Calxeda to Power HP’s First Extreme Low-Energy Server Platform

November 1, 2011 – Calxeda today unveiled its ARM-based “EnergyCore” Server-on-a-Chip, which consumes as little as 1.5 watts, the industry’s first server processor to achieve this milestone. Following HP’s announcement to incorporate Calxeda technology in its first-generation of extreme low energy server development platforms, Calxeda is launching EnergyCore at simultaneous events in Palo Alto, CA and Austin, TX.

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Calxeda EnergyCore Launch Testimonials

ARM, Lance Howarth, Executive Vice President, Marketing

Energy-efficient processor technology from ARM offers a great opportunity for huge power and cost savings in the data center. We welcome innovative partners, such as Calxeda, that are willing to participate alongside ARM in the development of an ecosystem that will turn this opportunity into reality.

Battery Ventures, Ken Lawler, General Partner

In August of 2010, we co-led a $48 million dollar financing in a startup chip company during a time when the rest of the world was ready to turn their back on semis. Outlining a strategic set of very specific milestones Calxeda would need to achieve over the next several months was a critical part of getting this financing done. The debut of the EnergyCore processor and endorsement by HP are a testament to the hard work and ability of Barry and the talented team that he’s built at Calxeda. He’s absolutely kept the ship on course and on schedule and we couldn’t be more excited to support the company on this tremendous milestone achievement today.

Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, founder, and sponsor of the Ubuntu operation system

The fundamental constraint in the world of massively parallel approaches to data management and analytics is power. Today marks the beginning of a new way of thinking about what is possible in data and analytics. What is happening here at Calxeda and HP is the beginning of that revolution in the datacenter.

Cantor Fitzgerald, Niall Dalton, Director of High Frequency Trading

Many companies in our industry are constrained by space and power, yet our appetite for analysis is insatiable. We need a 10X breakthrough, and this could be it. We are evaluating the Calxeda technology in hyperscale throughput computing for data and simulation intensive applications. The Calxeda Linux platform enables rapid porting of our software, enabling us to quickly leverage the energy-efficient ARM cores and Calxeda's scalable communications fabric to scale our applications to new heights.

Caringo, Mark Goros, CEO and Founder

Calxeda's highly efficient EnergyCore architecture allows companies to think outside the box with their storage solutions. Caringo is very excited because this architecture substantially improves the power, space, and cooling requirements in the data center and allows massively scalable object storage platforms to be deployed at a fraction of the operational costs when compared to traditional storage servers.

Couchbase, Steven Mih, Vice President Business Development

The changing nature of applications and application architectures calls for a new class of database that scales out across a distributed environment without the need for sharing or other data management gymnastics. As a leading provider of NoSQL database technology, Couchbase delivers unmatched scalability, performance and flexibility for our customers’ interactive web and mobile applications, without the cost, complexity and rigidity of traditional RDBMS solutions. Calxeda's focus on high-performance, low-power semiconductors is an excellent match for these distributed system environments, enabling even greater efficiency and cost savings.

Datastax, Matt Pfeil, Co-Founder and VP of Customer Solutions

Apache Cassandra is a horizontally scalable database. That means you simply add more servers as you need more performance. Datastax's customers will benefit from this offering greatly — not only do they get to use less power and have more efficient hardware, but they also don't sacrifice any performance in the process. The result is they get a more consolidated offering of equal performance at a reduced cost. Finally, with Calxeda's offering, there's a hardware offering that allows you to grow with your software needs.

Eucalyptus Systems, David Butler, VP of Marketing

We're excited that Eucalyptus customers running our on-premise Infrastructure as a Service clouds for scalable Web services, high performance compute and Big Data analytics will have access to state-of-the-art Calxeda server technologies to maximize the scaling out efficiency of the cloud, server, and data center infrastructure platforms.

Highland Capital Partners, Sean Dalton, General Partner

Today’s news is a clear step toward realizing the enormous promise we saw in Calxeda two years ago. It’s truly remarkable to witness the broad industry support behind Calxeda, which now includes OEMs, ISVs and of course a world-class syndicate of venture and strategic investors.

HP, Paul Santeler, VP and General Manager of HP’s Hyperscale Computing Division.

HP is excited about our partnership with Calxeda, and the common vision we share for ultra-efficient computing. We believe the industry is entering a new phase of system innovation, enabled in part by new technologies exemplified by Calxeda. Their Fabric and Management Engine clearly set Calxeda apart, and create an excellent platform for HP innovation.

Insight 64, Nathan Brookwood, Research Fellow

Historians mark the start of the Revolutionary War with the battles of Concord and Lexington, and the start of the Civil War with the attack on Fort Sumter. Those studying the history of the IT industry will someday look back on Calxeda’s EnergyCore and Applied Micro’s X-Gene launches as the opening skirmishes of the ARM-based assault on the established CISC and RISC architectures that dominate today’s server landscape. The outcome of these battles remains far from certain, but the enhanced competition will undoubtedly cause all suppliers to hone their offerings, and customers will be the ultimate victors as a result.

Opscode, Adam Jacob, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer

As an early member of the Calxeda Trailblazer initiative, Opscode is excited to see this most recent validation of Calxeda's energy-efficient ARM-based server platform. Together, we are all committed to a set of tools and technology that will scale efficiently and powerfully to meet the demands of next-generation data centers. To do so requires coordination at every step of the way, from bare metal server provisioning and management through operating system configuration and application deployment.

Pervasive, Mike Hoskins, CTO and General Manager, Big Data Products and Solutions

We are excited to partner with Calxeda in the launch of Calxeda’s ARM-based EnergyCore processor, and with HP for the Project Moonshot initiative. Pervasive DataRush makes it easy to develop data-driven business analytics applications by leveraging multicore servers. The combination of HP servers powered by Calxeda, and big data analytics applications powered by Pervasive DataRush promises faster insights for business, with dramatically lower energy costs. 

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