New Platform’s Mobile GPU Clustering Enables Big Data Analytics at
Local Base Stations for More Timely and Pertinent Results
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http://www.IDT.com
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- (Business Wire)
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT®)
(NASDAQ:IDTI) announced today that it has developed with NVIDIA® and
Orange Silicon Valley a supercomputing platform that can analyze 4G to
5G base station bandwidth data in real time, enabling network operators
to monetize the voluminous data flowing through their communications
systems. By connecting clusters of low-power NVIDIA Tegra® K1 mobile
processors with IDT’s
RapidIO interconnect and timing technology, the platform can deliver
real-time data that network operators can use to provide consumers a
more responsive and interactive experience.
Designed for high-performance computing, IoT appliances and wireless
access networks handling 4G and higher traffic, the platform features
cutting-edge deep learning and pattern recognition computing
capabilities. By installing the hardware at multiple, geographically
dispersed base stations along the edge of the network, the Big Data
problem is solved by distributing the computing capacity and delivering
lightning-quick analysis of locally generated data, such as social media
content.
"For example, if you tweet that you’ve just seen a movie and are headed
out to dinner, some nearby dining options could pop up on your screen,"
said Sailesh Chittipeddi, IDT’s vice president of Global Operations and
chief technology officer. "Or the technology can be used for mass
transit; if you’re standing at a bus stop, you can check your phone for
the precise location of your bus. The possibilities are virtually
endless."
Chittipeddi refers to the platform as "supercomputing at the edge"
because the technology is deployed and analysis conducted at local base
stations—at the edge of the wireless network—rather than in a central
location, removing the bottleneck between the base station and the core
of the network. "The solution was developed with an architecture
designed to handle the emerging market for geographically distributed
analytics, deep learning and pattern recognition in real time," he said.
"By taking mobile low-power GPU technology and connecting it with 100 ns
latency RapidIO interconnect, this modular cluster can be deployed to
distribute high-performance compute functionality to the edge of the
wireless network, where it is most geographically sensitive," said Jag
Bolaria of the Linley Group. "The innovation paves the path for
co-locating real-time deployable analytics in the approximately 2
million base stations deployed annually in wireless networks."
The Supercomputing at the Edge platform uses IDT’s 20 Gbps interconnect
technology to connect a low-latency cluster of NVIDIA Tegra K1 mobile
processors. It’s suitable for micro base station deployment along with
larger computing clusters in the C-RAN, a new cellular network
architecture. Each computing card is based on connecting up to 4 GPU
units per processing card connected with RapidIO low-latency NIC and
switching products on board.
The platform, which can support up to 12 teraflops per IU RapidIO server
blade, is based on servers from Prodrive Technologies (www.prodrive-technologies.com)
and computing cards from Concurrent Technologies PLC (www.gocct.com).
Each computing card contains four NVIDIA mobile processors. The
processors deliver 192 fully programmable CUDA cores for advanced
graphics and compute performance. Each card in the system matches
computing cores with 20 Gbps interconnect to each GPU, with over 140
Gbps of built-in switching at each node with IDT’s best-in-class timing
solutions.
IDT will present the Supercomputing at the Edge platform at the Linley
Data Center Conference Feb. 25-26 in Santa Clara, Calif., and Mobile
World Congress March 2-5 in Barcelona, Booth 1H10.
About
IDT
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. develops system-level solutions that
optimize its customers' applications. IDT uses its market leadership in
timing, serial switching and interfaces, and adds analog and system
expertise to provide complete application-optimized, mixed-signal
solutions for the communications, computing and consumer segments.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., IDT has design, manufacturing, sales
facilities and distribution partners throughout the world. IDT stock is
traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market® under the symbol
"IDTI." Additional information about IDT is accessible at www.IDT.com.
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Source: Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
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