Xsight Labs E1 DPU: 64-core Arm Neoverse N2 800Gbps Data Processing Unit Overview
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The article provides an initial look at Xsight Labs' E1 DPU (Data Processing Unit), a 64-core Arm Neoverse N2-based PCIe card capable of 800Gbps networking. The author visited Xsight Labs in California and received a 1U chassis containing the DPU for review. The E1 represents a significant advancement from previous DPU generations, featuring high-performance Arm cores for data center networking applications. The article serves as an introduction to this new hardware, with the author noting Xsight Labs' previous work including their X2 switch chip that powers SpaceX Starlink V3 networking.
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We wanted to start our series with a quick look at the really neat DPU, as this is far different from the DPUs we covered a few years ago.
If you have not heard of Xsight Labs, we first covered them in 2020, and their X2 switch chip just had a major milestone win, Powering SpaceX Starlink V3 networking.
The Xsight Labs E1 DPU 1U server that exposes the new 64x Arm Neoverse N2 core 800Gbps networking chip and more
We take a look at the Xsight Labs E1 DPU 1U server that exposes the new 64x Arm Neoverse N2 core 800Gbps networking chip and more
