Intel's Mount Morgan E2200 IPU: Offloading Cloud Infrastructure Services from Server CPUs
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Summary
Intel's E2200 "Mount Morgan" IPU (Infrastructure Processing Unit) represents the evolution of network adapters with sophisticated offload capabilities. IPUs aim to handle a wide variety of cloud infrastructure services beyond traditional software-defined networking functions, including VM provisioning and metrics collection. By offloading infrastructure work from server CPUs, IPUs enable cloud operators to maximize CPU cores available for customer rental rather than internal infrastructure tasks.
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Infrastructure services are run by the cloud operator and orchestrate tasks like provisioning VMs or collecting metrics
Every CPU core set aside for those tasks is one that can't be rented out to customers
Intel's IPUs, or Infrastructure Processing Units, evolved as network adapters developed increasingly sophisticated offload capabilities
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