Nallatech has signed an agreement with Intel to develop socket-based microprocessor accelerator modules which support the Intel QuickAssist Technology accelerator strategy.
Nallatech is working with Intel and Xilinx to develop and deliver Virtex-5 FPGA-based accelerator modules and design tools for server applications.
Nallatech will also provide design tools conforming to the Intel QuickAssist Technology Accelerator Abstraction Layer (AAL) enabling support for ANSI C based third party tool flows from both existing and new partners.
According to Craig Anderson, CEO of Nallatech: “The flexibility and performance of FPGAs coupled with high speed direct access to the server processors allows users to significantly accelerate the performance of computationally intensive algorithms, thus reducing compute time and power consumption”.
“The aim is to create a powerful solution for addressing the most demanding computing problems,” said Dr. Dileep Bhandarkar, director of advanced architectures for Intel.