combined with the Xilinx Alveo U280 CCIX-enabled accelerator card, provides an ideal foundation for smart offload and the next generation of purpose-built infrastructure solutions,” said Gaurav Singh, corporate vice president, Silicon Architecture and Verification at Xilinx