In response to the rising of artificial intelligence (AI)

In response to the rising of artificial intelligence (AI), high-definition audio and video streaming and online live broadcast, data high-speed computing and transmission applications, Intel and AMD have launched a new generation of server platform products, including Intel’s next-generation Xeon® scalable processor family - Purley CPUs which are based on the Skylake-SP architecture and planned to replace the previous both Xeon® E5 and E7 processors powered by Broadwell microarchitecture.

Purley’s new platform combines multiple platform innovations and integrates performance enhancement technologies, including Intel AVX-512, Intel MESH architecture, Optane Solid State Drive (SSD) and Omni-Path Fabric fiber optic transmission technology. Purley’s new platform also supports existing and emerging data center and network workloads, including cloud computing, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence, etc. The evolving data center and network infrastructure are designed to deliver the industry’s highest energy efficiency and system-level performance. Its average performance is 1.65 times higher than the previous generation. Performance of Xeon® expandable processor is 2.2 times more efficient than the previous generation under the ever-increasing workload of artificial intelligence.

Acrosser Technology now is providing customers the Purley’s new platform network appliances, the Acrosser first 2U IoT Rackmount Server: ANR-C627/622N1. Positioned as powerful network appliances, ANR-C627/622N1 equipped with the latest generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors are perfect for IoT Gateway, Edge Computing (EC), Cloud, Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), IPS/IDS, Security Gateway (Se-GW), Unified Threat Management (UTM) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). As excellence network appliances, ANR-C627/622N1 series support dual-socket Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, 24* RDIMM/LRDIMM DDR4-2666, dual onboard SFP+ (10G fiber) and 8* Expandable Network Interface Modules (NIMs) for 1G/10G/40G (fiber/Copper/Bypass) various options. Strong networking ability can meet most of enterprise-class customers’ needs.

Acrosser had committed its valuable resources to further develop its advanced network product lines. Furthermore, Acrosser is now working directly with Intel, as part of Intel IoT Solutions Alliance, in order to be able to offer its customers first-to-market services, the latest technologies, and solutions in a timely manner. As a member of Intel IoT Solutions Alliance, Acrosser is able to directly obtain valuable resources in providing high quality and stable performance products/solutions to its customers, vis-à-vis non-IoT-Alliance-members.

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Security and reliability is an utter-most issue

A factory is only as strong as its weakest link, so every Internet of Things client in the factory needs protection from viruses, malware, and hacking to prevent costly interruptions to factory operation. The 4th generation Intel Core processor adds a number of features to its security portfolio, including McAfee’s Deep Defender technology, which resides between the memory and embedded system to perform real-time memory and CPU monitoring without impacting overall system performance. (McAfee is an Associate member of the Alliance.) As shown in Figure 5 (page 22), additional security elements include multiple solutions. TenAsys also offers the INtime RTOS family, which can run as a stand-alone RTOS or alongside Microsoft Windows as shown in Figure 3. Both products enable users to partition a multicore platform to run mixed fanless embedded systems, making better use of the processor’s advanced features to provide highly integrated  solutions. (Microsoft and TenAsys are both Associate members of the Alliance.)

refer to:

http://embedded-computing.com/articles/transform-factory-the-intel-core-processor/

Memory needs for in-vehicle system

Automotive electronics are memory hungry. Therefore, the explosive growth of in-vehicle infotainment systems in modern cars has a significant impact on the market demand for semiconductor memories. For 2012, the average memory content of a car was estimated to be around US$12.8, ranging from US$2.0 for low-end models to more than US$100 for fully equipped luxury vehicles. As a result, the total available market value for in-vehicle memories in automotive applications is expected to reach a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of more than 9 percent from 2011 to 2015, well above the overall CAGR for the total memory semiconductor market, which is less than 7 percent.

refer to: http://embedded-computing.com/articles/automotive-industry-innovation-driven-electronics/#at_pco=cfd-1.0

Deploying techniques on industrial-computer-boards

Requirements to deploy
Most of the requirements to deploy a critical system are based on the real-time response of the system to the processes they monitor and control. The top requirements are related to:

• Memory protection - A misbehaved thread can corrupt the kernel's own code or internal data structures causing all types of bad behaviors to the system.
• Fault tolerance and high availability - Even the best software has latent bugs. As applications become more complex and perform more functions, the number of bugs in fielded systems continues to rise. System designers must, therefore, plan for failures and employ fault recovery techniques.
• Mandatory vs. discretionary access control - Mandatory access control provides guarantees to the access of a device or file. Discretionary access controls are only as effective as the applications using them, and these applications must be assumed to have bugs in them.
• Guaranteed resource availability: space domain and time domain - A critical process cannot, as a result of malicious or careless execution of another process, run out of memory resources or deadlock due to priority conflicts that block resources.
• Schedulability - Meeting hard deadlines is especially important, and missing a deadline can be a critical fault; the access to system services must be deterministic.
• Interrupt latency - Some interrupts are higher priority and require a faster response time than others; how long it takes to respond is critical.
• Bounded execution times - Just as response time is critical, how long a task takes to execute is also important.
• Priority inversion - A lower task can block a higher priority task; predictably resolving the block is a must.
• Security - Everything is becoming connected, so trusted computing is more important than ever to prevent malicious attacks.

refer: http://vita-technologies.com/articles/operating-impact-critical-systems/

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Growing pressure to boost the performance

In response to growing pressure to boost the performance and trim down the size of embedded applications, standards organizations meet regularly to optimize their portfolios in light of the latest available technology. These updated standards take advantage of new silicon architecture combining multiple processors, graphics elements, and complex I/O to deliver the next generation of preengineered, off-the-shelf modules to support many of the high-performance requirements of embedded product development.

These standardized computer platforms allow designers to trade in substantial savings in Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and scheduling for slightly higher recurring costs. Standards-based designs also shortcut the software development effort by providing access to compatible operating systems, vendor-supplied drivers, and sample firmware.

In the Strategies section of this issue, we asked experts from several standards organizations to bring us up to date on the latest changes affecting embedded designs. Starting things off, Jim Blazer, CTO at RTD Embedded Technologies and active member of the PC/104 Consortium, presents the history and updates in work – such as the latest generation of PCI Express – that support the PC/104 stackable architecture. Citing the need for smaller and more rugged building blocks, Alexander Lockinger, President of the Small Form Factor Special Interest Group (SFF-SIG) and CTO at Ascend Electronics, covers the trends and new products to expect in 2013. In addition, Jerry Gipper, Director of Marketing at VITA and Editorial Director ofVITA Technologies magazine, reports on the recent Embedded Tech Trends 2013 meeting aboard the Queen Mary and standards work in progress, plus some new technologies such as optical interconnects.

refer: http://embedded-computing.com/articles/evolving-simplify-embedded-development/

Under increasing pressure ....

 IT managers are under increasing pressure to boost network capacity and performance to cope with the data deluge. Networking systems are under a similar form of stress with their performance degrading as new capabilities are added in software. The solution to both needs is next-generation System-on-Chip (SoC) communications processors that combine multiple cores with multiple hardware acceleration engines.

 

The data deluge, with its massive growth in both mobile and enterprise network traffic, is driving substantial changes in the architectures of base stations, routers, gateways, and other networking systems. To maintain high performance as traffic volume and velocity continue to grow, next-generation communications processors combine multicore processors with specialized hardware acceleration engines in SoC ICs.

The following discussion examines the role of the SoC in today’s network infrastructures, as well as how the SoC will evolve in coming years. Before doing so, it is instructive to consider some of the trends driving this need.

refer:http://embedded-computing.com/articles/next-generation-architectures-tomorrows-communications-networks/