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  • February 01, 2023

    Wind River 和 Marvell 携手为 CSP 扩展虚拟 RAN 解决方案

    By Kim Markle, Director Influencer Relations, Marvell

    Wind River and Marvell have collaborated to create an open, virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) solution for communication service providers (CSPs) that offers cloud scalability with the features, performance, and energy efficiency of established 5G networks. The collaboration integrates two complementary, industry-leading technologies—the Marvell® OCTEON® 10 Fusion 5G baseband processor and the Wind River Studio cloud software—to provide the carrier ecosystem a deployment-ready vRAN platform built on technologies that are widely proven in 5G networks and data centers.  

    CSPs aim to leverage established IT infrastructure for enhanced service agility and streamlined DevOps in the cloud-native RAN. Marvell's OCTEON 10 Fusion processor supports these goals with programmability based on open-source, industry-standard interfaces and integration with leading cloud software platforms such as Wind River Studio.

    To ensure open-source distribution of Wind River Studio software, OCTEON 10 Fusion software drivers are being used by StarlingX, an open development and integration project. Marvell’s drivers enable Wind River Studio software to communicate with and control the OCTEON 10 Fusion processor. This facilitates developer access to an optimized vRAN system that offers new options for CSPs and helps to expand the carrier ecosystem of RAN and data center hardware and software suppliers, as well as system integrators.

  • February 28, 2023

    Dell 通过 OCTEON 10 Fusion 提升 vRAN 佼佼者地位

    By Johnny Truong, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Marvell

    To address the growing demands of 5G applications (and beyond), networks are not only expected, but required, to offer features, performance, and capacity competitive with traditional RAN while improving energy efficiency and cost-savings.

    Watch this video of Dennis Hoffman, SVP and GM of Dell’s Telecom Systems Business discuss how Dell and Marvell will continue building on its strategic partnership in pursuit of truly open mobile networks and how they’re bringing the power of Layer 1 Acceleration technology to the vRAN architecture with Marvell’s OCTEON® 10 Fusion processor, designed for 5G RAN.

  • February 27, 2023

    Marvell 和 VMware 合作优化 RAN

    By Peter Carson, Senior Director Solutions Marketing, Marvell and Tosin Olopade, Technical Product Line Manager, VMware and Padma Sudarsan, Director of Engineering, RAN Architecture, VMware

    VMware, a pioneer in assisting communication service providers (CSPs) in transforming their networks, is partnering up with Marvell, a leading provider of data infrastructure semiconductor solutions to improve RAN performance and ROI. This collaboration provides solutions that enable CSPs to meet the demands of 5G’s increased capacity and use cases, optimizing the revenue and efficiency of each RAN site.

    RAN sites worldwide are targeted for new technology deployment, where traditional, custom-made equipment is being replaced with servers adapted from data centers. This transformation to virtualized RAN and Open RAN, which replaces hardware with software, is driving the modernization of RAN sites worldwide. This allows CSPs to select servers and software based on their strategic goals, enabling them to offer unique services compared to their competitors. 

    However, 5G RAN workloads, particularly Layer 1 (L1), are far more complex and latency-sensitive than the applications that general purpose CPUs have been designed to address. The load on even the most robust CPUs in the case of 5G RAN virtualization can be demanding. The rapid increase in 5G network speeds, reaching multi-gigabit-per-second, and the management of software-centric RAN Distributed Units (DUs) has resulted in rising energy consumption and cooling demands. This leads to increased costs, such as higher electricity bills, and may compromise CSPs’ plans to monetize their RAN investments. 

  • February 03, 2023

    OCTEON 10 Recognized as “Best Embedded Processor” in Analysts’ Choice Awards, Powered by TechInsights

    By Johnny Truong, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Marvell

    The Marvell® OCTEON® 10 DPU was awarded the 2022 Analysts’ Choice Awards for “Best Embedded Processor” in TechInsight’s Microprocessor Report

    One of the longest-running award programs of its kind, it salutes the top semiconductor offerings in the categories of data center, PC, smartphone, and embedded processors, as well as processor IP cores and related emerging technologies. Winning products were selected for superior features, performance, power, and cost in the context of the company’s target applications and competition.  

    The OCTEON 10 DPU--the world’s first Arm Neoverse N2-based processor in 5nm--is the latest version of the OCTEON processor family. By accelerating wireless, networking, storage, security and other specialized workloads, OCTEON 10 enables best-in-class features, performance, energy efficiency, and total cost of ownership for carriers, cloud providers, and enterprises.   

    The OCTEON processor family is used by four of the top six wireless infrastructure OEMs, in nine of the top 10 firewall appliances, and by other major networking OEMs. 

    TechInsight Chief Analyst Joseph Byrne said: “Processors for communications infrastructure have long pushed the leading edge for embedded products. Marvell’s feat shows that succeeding in the high-performance-embedded market doesn’t require leveraging smartphone or PC/server technology.” 

    Microprocessor Report subscribers can access commentary on the winners, details on what sets them apart, and other nominees in each category here.  

    To learn more about Marvell’s latest addition to the OCTEON DPU family, visit us at MWC 2023 in Barcelona at booth 2F34 in Hall 2. 

  • February 02, 2023

    一种不折不扣的开放式云原生 5G RAN 方法

    By Peter Carson, Senior Director Solutions Marketing, Marvell

    The rise of fully open and optimized vRAN platforms based on globally-proven 5G layer one hardware accelerators, led by Marvell, has given Open RAN operators the industry’s first no-compromise vRAN solution. Unlike the so-called “look-aside” general-purpose alternative, the Marvell architecture is host server CPU agnostic and uniquely enables (1) RAN software programmability, based on open source, industry standard interfaces and (2) inline hardware acceleration that delivers feature, performance and power parity as compared to existing 5G networks -- absolutely critical requirements of mobile operators. Listen to what leading operators are saying about inline vRAN accelerators.

  • January 04, 2023

    软件定义车辆的软件定义网络

    By Amir Bar-Niv, VP of Marketing, Automotive Business Unit, Marvell and John Heinlein, Chief Marketing Officer, Sonatus and Simon Edelhaus, VP SW, Automotive Business Unit, Marvell

    The software-defined vehicle (SDV) is one of the newest and most interesting megatrends in the automotive industry. As we discussed in a previous blog, the reason that this new architectural—and business—model will be successful is the advantages it offers to all stakeholders:

    • The OEMs (car manufacturers) will gain new revenue streams from aftermarket services and new applications;
    • The car owners will easily upgrade their vehicle features and functions; and
    • The mobile operators will profit from increased vehicle data consumption driven by new applications.

    What is a software-defined vehicle? While there is no official definition, the term reflects the change in the way software is being used in vehicle design to enable flexibility and extensibility. To better understand the software-defined vehicle, it helps to first examine the current approach.

    Today’s embedded control units (ECUs) that manage car functions do include software, however, the software in each ECU is often incompatible with and isolated from other modules. When updates are required, the vehicle owner must visit the dealer service center, which inconveniences the owner and is costly for the manufacturer.

  • December 05, 2022

    Leading Lights Award 对 Deneb CDSP 的佼佼者地位予以肯定

    By Johnny Truong, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Marvell

    At this weeks’ Leading Lights Awards Ceremony, hosted by Light Reading, Editor-in-Chief Phil Harvey announced that the Marvell® Deneb™ Coherent Digital Signal Processor (CDSP) is the winner of the Most Innovative Service Provider Transport Solution category. This recognition is awarded to the optical systems vendor or optical components vendor providing the most innovative optical transport solution for service provider customers.

    Driving the industry's largest standards-based ecosystem, the Marvell Deneb CDSP enables disaggregation which is critical for carriers to lower their CAPEX and OPEX as they increase network capacity. This recognition underscores Marvell’s success in bringing leading-edge density and performance optimization advantages to carrier networks.

    In its 18th year, the Leading Lights is Light Reading’s flagship awards program which recognizes top companies and executives for their outstanding achievements in next-generation communications technology, applications, services, strategies, and innovations.

    Visit the Light Reading blog for a full list of categories, finalists and winners.

  • April 01, 2021

    作者:Marvell 公关团队

    At the most recent FierceWireless 5G Blitz Week, some of the world’s leading 5G innovators met via webinar to discuss the potential of O-RAN and challenges of the ongoing 5G rollout. In a keynote, EVP and General Manager of Marvell’s Processors Business Group Raj Singh explored the accelerating shift to O-RAN, which is an emerging open-source architecture for Radio Access Networks that enables customers to create better 5G applications by mixing and matching RAN technology from different vendors.

     

  • July 25, 2019

    Marvell在 Arm 服务器 CPU 市场佼佼者地位获得业界认可

    作者:Kumar Sankaran,Marvell 产品管理高级总监

    Marvell 在 IT Brand Pulse 发起的 2019 年 IT 专业投票中成为 Arm® 服务器 CPU的先进品牌。 Marvell 的 Thunderx® 在市场、价格、性能、可靠性、服务与支持以及创新领域的所有评比类别中居于佼佼者地位。 这一结果是基于一项面向 IT 专业人员、针对服务器产品的独立调查得出的,没有任何商业赞助。 调查由 IT Brand Pulse 每年开展一次,该公司是数据中心基础设施研究、数据和分析领域的行业权威机构。

    Marvell® ThunderX® 处理器基于 Armv8-A 架构,实现了业界排名靠前的计算和内存性能,并获得了 70 余家有合作伙伴组成的丰富生态系统的支持。 作为全球支持和部署非常广泛的基于 Arm 处理器,Marvell ThunderX 处理器能够已成功应用于高性能计算、云和边缘计算。

    Arm-based Server CPU Leadership

  • October 17, 2018

    Marvell 在 2018 Arm TechCon 展会上展示了由 AWS Greengrass 提供支持的边缘计算技术

    By Maen Suleiman, Senior Software Product Line Manager, Marvell and Gorka Garcia, Senior Lead Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.

    Thanks to the respective merits of its ARMADA® and OCTEON TX® multi-core processor offerings, Marvell is in a prime position to address a broad spectrum of demanding applications situated at the edge of the network. These applications can serve a multitude of markets that include small business, industrial and enterprise, and will require special technologies like efficient packet processing, machine learning and connectivity to the cloud. As part of its collaboration with Amazon Web Services® (AWS), Marvell will be illustrating the capabilities of edge computing applications through an exciting new demo that will be shown to attendees at Arm TechCon - which is being held at the San Jose Convention Center, October 16th-18th. 

    此次演示模拟的是一个自动停车场的应用场景。以 ARMADA 处理器为基础的 Marvell MACCHIATObin® 社区开发板集成了 AWS Greengrass® 软件,可用作边缘计算节点。Marvell 边缘计算节点会接收放置在停车场入口和出口处两个摄像机的视频流。以 ARMADA 处理器为基础的计算节点会运行 AWS Greengrass 核心;执行两个 Lambda 函数来处理传入的视频流并通过识别牌照辨识进入停车场的车辆;然后检查进入停车场的车辆是否经过授权。

    第一 Lambda 函数将运行自动车牌识别 (OpenALPR) 软件以获取车牌号并将其与道闸 ID(入口/出口)一起传送到 AWS® 云端上运行的 Lambda 函数,该函数将存取 DynamoDB® 数据库。云端 Lambda 函数将负责读取 DynamoDB 白名单数据库并确定车牌是否属于授权汽车。该信息将被发送回网络边缘 MACCHIATObin 开发板上的第二 Lambda 函数,负责管理停车场容量和开关道闸。此 Lambda 函数会将边缘活动记录到 AWS Cloud Elasticsearch® 服务,该服务充当开源数据可视化引擎 Kibana® 的后端。Kibana 使远程操作人员能够直接访问有关停车场占用情况、入口道闸状态和出口道闸状态的信息。  此外,AWS Cognito 服务将对用户进行身份验证,确认访问 Kibana 的权限。AWS Cognito service     AWS Cloud Lambda function

    在 AWS Cloud Lambda 函数将判定(允许/拒绝)发送到 MACCHIATObin 开发板上运行的第二 Lambda 函数后,此 MACCHIATObin Lambda 函数将负责与道闸控制器通信,该控制器由 Marvell ESPRESSObin® 开发板组成,用于根据需要打开/关闭道闸。

    ESPRESSObin 开发板作为 AWS Greengrass IoT 设备运行,负责根据从 MACCHIATObin 开发板的第二 Lambda 函数收到的信息打开道闸。

    此次演示展示了在边缘使用 AWS Lambda 运行机器学习算法的功能,能使识别过程变得非常迅捷。凭借高性能、低功耗的 Marvell OCTEON TX 和 ARMADA 多核处理器,快速的识别过程得以实现。Marvell 基础架构处理器的功能具有涵盖一系列高端网络和安全应用的潜力,这些应用可以从 Arm® 生态系统的成熟度和在网络边缘的多核环境中运行机器学习的能力中受益。

    Those visiting the Arm Infrastructure Pavilion (Booth# 216) at Arm TechCon (San Jose Convention Center, October 16th-18th) will be able to see the Marvell Edge Computing demo powered by AWS Greengrass. 

    有关如何在 Marvell MACCHIATObin 和 Marvell ESPRESSObin 社区开发板上启用 AWS Greengrass 的详细信息,请访问 http://wiki.macchiatobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=AWS+Greengrass+on+MACCHIATObinhttp://wiki.espressobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=AWS+Greengrass+on+ESPRESSObin

  • April 30, 2018

    ARMADA 3720 SoC 支持实现来自 CZ.NIC 的瑰宝模块化路由器

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    Marvell ARMADA® 嵌入式处理器是另一令人兴奋的众筹项目网络解决方案的一部分,且随着创新产品的开发,也有助于“增强”全球开放硬件和软件工程社区。 CZ.NIC, an open source networking research team based in the Czech Republic, just placed its Turris MOX modular networking appliance on the Indiegogo® platform and has already obtained over $110,000 in financial backing. 

    MOX 有非常灵活的模块排列 Central to this is a network processing module featuring a Marvell® ARMADA 3720 network processing system-on-chip (SoC). This powerful yet energy efficient 64-bit device includes dual Cortex®-A53 ARM® processor cores and an extensive array of high speed IOs (PCIe 2.0, 2.5 GbE, USB 3.0, etc.). 来自 CZ.NIC 的 MOX 解决方案

    图 1: 来自 CZ.NIC 的 MOX 解决方案

    MOX 的理念非常容易理解。 与其装配一个功能和资源广泛的路由器,造成成本增加,但却华而不实,用户更应该直接购买简单的 MOX,这款产品随后可以扩展成任何用户需要的网络设备形式。 附加更多模块意味着可以提供特定的功能,来精准满足用户的预期。 该产品还带有一个以太网模块添加 4 GbE 端口、一个光纤模块添加光纤 SFP 连接,以及一个扩展模块添加迷你 PCIe 连接。 在后续阶段,如果要求有所变更,可以改变同一 MOX 的用途,通过添加适当模块,将其重新设置为一种不同的设备。The MOX Add-On Modules - Base, Extension, Ethernet and SFP
     图 2: The MOX Add-On Modules - Base, Extension, Ethernet and SFP 

    MOX 单元运行 Turris 操作系统,这是一款建立于非常受欢迎的 OpenWrt® 嵌入式 Linux® 版本(由 Marvell ARMADA 处理器支持)基础之上的开源代码操作系统。 这赋予了这款设备非常高的灵活性,使其可以执行各种不同的网络功能,让其可以作为电子邮件服务器、网络服务器、防火墙等各种原件运行。 更多的 MOX 模块已经在开发进程之中并将很快推向市场。

    This project follows on CZ.NIC’s previous crowdfunding campaign using Marvell’s ARMADA SoC processing capabilities for the Turris Omnia high performance open source router - which gained huge public interest and raised 9x its original investment target. Turris MOX 非常重视围绕 ARMADA SoC 建立起来的开源软件生态系统,充分利用其有效性,致力帮助客户将创新想法带到现实生活中来。

    单击此处详细了解此出类拔萃的众筹模式。

  • February 22, 2018

    Marvell 在世界移动大会 2018 上展示 CyberTAN White Box 解决方案,该方案搭载 Marvell ARMADA 8040 SoC、运行 Telco Systems NFVTime 通用 CPE OS

    By Maen Suleiman, Senior Software Product Line Manager, Marvel

    随着更多的工作负载转移到网络边缘,Marvell 进一步推进技术发展,让通讯行业可以从网络功能虚拟化 (NFV) 获取优势条件,充分利用其巨大潜力。 At this year’s Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, 26th Feb to 1st Mar 2018), Marvell, along with some of its key technology collaborators, will be demonstrating a universal CPE (uCPE) solution that will enable telecom operators, service providers and enterprises to deploy needed virtual network functions (VNFs) to support their customers’ demands. 

    ARMADA® 8040 uCPE 解决方案是多个 ARMADA 边缘计算解决方案中的一个,该产品即将上市,展示地点位于 Arm 展位(6 号厅 6E30 展位),将运行 Telco Systems NFVTime uCPE 操作系统 (OS),带有两个已部署好的现有 VNF(分别由 6WINDTrend Micro 提供),可以实现虚拟路由和安全功能。  CyberTAN 白盒解决方案的设计是为了改变传统产品在具有性价比和系统能耗方面的不足,在非常大地改进这两方面因素的同时,保持非常高程度的安全性。

      CyberTAN 白盒解决方案装配 Marvell ARMADA 8040 SoC

    CyberTAN white box solution incorporating Marvell ARMADA 8040 SoC   The CyberTAN white box platform is comprised of several key Marvell technologies that bring an integrated solution designed to enable significant hardware cost savings. 该平台集成以 Arm Cortex®-A72 四核处理器为基础的低功耗 Marvell® ARMADA 8040 系统单晶片 (SoC),具备高达 2GHz 的 CPU 时钟频率,还搭载 Marvell E6390x Link Street® 板上以太网交换机。 Marvell 以太网交换机支持 10G 上行链路和 8 个 1GbE 端口,并集成 PHY,其中四个是自动介质 GbE 端口(组合端口)。

    CyberTAN 白盒得益于 Marvell ARMADA 8040 处理器的丰富功能组合以及强劲的软件生态系统,包含:

    • 都是商业和工业级功能
    • 双 10G 连接、10G 加密和 IPSEC 支持
    • 服从 SBSA
    • 支持 Arm TrustZone
    • 支持包括下列在内范围广泛的多种软件: UEFI、Linux、DPDK、ODP、OPTEE、Yocto、OpenWrt、CentOS 等等

    另外,uCPE 平台支持 Mini PCI Express (mPCIe) 扩展插槽,可以实现 Marvell 先进的 11ac/11ax Wi-Fi 或额外的有线/无线连接功能,还具备高达 16GB DDR4 DIMM、2 个 M.2 SATA、一个用于存储的 SATA 和 eMMC 选项,还有 SD 和 USB 扩展插槽可用于附加存储或其他有线/无线连接(例如 LTE)。

    在 Arm 展位,Telco Systems 将在 CyberTAN 白盒上演示其 NFVTime uCPE 操作系统,及其零接触服务开通 (ZTP) 功能。 NFVTime 是一款直观的 NFVi-OS,可以辅助将 VNF 部署到 uCPE 的整个过程,同时避免复杂繁琐的管理和协调活动,一般会随之实现基于 NFV 的服务。 该项演示将包括两个主要的 VNF:

    • 有一个 6WIND 虚拟路由器 VNF(基于 6WIND Turbo Router),可以提供很高的性能、即插即用的虚拟路由和防火墙功能;以及
    • 一个 Trend Micro 安全 VNF(基于 Trend Micro 的虚拟功能网络套件 (VNFS)),可提供灵活的高性能网络安全功能,实现威胁防御和更有效、更快速的保护。

    请联系您的 Marvell 销售代表,安排在世界移动大会期间会面,或在大会中莅临 Arm 展位(6 号厅 6E30 展位),亲眼见证 uCPE 解决方案的实施。

  • February 05, 2018

    Marvell SoC 技术支持强大的 pfSense 安全网关

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    Marvell 的瑰宝 ARMADA® 38x 处理器系列不断载入新的网络和安全设计中,在该领域持续保持强劲势头。 最近,ARMADA 385 处理器被 Netgate 的新上市产品 SG-3100 所采用。

    Netgate 推出 SG-3100 的目的是为市场提供一款入门级的安全网关解决方案,同等价格范围的其他竞争产品相比,这款产品的性能大大提升。 其设计的目标标准是:

    • 大幅提高性能
    • 更丰富的功能
    • 配置灵活,可满足客户的独特需求

    Marvell 的工程团队很高兴能与 Netgate 在这一宏大项目上进行合作。

     Marvell ARMADA 385 处理器驱动的 Netgate SG-3100 网关 

    图 1: Netgate SG-3100 powered by Marvell ARMADA 385

     Processor   The SG-3100 exhibits a high degree of flexibility and can be employed as a security firewall, LAN, router or WAN router, or VPN solution. 也可作为 DHCP 服务器或 DNS 服务器,还具备入侵检测系统 (IDS) 和入侵防御系统 (IPS) 功能。 这款可配置性非常强的设备配备 8GB eMMC 闪存数据存储,或两个 m.2 SATA 固态硬盘 (SSD),同时支持 LTE 标准。 由于搭载 Marvell® 88E6141 4-端口交换式局域网接口,这款小巧的经济型产品可轻松实现多个有线和无线网络的桥接。

    多种因素促使 Netgate 决定使用 Marvell 的 ARMADA 385,首先是 ARMADA 38x 生态系统,其包含 SolidRun 的 ARMADA 38x ClearFog 社区板,以及 Semihalf 开发的 ARMADA 38x FreeBSD 端口; 其次,越来越多的 pfSense 用户要求连接可提供三个以太网端口的板,尤其是在执行 dual-WAN 操作时。 ARMADA 385 广泛的嵌入式连接可满足这种需求。

    基于 Arm® Cortex®-A9 技术,处于 SG-3100 核心的 ARMADA 385 系统芯片 (SoC) 提供高效的双核处理能力。 The SoC has a total of three Ethernet ports - two that support 1 Gbps data rates and a third capable of supporting either 2.5 Gbps or 1 Gbps. 在 SG-3100 设计中,ARMADA 385 还配备有 Marvell 的 88E6141 多端口以太网交换机芯片,可以支持通过其中一个端口进行 2.5Gbps 操作。

    Netgate SG-3100 以 1.6Ghz 的速度运转,是小型办公室和家庭环境的理想选择。 由于引进了 IC 技术,此解决方案能以非常具有竞争优势的价格来处理超大吞吐量。

  • January 23, 2018

    崭新进展: 全新的 MACCHIATObin 社区开发板能够满足更大范围的开发者需求

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    继去年春天成功发布 MACCHIATObin® 开发平台之后,Marvell 和有合作的技术伙伴 SolidRun 现在又宣布该硬件产品的崭新进展。 通过综合分析客户的反馈意见,两家公司对原始概念进行了一系列改进,使得这些 mini-ITX 板更加优化,以满足工程师的要求。

    Marvell 和 SolidRun 现在宣布推出两款全新的 MACCHIATObin 产品,这些将取代以前的版本。 这些新产品分别是 MACCHIATObin Single Shot 和 MACCHIATObin Double Shot

    与之前一样,这两款 mini-ITX 格式的网络社区板都集成 Marvell ARMADA®8040 系统单晶片 (SoC),具有强大的处理能力,并始终坚持原有的目标,即为市场提供更高性能同时兼具合适价格的基于 ARM 的开发资源。 However, now engineers have a choice in terms of how much supporting functionality comes with it - thus making the platform even more attractive and helping to reach a much wider audience. MACCHIATObin Single Shot(左)和 MACCHIATObin Double Shot(右) 

    图 1:MACCHIATObin Single Shot(左)和 MACCHIATObin Double Shot(右)

    精简版本的 MACCHIATObin Single Shot 是一个入门级板,可适用于预算有限的工程师。 这个版本比初始板价格低很多,只有 199 美元。 它配备有两个 10G SFP +连接器,去除了两个 10G 铜接头的选项,也没有之前版本标配的 DDR4 DIMM,但仍具备1.6GHz 的高处理速度。

    这些以 MACCHIATObin Double Shot 的更高性能作为补充。 改进的设计依托 64 位四核 Arm Cortex-A72 处理器内核,充分释放了 ARMADA 8040 2GHz 的处理能力。 MACCHIATObin Double Shot 包含有 4GB 的 DDR4 DIMM, At only $399 it represents great value for money - costing only slightly more than the original, but with extra features and stronger operational capabilities being delivered. It comes with additional accessories that are not in the Single Shot package - including a power cable and a microUSB-to-USB cable. 

    Single Shot 和 Double Shot 版本都采用散热器和风扇散热机制,以确保通过更有效的散热管理保持产品更高的可靠性。 风扇的气流速度可达每分钟 6.7 立方英尺 (CFM),并且保持较低噪声。 为了更好地利用可用空间,在原有设计基础上进行了一些布局改变,这样也可让板使用起来更加方便。 例如,改变了 SD 卡插槽的位置,使其更易于使用,同样 SATA 连接器的位置也比之前更加合理,能够更容易地连接多条线缆。 Micro-USB 插座也进行了重新设置,以方便工程师使用。

    控制台 (Console) UART(与 FTDI USB 至 UART 接口 IC 并行工作)添加了一个 3 针 UART 插头, 也就是说,开发人员现在可以使用额外的连接选项,使 MACCHIATObin 社区板更适合于远程部署,或用于连接没有 USB 端口的传统设备。 DIP 开关已经被跳线 (jumper) 所取代,这使这两款板能够实现更多的功能。 JTAG 连接器并没有默认地组装在一起,PCI Express (PCIe) x4 插槽已被一个开放的 PCIx4 插槽所取代,因此可以连接图形处理器卡等更多种不同的板选件(如 x8、x16 以及 x4 PCIe)。 而且,通用输入/输出 (GPIO) 控制的 LED 发射器已经取代原来固定的 LED 发射器,从而能够显示运行情况。

    事实上,这些单元与初始板中的单元形状相同,可以完全替代之前 MACCHIATObin 板的相关功能。 因此,已经在使用 MACCHIATObin 板的设计可升级到更高性能的 MACCHIATObin Double Shot 版本,或者相反缩减到 MACCHIATObin Single Shot 版本,以降低相关的成本。

    本次 MACCHIATObin Double Shot 和 Single Shot 的发布表明,Marvell 团队一直在倾听客户的意见和反馈,并迅速响应他们的需求。 通过从初始 MACCHIATObin 版本吸取经验,我们已经做出重大改进,并开发出两款各具特色的产品。 一种是要满足那些预算紧张的工程师的需求,而以前的版本不可能做到这一点。另一种是要帮助工程师的设计达到更高的性能水平。

  • January 10, 2018

    Marvell 利用 Pixeom Edge 平台将 Google 云扩展至网络前沿,在 CES 2018 上证实了其出众的计算能力

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    随着越来越多的计算和存储服务融入云环境,千兆级别网络的采用和下一代 5G 网络的推出将进一步提供更大的可用带宽。 连接到网络的物联网和移动设备应用程序将随之变得越来越智能,计算能力更加强大, 但是这么多资源同时传输到云端,势必给当今的网络造成巨大的压力。

    下一代网络架构将无法继续遵循传统的云端集中模式,而是需要在整个网络基础设施中分配更多的智能。 高性能计算硬件(以及相关软件)将需要置于网络的边缘。 分布式运行模式需要能够提供边缘设备所需的计算和安全功能,以便为汽车、虚拟现实和工业计算等应用,提供具有吸引力的实时服务,并克服固有的延迟问题。 除此之外,也需要对高分辨率视频和音频内容进行分析。

    通过其高性能的 ARMADA® 嵌入式处理器,Marvell 提供了高效的解决方案,以促进边缘计算的实施。 在上周的 2018 年国际消费电子展 (CES) 上,Marvell 和 Pixeom 团队展示了一个非常有效,但价格经济的边缘计算系统,该系统结合了 Marvell MACCHIATObin 社区开发板与 Pixeom 公司的技术,扩展了 Google Cloud Platform™ 服务在网络边缘的功能。 Marvell MACCHIATObin 社区开发板运行 Pixeom Edge Platform(边缘平台)软件,能够通过在 MACCHIATObin 上编排和运行基于容器 Docker 的微服务来扩展云功能。

    目前,将数据量庞大、高分辨率的视频内容传输到云端进行分析,对网络基础设施带来了很大的压力,既需要投入大量资源,成本也非常昂贵。 采用 Marvell 公司的 MACCHIATObin 硬件作为基础,Pixeom 将展示其基于容器的边缘计算解决方案,能够在网络边缘提供视频分析功能。 这种独特的硬件和软件结合提供了一种高度优化和直接的方式,使更多的处理和存储资源处于网络边缘。 该技术可以显著提高运营效率并降低延迟。

    Marvell 和 Pixeom 的展示在网络边缘部署了 Google TensorFlow™ 微服务,能够实现各种不同的关键功能,包括物体检测、面部识别、文本阅读(名片、牌照等),以及用于安全/安全警报的智能通知等。 这项技术还能够涵盖从视频监控、自动驾驶汽车到智能零售和人工智能等各种潜在应用。 Pixeom 提供了完备的边缘计算解决方案,让云服务供应商能够大规模封装、部署和编排容器化的应用程序,运行本地部署“边缘物联网内核”。 为了加快开发速度,内核自带内置机器学习、FaaS、数据处理、信息传送、API 管理、分析、向 Google Cloud 分流能力等多种功能。Pixeom MACCHIATObin 社区开发板的核心是 Marvell 的 ARMADA 8040 处理器,该处理器具有 64 位 ARMv8 四核处理器(运行频率高达 2.0Ghz),支持高达 16GB 的 DDR4 内存和多种不同的 I / O。 通过在 Marvell MACCHIATObin 板上使用 Linux®,多功能的 Pixeom Edge 物联网平台可以促进在云网络外围实现边缘计算服务器或微云 (cloudlets), Marvell 将展示这款备受欢迎的硬件平台的强劲实力,作为 Pixeom 展示产品的重要组成部分,运行先进的机器学习、数据处理和物联网功能。 Pixeom Edge 物联网平台采用基于角色的访问功能,能够让处于不同地理位置的开发人员相互协作,以创建引人注目的边缘计算实现方案。 Pixeom 可以提供必要的所有边缘计算支持,能够让 Marvell 嵌入式处理器用户建立自己基于边缘的应用,从而可以减轻中心网络的负载。ARMADA-8040 Marvell 还会展示其技术与 Google Cloud 平台的兼容性,从而能够对大规模部署完毕的边缘计算资源进行管理和分析。 因此,MACCHIATObin 开发板再一次证明能够提供工程师需要的硬件资源,并可为他们提供所有必要的处理、存储和连接功能。

    Those visiting Marvell’s suite at CES (Venetian, Level 3 - Murano 3304, 9th-12th January 2018, Las Vegas) will be able to see a series of different demonstrations of the MACCHIATObin community board running cloud workloads at the network edge. 欢迎到场参观!

  • January 09, 2018

    数据处理方式新变革

    作者:Marvell 公关团队

    现代社会对数据的要求与日俱增,以及新模式层出不穷,对数据处理方式提出了新的挑战。 The rapidly rising volume of data that is now being uploaded and downloaded from the cloud (such as HD video or equally data-intensive immersive gaming content) is putting incredible strain onto existing network infrastructure - testing both the bandwidth and data density speeds that are supported. 

    增强现实 (AR) 和虚拟现实 (VR) 的兴起将需要相当可观的处理能力,但同时也要求极低的延迟水平,以防止造成滞后效应。 广泛推出的物联网基础设施、互联汽车、机器人以及工业自动化系统等,对处理性能和延迟方面的要求也将非常苛刻,而目前的网络架构基本上难以支持如此多的高要求。

    将数据从网络边缘传输回集中式服务器(反之亦然)需要时间,所以在某些应用中会增加延迟时间,让人难以接受。 所有这些都意味着,数据处理需要做出根本性的改变。 未来,不是所有处理资源都集中在网络中心,而是需要分布性更强的模式。 Though the role of centralized servers will unquestionably still be important, this will be complemented by remote servers that are located at the edge of the network - thus making them closer to the users themselves, and thereby mitigating latency issues which is critical for time-sensitive data. 

    相关数据表明: 到 2020 年,将有约 45% 的雾计算生成的数据会在网络附近或边缘进行存储、处理和分析并随后进行操作。 数据中心将与之协同运作,开始利用存储内处理能力。 在这里,为了缓解 CPU 拥塞程度并减少网络延迟,会开始将数据处理资源放置在更靠近存储驱动器的位置。 这样就不需要连续将大量数据传输到存储储备以及从存储储备中将大量数据转移出去,可以通过处理任务来处理这些数据,而不是在存储控制器内部进行。

    从传统数据中心到基于边缘的计算的过渡,以及存储内处理的兴起,都将需要新型处理器设备。 除了提供高吞吐量、低延迟应用所需的运行性能之外,这些设备还需要满足实现边缘部署的功耗、成本和空间限制。

    通过提供非常先进的基于 ARMADA® Arm 的多核嵌入式处理器产品组合,Marvell 能够为业界提供处理解决方案,帮助工程师应对上述挑战。 这些集成电路集高集成度、高性能以及低功耗运行的特点于一身。 Marvell 以 ARMADA 为基础,与有技术合作的伙伴携手,共同开发了 MACCHIATObin™ 和 ESPRESSObin® 社区开发板。 Marvell 社区开发板均采用 64 位 ARMADA 处理器,为开发人员和设计人员提供了高性能单板计算平台以及开源软件,适用于众多网络、存储和连接应用。 这些开发板为用户提供了从零开始开发专有边缘计算应用所需的基本处理能力以及各种连接选项。

    PicoCluster 公司推出的 NFV PicoPod 整合了总共 6 块 MACCHIATObin 开发板,以及一个 Marvell 高密度 Prestera DX 14 端口 10Gb 以太网交换机集成电路,是 ARMADA 技术的另一个应用案例。 这一超紧凑的单元为工程师提供了一个高性价比的节能平台,在这个平台上可以实现自己的虚拟化网络应用。 Fully compliant with the OPNFV Pharos specification, it opens up the benefits of NFV technology to a much broader cross section of potential customers, allowing everyone from the engineering teams in large enterprises all the way down to engineers who are working solo to rapidly develop, verify and deploy virtual network functions (VNFs) - effectively providing them with their own ‘datacenter on desktop’. 

    Marvell 物联网企业边缘网关技术与 Google Cloud IoT Core 平台的结合是另一种实现方式,通过这一方式,可以更智能地管理网络外围设备。 这样做的好处是,可以采用最有效的方式管理将在未来几年安装的预计数百亿个互联的物联网节点,并从核心网络的处理能力中分流大部分工作负载,仅在完全有必要时才动用这些核心网络处理能力。Marvell is moving the world's data 欲了解有关 Marvell 产品如何处理全球数据的更多信息,请访问 www.marvell.com

  • 2017 年 11 月 28 日

    贴近现实: 基于 Marvell ESPRESSObin 平台的革新产品,可使现代虚拟化网络添加至物理端口

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    大量服务网络和数据存储领域的新兴公司,越来越多的在产品供应中使用 Marvell 广受欢迎的社区开发板,即 Marvell ESPRESSObin® 平台。 ZeroTier Edge 是不断增加的此类产品名单中新面世的一款设备。

    有了这款新产品,位于尔湾的创业公司 ZeroTier 尝试让广域网 (WAN) 更加本地化。 据 ZeroTier 所说,使用 ZeroTier Edge 可以创建安全且性能强劲的 LAN,用其连接处于多个地点的各式设备。 这意味着随着虚拟网络基础设施的铺开,更多种类的设备现在可以获得其访问权限,无需安装任何相关的软件要素。 此功能克服了当前的障碍,让这种连接在大范围内的使用不再受到约束。 例如,涉及到一些旧版设备(办公外设、建筑自动化系统、监控摄像头、工业控制机械等)时,安装此类软件完全不可行,或其他情况下(比如涉及电脑数量巨大时)也有些不切实际。 除此之外,使用 ZeroTier Edge 也可以缓和在大量联网设备上安装软件时,有可能带来的严峻安全问题。

    ZeroTier Edge 依托 Marvell’s ARMADA® 系统级芯片 (SoC) 技术和开源代码软件,是一种紧凑型的多功能单元,可置于笔记本电脑上,满足大量软件定义网络应用的需求。 此单元可以实现企业级 VPN、SD-WAN 和网络虚拟化功能。

    ZeroTier Edge 主要充当一个预设置 2 层桥,提供所需的物理接口(有线和无线),来实现硬件(如前所述示例)与虚拟网络的连接。 此产品非常便于使用,非 IT 人员也可以轻松安装。 因之,ZeroTier 可以为企业客户提供独特的即插即用型解决方案,让客户可以充分利用软件定义网络的优势,且无需实施此前必要的复杂而昂贵的桥接相关设备。

    每个 ZeroTier Edge 单元都搭载一个 Marvell ESPRESSObin 单板计算平台,这款平台的建造专为支持网络空间中此类开源代码开发活动。 此板的特色是高性能 ARMADA 3700 双核 64 位基于 ARM® 的处理器,能够以 1.2GHz 的速度运行。 此 IC 让 ZeroTier Edge 可以处理高达 1Gbps 的输入/输出加密数据流量。

    通过 Marvell ESPRESSObin 板,ZeroTier Edge 还可以利用广泛的 I/O 性能,具备 3x 千兆以太网端口、一个 USB 3.0 非常高速接口,以及双频带 802.11ac Wi-Fi®、SATA(用于连接网络数据存储资源)和迷你 PCIe。  同时支持 1GByte 板上 DRAM 存储器和 4Gbytes 闪存,且使用 SD 卡插槽提供额外存储功能。 设备还提供充足的 GPIO 针。

    得益于 Marvell ESPRESSObin 板运行性能强劲又价格诱人的特点,在客户网络中安装 ZeroTier Edge 并不需要太多的投资。 该产品目前正在进行众筹,且已获得预定目标超过 90% 的资金。 预计首批单元将于 2018 年年初开始发货。

    For more information on ZeroTier Edge and the opportunity to support the project, visit: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zerotier-edge-open-source-enterprise-vpn-sd-wan#/

  • October 26, 2017

    Marvell 携手 Sentinel 和 Sartura,在 OpenWrt 峰会展示强大的安全软件和实施支持

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    得益于在 OpenWrt 和安全领域与领先企业的合作,Marvell 将向参加 OpenWrt 峰会(捷克共和国布拉格,10 月 26-27 日)的来宾展示 Marvell ARMADA® 多核处理器的最新技术进展。通过与强有力的伙伴 Sartura 和 Sentinel 的合作,这些技术进步将通过 Marvell 的网络社区板系列产品展现实力,该产品通过运行日益普及且多功能的 OpenWrt 操作系统,加上非常先进的安全软件,支持 64 位基于 Arm® 的 Marvell ARMADA 处理器设备。 Marvell 希望这些新产品能够帮助工程师应对建设下一代用户端设备 (CPE) 和 uCPE 平台时所面临的主要挑战。

    活动中 Sentinel 和 Sartura 两个展位都会有 Marvell MACCHIATObin™ 板(配备四核 ARMADA 8040,可实现高达 2GHz 的运行速度)和 Marvell ESPRESSObin™ 板(配备双核 ARMADA 3700,更低功耗的处理器,运行速度达到 1.2GHz)的范例展示。

    置于 Sartura 展位的样品板将展示 Marvell MACCHIATObin/ESPRESSObin 平台的开源代码 OpenWrt 产品,并将示范工程师应该如何充分利用该公司的 OpenWrt 集成性能。 该性能已经证实非常具有使用价值,可以帮助工程师进一步加快项目开发速度,并在各方面实现此类项目设定的初始目标。 Sartura 团队可以用工程师的初始 CPE 设计搭载 ARMADA,并提供需纳入最终产品的产品级软件。

    Marvell 也会在 Sentinel 展位展示 MACCHIATObin/ESPRESSObin 板。 这些都是高度优化安全软件的代表。 Using this security software, companies looking to employ ARMADA based hardware in their designs will be able to ensure that they have ample protection against the threat posed by malware and harmful files - like WannaCry and Nyetya ransomware, as well as Petya malware, etc. 这种保护依托 Sentinel 的文件验证服务 (FVS),这种服务会在 HTTP、POP 和 IMAP 文件通过设备向客户端传输时检查所有的文件。 随后,任何被认为带有恶意性质的文件都会被锁定。 这种安全技术非常适合 CPE 网络基础架构和边缘计算,以及物联网的部署。 Sentinel’s FVS technology can also be implemented on vCPE/uCPE as a security virtual network function (VNF), in addition to native implementation over physical CPEs - providing similar protection levels due to its extremely lightweight architecture and very low latency. FVS 负责确认下载请求,并随后分析下载的数据。 面这款软件包可以用于 CPE 和 NFV 设备,在各方面基于 Linux 的内嵌式操作系统上运行,但这些设备须满足非常低的硬件要求并提供必要的功能。

    Marvell 正在通过上述各种合作项目,围绕其 ARMADA 产品建立广泛的生态系统。 此后,Marvell 将能够支持未来呈现巨大差异化的安全、高性能 CPE 和 uCPE/vCPE 系统的发展。

  • October 11, 2017

    通过支持 ESPRESSObin 和 MACCHIATObin 社区平台上的 Google Cloud IoT Core Public Beta,将 IoT 技术扩展到企业边缘

    By Aviad Enav Zagha, Sr. Director Embedded Processors Product Line Manager, Networking Group, Marvell

    Espresso Bin and Macchiato Bin Cards Though the projections made by market analysts still differ to a considerable degree, there is little doubt about the huge future potential that implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) technology has within an enterprise context. It is destined to lead to billions of connected devices being in operation, all sending captured data back to the cloud, from which analysis can be undertaken or actions initiated.

    In order to put the least possible strain on cloud-based resources, we believe the best approach is to divest some intelligence outside the core and place it at the enterprise edge, rather than following a purely centralized model. This arrangement places computing functionality much nearer to where the data is being acquired and makes a response to it considerably easier. IoT devices will then have a local edge hub that can reduce the overhead of real-time communication over the network. Rather than relying on cloud servers far away from the connected devices to take care of the ‘heavy lifting’, these activities can be done closer to home.

    In order to accelerate the widespread propagation of IoT technology within the enterprise environment, Marvell now supports the multifaceted Google Cloud IoT Core platform. Cloud IoT Core is a fully managed service mechanism through which the management and secure connection of devices can be accomplished on the large scales that will be characteristic of most IoT deployments. 

    Through its IoT enterprise edge gateway technology, Marvell is able to provide the necessary networking and compute capabilities required (as well as the prospect of localized storage) to act as mediator between the connected devices within the network and the related cloud functions. By providing the control element needed, as well as collecting real-time data from IoT devices, the IoT enterprise gateway technology serves as a key consolidation point for interfacing with the cloud and also has the ability to temporarily control managed devices if an event occurs that makes cloud services unavailable. In addition, the IoT enterprise gateway can perform the role of a proxy manager for lightweight, rudimentary IoT devices that (in order to keep power consumption and unit cost down) may not possess any intelligence. Through the introduction of advanced ARM®-based community platforms, Marvell is able to facilitate enterprise implementations using Cloud IoT Core. The recently announced Marvell MACCHIATObin™ and Marvell ESPRESSObin™ community boards support open source applications, local storage and networking facilities. At the heart of each of these boards is Marvell’s high performance ARMADA® system-on-chip (SoC) that supports Google Cloud IoT Core Public Beta. 

    Consequently, mediation between IoT devices and the cloud will be needed, as will cost-effective processing and management.

    Please visit MACCHIATObin Wiki and ESPRESSObin Wiki for instructions on how to connect to Google’s Cloud IoT Core Public Beta platform.

  • June 17, 2017

    Marvell 为开创性的新开源 NAS 解决方案提供一臂之力

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    As a result each of us is generating, downloading and transferring larger amounts of data-heavy content than would have been even conceivable a relatively short while in the past. For example, market research firm InfoTrends has estimated that consumers worldwide will be responsible for taking over 1.2 trillion new photos during 2017 (that is more than double the figure from 5 years ago). Furthermore, there are certainly no indications that the dynamics that are driving this will weaken and everything will start to slow down.

    If individuals are to keep on amassing personal data at current rates, then it is clear that they will need access to a new form of flexible storage solution that is up to the job. In a report compiled by industry analysts at Technavio, the global consumer network attached storage (NAS) market
    is predicted to grow accordingly - witnessing an impressive 11% compound annual growth between now and the end of this decade. 

    Start-up company Kobol has recently initiated a crowdfunding campaign to garner financial backing for its Helios4 offering. The first of its kind - this is an open source, open hardware NAS solution that will allow the storing and sharing of music, photos and movies through connection to the user’s home network. It presents consumers with a secure, flexible and rapidly accessible data storage reserve with a capacity of up to 40 TeraBytes (which equates to around 700,000 hours of music, 20,000 hours of movies or 12 million photos). 

    Built-in RAID redundancy is included in order for ongoing reliability to be assured. This means that even if one of the 4 hard drives (each delivering 10 TeraBytes) were to crash, the user’s content would remain safely stored, as the data is mirrored onto another of its drives.

      图 1: Schematic showing the interface structure of Helios4 powered by ARMADA 388 SoC 

     

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    Otherwise, for those with less engineering experience it comes as a straightforward to use out-of-the-box solution.

    At the heart of the Helios4’s design is a sophisticated ARMADA 388 32-bit ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) from Marvell, which combines high performance benchmarks with power frugal operation. Based on 28nm node, low power semiconductor technology, its dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processing resource is capable of running at speeds of up to 1.8 GHz. USB 3.0 SuperSpeed and SATA 3.0 ports are included so that elevated connectivity levels can be supported. Cryptographic mechanisms are also integrated to maintain superior system security. 

    By clicking on the following link you can learn more about the Helios4 Kickstarter campaign. For those interested in getting involved, the deadline to make a contribution is 19th June.  

  • June 07, 2017

    社区开发板允许在数据中心、网络和存储生态系统中轻松采用 ARM 64 位性能

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    Marvell MACCHIATObin community board is first-of-its-kind, high-end ARM 64-bit networking and storage community board 

    The industry is answering that call through technologies and concepts such as software defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV) and distributed storage. Making the most of these technologies and unleashing the potential of the new applications requires a collaborative approach.

    A key way to foster such collaboration is through open-source ecosystems. The rise of Linux has demonstrated the effectiveness of such ecosystems and has helped steer the industry towards adopting open-source solutions. AT&T Runs Open Source White Box Switch in its Live NetworkSnapRoute and Dell EMC to Help Advance Linux Foundation's OpenSwitch ProjectNokia launches AirFrame Data Center for the Open Platform NFV community

    Communities have come together through Linux to provide additional value for the ecosystem. One example is the Linux Foundation Organization which currently sponsors more than 50 open source projects. Its activities cover various parts of the industry from IoT ( IoTivity , EdgeX Foundry ) to full NFV solutions, such as the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV). This is something that would have been hard to conceive even a couple of years ago without the wide market acceptance of open-source communities and solutions. 

    Although there are numerous important open-source software projects for data-center applications, the hardware on which to run them and evaluate solutions has been in short supply. There are many ARM® development boards that have been developed and manufactured, but they primarily focus on simple applications. 

    All these open source software ecosystems require a development platform that can provide a high-performance central processing unit (CPU), high-speed network connectivity and large memory support. But they also need to be accessible and affordable to ARM developers. Marvell MACCHIATObin® is the first ARM 64-bit community platform for open-source software communities that provides solutions for, among others, SDN, NFV and Distributed Storage. A high-performance ARM 64-bit community platform                                   A high-performance ARM 64-bit community platform 

    It is based on the Marvell hyperscale SBSA-compliant ARMADA® 8040 system on chip (SoC) that features four high-performance Cortex®-A72 ARM 64-bit CPUs.

    
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    SolidRun (https://www.solid-run.com/) started shipping the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board in March 2017, providing an early access of the hardware to open-source communities. 

    The Marvell MACCHIATObin community board is easy to deploy. It uses the compact mini-ITX form factor, enabling developers to purchase one of the many cases based on the popular standard mini-ITX case to meet their requirements. The ARMADA 8040 SoC itself is SBSA-compliant (http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0029/) to offer unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) support. 

    In addition, the SoC provides two security engines that can perform full IPSEC, DTL and other protocol-offload functions at 10G rates.

    For hardware expansion, the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board provides one PCIex4 3.0 slot and a USB3.0 host connector. For non-volatile storage, options include a built-in eMMC device and a micro-SD card connector. Mass storage is available through three SATA 3.0 connectors. For debug, developers can access the board’s processors through a choice of a virtual UART running over the microUSB connector, 20-pin connector for JTAG access or two UART headers. MACCHIATObin Specification

    Open source software enables advanced applications 

    The Marvell MACCHIATObin community board comes with rich open source software that includes ARM Trusted Firmware (ATF)U-BootUEFILinux KernelYoctoOpenWrtOpenDataPlane (ODP) , Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK)netmap and others; many of the Marvell MACCHIATObin open source software core components are available at: https://github.com/orgs/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/

    To provide the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board with ready-made support for the open-source platforms used at the edge and data centers for SDN, NFV and similar applications, standard operating systems like Suse Linux EnterpriseCentOSUbuntu and others should boot and run seamlessly on the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board. 

    As the ARMADA 8040 SoC is SBSA compliant and supports UEFI with ACPI, along with Marvell’s upstreaming of Linux kernel support, standard operating systems can be enabled on the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board without the need of special porting. 

    On top of this core software, a wide variety of ecosystem applications needed for the data center and edge applications can be assembled. 

    For example, using the ARMADA 8040 SoC high-speed networking and security engine will enable the kernel netdev community to develop and maintain features such as XDP or other kernel network features on ARM 64-bit platforms. The ARMADA 8040 SoC security engine will enable many other Linux kernel open-source communities to implement new offloads. 

    Thanks to the virtualization support available on the ARM Cortex A72 processors, virtualization technology projects such as KVM and XEN can be enabled on the platform; container technologies like LXC  and Docker can also be enabled to maximize data center flexibility and enable a virtual CPE ecosystem where the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board can be used to develop edge applications on a 64-bit ARM platform. 

    In addition to the mainline Linux kernel, Marvell is upstreaming U-Boot and UEFI, and is set to upstream and open the Marvell MACCHIATObin ODP and DPDK support. This makes the Marvell MACCHIATObin board an ideal community platform for both communities, and will open the door to related communities who have based their ecosystems on ODP or DPDK. These may be user-space network-stack communities such as OpenFastPath and FD.io or virtual switching technologies that can make use of both the ARMADA 8040 SoC virtualization support and networking capabilities such as Open vSwitch (OVS) or Vector Packet Processing (VPP).  Similar to ODP and DPDK, Marvell MACCHIATObin netmap support can enable VALE virtual switching technology or security ecosystem such as pfsense.

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    Thanks to its hardware features and upstreamed software support, the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board is not limited to data center SDN and NFV applications. It is highly suited as a development platform for network and security products and applications such as network routers, security appliances, IoT gateways, industrial computing, home customer-provided equipment (CPE) platforms and wireless backhaul controllers; a new level of scalable and modular solutions can be further achieved when combining the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board with Marvell switches and PHY products. 

    Summary 

    The board supports a rich software ecosystem and has made available high-performance, high-speed networking ARM 64-bit community platforms at a price that is affordable for the majority of ARM developers, software vendors and other interested companies.

     

  • 2017 年 5 月 23 日

    Marvell MACCHIATObin 社区开发板开始发货

    作者:Maen Suleiman,Marvell 软件产品线高级经理

    First-of-its-kind community platform makes ARM-64bit accessible for data center, networking and storage solutions developers

    Now, with the shipping of the Marvell MACCHIATObin™ community board, developers and companies have access to a high-performance, affordable ARM®-based platform with the required technologies such as an ARMv8 64bit CPU, virtualization, high-speed networking and security accelerators, and the added benefit of open source software. SolidRun started shipping the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board in March 2017, providing an early access of the hardware to open-source communities.

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    The Marvell MACCHIATObin community board is a mini-ITX form-factor ARMv8 64bit network- and storage-oriented community platform. It is based on the Marvell® hyperscale SBSA-compliant ARMADA® 8040 system on chip (SoC) (http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-80xx/) that features quad-core high-performance Cortex®-A72 ARM 64bit CPUs 

    This power does not come at the cost of affordability: the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board is priced at $349.

    The Marvell MACCHIATObin community board is easy to deploy. It uses the compact mini-ITX form factor enabling developers and companies to purchase one of the many cases based on the popular standard mini-ITX case to meet their requirements. The ARMADA 8040 SoC itself is SBSA- compliant to offer unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) support. You can find the full specification at: http://wiki.macchiatobin.net/tiki-index.php?page=About+MACCHIATObin

    To provide the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board with ready-made support for the open-source platforms used in SDN, NFV and similar applications, Marvell is upstreaming MACCHIATObin software support to the Linux kernelU-Boot and UEFI, and is set to upstream and open the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board for ODP and DPDK support. 

    In addition to upstreaming the MACCHIATObin software support, Marvell added MACCHIATObin support to the ARMADA 8040 SDK and plans to make the ARMADA 8040 SDK publicly available. Many of the ARMADA 8040 SDK components are available at: https://github.com/orgs/MarvellEmbeddedProcessors/

    For more information about the many innovative features of the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board, please visit: http://wiki.macchiatobin.net.  To place an order for the Marvell MACCHIATObin community board, please go to: http://macchiatobin.net/.

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