Broadcom's ServerWorks Ships Grand Champion(TM) HE SystemI/O(TM) for Intel(R) Xeon(TM) MP Processor Based Servers-Grand Champion Architecture Leverages Development Costs to Address Servers From Entry Level to Enterprise Level
PR NEWSWIRE, 3/12/2002 3:00:00 AM
HANNOVER, Germany, CeBIT, Mar 12, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- ServerWorks Corporation, a Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM) company and the leading independent supplier of high-performance SystemI/O(TM) integrated circuits for servers, today announced it has commenced shipments of its Grand Champion(TM) HE (GC-HE) SystemI/O core logic for 4-way Intel(R) Xeon(TM) MP processor-based servers. Platforms based on the GC-HE and Intel Xeon MP processors offer a combination of high memory bandwidth and high Reliability/ Availability/ Serviceability (RAS) for server, storage, and network appliance applications that were previously served by more expensive, proprietary architectures.
GC-HE Supports Intel Xeon MP Processors with Advanced RAS
The GC-HE, ServerWorks' most configurable SystemI/O design, supports up to four Intel Xeon or Xeon MP processors, up to 64 Gigabytes of memory, six independent PCI-X bus segments and a traditional 32-bit PCI bus. It delivers memory bandwidth up to 6.4 Gigabytes per second and 5 Gigabytes per second of I/O bandwidth throughput.
In addition, the GC-HE provides unmatched RAS features that are demanded by today's enterprise-level servers. The GC-HE SystemI/O incorporates ServerWorks' advanced memory resiliency features, including on-line spare memory in which a stand-by on-board DIMM is called into operation if one of the on-line memory modules fails, as well as memory scrubbing that detects errors before they can impact system operation, memory mirroring for extra robust operation and hot plug memory that allows memory upgrades while the system continues in operation. The logic includes a sophisticated 128-bit Error Correcting Code (ECC(TM)) algorithm that enhances system reliability by detecting 16-bit errors and correcting 8-bit errors. The memory controller incorporates ServerWorks' enterprise IBM Chipkill(TM) technology that maintains system data integrity, even if one of the DRAM chips experiences a catastrophic failure.
"Intel's Xeon MP processors provide unprecedented performance and value for the enterprise-level server market," commented Raju Vegesna, President and CEO of ServerWorks. "ServerWorks' Grand Champion HE enables the Intel Xeon MP to address the market previously served by much more expensive RISC architectures without sacrificing performance or reliability. It provides the memory and I/O bandwidth that allows Intel's Xeon MP processors to operate at their highest levels, as well as the RAS features knowledgeable server buyers have come to demand."
The Grand Champion architecture leverages ServerWorks' SystemI/O technology by implementing common internal circuitry and external interfaces, as well as common South Bridges and I/O Bridges. The Scalability between the high-performance, feature-rich GC-HE and the high volume GC-LE designs (announced in February 2002) allows system developers to share BIOS code and system management software across both platforms.
Availability
The Grand Champion HE chipset, supporting 2-way or 4-way server implementations, includes a North Bridge (Part # NB7410), a South Bridge (Part # SB7440), five memory controller interface chips (Part # NB7430) and one to three Dual-Channel PCI-X controllers (Part # IB7420). The Grand Champion HE chipset is now available in volume quantities.
About ServerWorks and Broadcom
ServerWorks Corporation is the world's leading independent supplier of high-performance system input/output (I/O) integrated circuits for servers. ServerWorks' SystemI/O(TM) silicon solutions are used pervasively by leading original equipment manufacturers. Its circuits act as the essential conduits for moving high-bandwidth data in and out of servers, to and from the external I/O, the main system memory and the system processors. ServerWorks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadcom Corporation, is located in Santa Clara, Calif., and may be contacted at 408-922-3100 or at www.serverworks.com .
Broadcom Corporation is the leading provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. Using proprietary technologies and advanced design methodologies, Broadcom designs, develops and supplies complete system-on-a-chip solutions and related applications for digital cable set-top boxes and cable modems, high-speed local, metropolitan and wide area and optical networks, home networking, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), carrier access, residential broadband gateways, direct broadcast satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast, digital subscriber lines (xDSL), wireless communications, SystemI/O(TM) server solutions and network processing. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com .
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