The Viridis is a modular design from Boston Limited, packing up to 48 quad-core ARM CPUs in a 2U rack chassis.
Networking and IO is fully integrated on each Calxeda SoC (Server on Chip), resulting in a total power draw of only 5W per node. Ethernet switching is handled internally by 80Gb bandwidth on the EnergyCore™ fabric switch, removing the need for additional switches which drain power. Storage can be either SSD or disk - each SoC has four SATA interfaces.
The Viridis is designed to deliver the energy efficiency benefits and high processor density of ARM® high-performance processors for next generation data centers. This server is especially suited to Linux-based applications such as:
By exploiting the dual-Endian capability of the Calxeda architecture, Viridis can run Big-Endian and Little-Endian Linux appliances.
The Baserock Slab is a multi-processor server featuring 8 quad-core ARMv7-A CPUs running at 1.33GHz and an on-board high-speed network switch fabric with 5Gbit/s between the CPUs and 2x10Gbit/s external. Each compute node gets additional performance with its own dedicated low-latency mSATA solid state drive.
The Slab is designed to deliver the energy efficiency benefits of ARM® high-performance processors, integrated in a single 1U half-depth chassis.
