Intel has launched a field-programmable gate array—Agilex 7 with R-Tile—that options PCIe 5.0 and CXL capabilities for processing networking workloads.
The Agilex FPGA is primarily utilized in smartNICs that offload the processing of community site visitors from the CPU, thus releasing up CPU capability for different duties. Intel sees Agilex taking part in a task in information facilities, telecommunications, and monetary companies, amongst different high-traffic industries.
Agilex is a rebranding of Intel’s Stratix and Arria FPGA strains that includes renumbering, with Agilex 3 being the low-end and Agilex 9 the high-end. So Agilex 7 just isn’t the seventh era of the chip however is the second strongest processor within the household.
With this launch, Agilex has undergone fairly a change. The earlier model was a PCI Specific 4.0 product, constructed on a single chip design at 14nm. This new model helps PCI Specific 5.0, and makes use of a chiplet design that breaks down the silicon into a number of smaller chips on the 7nm course of.
Agilex 7 with R-Tile has 116Gbps of transceiver bandwidth, the quickest throughput but amongst Intel FPGAs. It additionally helps exhausting IP, which implies features like reminiscence controllers and digital sign processors are exhausting coded into the silicon, somewhat than mushy IP, which is programmed. The IP can’t be modified, however it additionally performs a lot sooner and reduces design time for creating and deploying merchandise.
The R-Tile is a part of the brand new chiplet design the place the chiplets are related by a high-speed interconnect. R-Tile is a companion chip to the FPGA that particularly helps high-speed PCI Specific connections and integrates with CPUs to speed up high-performance computing workloads.
Agilex 7 additionally helps CXL 1.1 and ultimately 2.0 when it ships. CXL is a high-speed interconnect that enables direct memory-to-memory communication for information sharing with out having to undergo CPUs and buses. Intel is saying that Agilex 7 builds now assist CXL 1.1, and can assist chosen CLX 2.0 options pending validation, interoperability, and qualification with future CPUs.
Agilex 7 is delivery to OEM clients now.
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