Press Release 26.2.2019 Media Contacts: Jake Jones
[email protected] SolidRun Announces Its First 16 Core Networking COM Express type 7 Platform Harnessing NXP’s Robust QorIQ® Layerscape® LX2160A processor CEx7 LX2160A COM Express module developed in partnership with NXP will be offered as a COM, an SBC and evaluation board – boasting unparalleled performance for high-end network computing applications. Nuremberg, February 26, 2019 – SolidRun, a leading developer of high-performance and energy- efficient embedded edge computing solutions is today announcing the new CEx7 LX2160A. The new module, built in partnership with NXP, harnesses the outstanding network computing power of NXP’s LX2160A 16 core Arm® Cortex®-v8 A72 processor developed on a modular COM Express type 7 standard form factor. CEx7 LX2160A was designed for high-end network and edge computing applications, including switch management, software defined network, and software based dataplane, server offload, network security solutions, white box switching, eNodeB L2/L3 compute node and network storage solutions. Based on the advanced 16 core NXP LX2160A Arm® v8 Cortex®-A72 processor, the new COM Express Type 7 module from SolidRun supports up to 2.2GHz CPU clock with high-end networking accelerators and connectivity features. Implemented in low-power 16 FinFET Compact, this powerful 64-bit Arm based platform offers support for 100 Gigabit with up to 16 Ethernet ports, supporting on board 64-bit DDR4 (up to 64GB),with ECC, and DPDK. The module also features 18 lane PCIe gen 4.0 (6 controllers), two SATA ports, two USB 3.0 ports with a total of 24 muxed SERDESs.