SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - May 29, 2013) - PLX Technology, Inc. (
"Whether they know it or not, organizations most likely are wasting energy in their data centers and, in turn, spending more than they have to run them," said Chisvin. "Data center architectures have not changed much over the years, while CPUs are more powerful, interconnections are faster and storage needs are larger. This, of course, comes with a non-trivial impact on cost, space, power distribution, and cooling. This session will explain how a more-efficient data center is achievable through simple changes to its architecture."
Chisvin's presentation will cover:
- industry trends in data center energy (in)efficiency
- how shared IO in data centers can be implemented through PCIe-based fabrics
- disaggregation of processors, communication and storage in data centers
- how PCIe Gen3, at 8Gb per second, can both deliver performance and eliminate unnecessary, energy-draining components in data center equipment
- case studies illustrating how data center energy efficiency has been achieved
Ubiquitous in embedded systems, servers, storage appliances and a variety of other data-center environments, PCIe delivers significant advantages over alternative interfaces: low power, affordability, compliance with major industry standards. It provides a universal interconnect that substantially improves on the status quo in high-performance data-center installations.
PLX Switches: Unrivaled Performance, Extending PCIe outside the Box
PLX's ExpressLane™ PCIe Gen3 portfolio includes 18 switches ranging from a streamlined 12-lane, three-port device to the industry's only 96-lane, 24-port switch. Designs using the ExpressLane PEX8796 switch realize throughput of up to 1.5 terabits per second -- performance that rivals all other interconnect technologies. These highly versatile switches are now enabling ExpressFabric® technology, a PLX-engineered solution that extends PCIe beyond its current dominant position inside servers, network switches and storage appliances and into the heart of a system fabric. PCIe Gen3 -- and eventually Gen4 -- ExpressFabric technology presents designers with the lowest-power and -cost fabric solution, as it eliminates the need for the cumbersome translation of multiple interconnects, thus reducing latency and increasing performance.
The Green Data Center Conference will be held June 5 and 6, 2013, at The Double Tree Hotel, Dallas, Texas. For more information on and to register for the conference, go to www.greendatacenterconference.com/gdcon-2013-dallas.
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