Calxeda
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| name = Calxeda Inc.
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| foundation = 2008
| founder = Barry Evans, Larry Wikelius, David Borland
| defunct = 2013
| location_city = Austin, Texas
| location_country = USA
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| industry = Semiconductor industry
| products = System on a chip
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| homepage = www.calxeda.com — defunct
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Calxeda (previously known as Smooth-Stone){{cite news |date= November 16, 2010 |author=Timothy Prickett Morgan |publisher=The Register |title=Calxeda gears up for server ARM race |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/16/calxeda_arm_server_chip/ |accessdate= June 3, 2013 }} was a company that aimed to provide computers based on the ARM architecture for server computers. It operated from 2008 through 2013.
Calxeda claimed reduced energy consumption as well as better cost per throughput, compared to x86-based server manufacturers.
They competed in the many-core server market against Intel and AMD, other recent ARM-based server vendors such as Marvell Technology Group (the Armada XP product), and the multi-core processor manufacturer Tilera.{{cite news |date=March 11, 2011 |author=Agam Shah |title=Calxeda's ARM chips designed for 480-core servers |work=Network World |url=http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/031111-calxedas-arm-chips-designed-for.html |access-date=March 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014214808/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/031111-calxedas-arm-chips-designed-for.html |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |date= March 11, 2011 |author=Rick Merritt |title=Calxeda gives a peek into its ARM server SoC |work= EE Times |url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4213963/Calxeda-describes-ARM-server-SoC |accessdate= June 3, 2013 }}
History
In March 2011 Calxeda announced a 480-core server in development, consisting of 120 quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs.{{cite news |author=Matthew Humphries |date=March 14, 2011 |title=Calxeda to offer 480-core ARM server |publisher=geek.com |url=http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/calxeda-to-offer-480-core-arm-server-20110314/ |accessdate=June 3, 2013 |archive-date=March 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318174318/http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/calxeda-to-offer-480-core-arm-server-20110314 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |date= March 14, 2011 |author=Timothy Prickett Morgan |publisher=The Register |title=Calxeda boasts of 5 watt ARM server node |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/14/calxeda_arm_server/ |accessdate= June 3, 2013 }}{{cite news |date= March 14, 2011 |author=Rich Fichera |title=Calxeda opens the kimono for a tantalizing tease of new ARM servers |publisher=ZDNet |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/calxeda-opens-the-kimono-for-a-tantalizing-tease-of-new-arm-servers/ }}
In November 2011 Calxeda announced the EnergyCore ECX-1000, featuring four 32-bit ARMv7 Cortex-A9 CPU cores operating at 1.1–1.4 GHz, 32 KB L1 I-cache and 32 KB L1 D-cache per core, 4 MB shared L2 cache, 1.5 W per processor, 5 W per server node including 4 GB of DDR3 DRAM, 0.5 W when idle.{{Cite web |title= EnergyCore ECX-1000: Technical Specifications |publisher= Calxeda |url= http://www.calxeda.com/technology/products/processors/ecx-1000-techspecs/ |accessdate= June 3, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130602180933/http://www.calxeda.com/technology/products/processors/ecx-1000-techspecs/ |archive-date= June 2, 2013 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}{{cite news |date= November 1, 2011 |author=Timothy Prickett Morgan |publisher=The Register |title=Calxeda hurls EnergyCore ARM at server chip Goliaths: Another David takes aim at Xeon, Opteron |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/01/calxeda_energycore_arm_server_chip/ |accessdate= June 3, 2013 }}
Each chip included five 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Four chips are carried on each EnergyCard.
The UK-headquartered company Boston Limited announced in 2011 appliances based on the Calxeda EnergyCore system on a chip products.{{Cite news |title= Boston unveils Viridis-branded appliances based on Calxeda EnergyCore SoCs |date= November 15, 2011 |work= Press release |publisher= Boston Limited |url= http://www.boston.co.uk/press/2011/11/boston-limited-unveil-their-revolutionary-boston-viridis.aspx |accessdate= June 3, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120623203939/http://www.boston.co.uk/press/2011/11/boston-limited-unveil-their-revolutionary-boston-viridis.aspx |archive-date= June 23, 2012 |url-status= dead }} Boston's appliances, marketed under the Viridis brand, were demonstrated in November 2012.{{Cite news |title= Boston Presents the First ARM Cluster That Consumes Only 5W of Power at Supercomputing 2012 |date= November 13, 2012 |work= Press release |publisher= Boston Limited |url= http://www.boston.co.uk/press/2012/11/boston-presents-the-first-arm-cluster-that-consumes-only-5w-of-power-at-supercomputing-2012.aspx |accessdate= June 3, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234351/http://www.boston.co.uk/press/2012/11/boston-presents-the-first-arm-cluster-that-consumes-only-5w-of-power-at-supercomputing-2012.aspx |archive-date= March 3, 2016 |url-status= dead }}
Hewlett-Packard used Calxeda products for a server product known as Moonshot in November 2011, named after the Redstone rocket.{{cite news |date= November 1, 2011 |author=Timothy Prickett Morgan |publisher=The Register |title=HP Project Moonshot hurls ARM servers into the heavens: Redstone clusters launch Calxeda chips |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/01/hp_redstone_calxeda_servers/ |accessdate= June 3, 2013 }}
On December 19, 2013, Calxeda was reported to be restructuring, widely referred to as shutting down its operation due to running out of the capital venture funding, after failing to secure the deal with Hewlett-Packard.{{cite news |date= December 19, 2013 |author=Jack Clark |publisher=The Register |title=ARM server chip upstart Calxeda bites the dust just before Christmas |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/19/calxeda_shutdown/ |accessdate= August 11, 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hpcwire.com/2014/01/06/calxeda-closes-shop-attempts-restructure/|title=Calxeda Closes Shop, Attempts to Restructure|date=2014-01-06|website=HPCwire|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21}}
In December 2014 the intellectual property developed by Calxeda re-emerged with a company called Silver Lining Systems (SLS).{{cite news |author=Jeffrey Burt |date=December 20, 2014 |title=Calxeda's ARM-Based Server Chips Re-emerge With New Company |url=http://www.eweek.com/servers/calxedas-arm-based-server-chips-re-emerge-with-new-company.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150407092427/http://www.eweek.com/servers/calxedas-arm-based-server-chips-re-emerge-with-new-company.html |archive-date=2015-04-07 |accessdate=April 4, 2015 |publisher=EWeek}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140226222459/http://www.calxeda.com/ Calxeda web site] (last copy archived by WayBack Machine)
- [http://www.silverlining-systems.com/ Silver Lining Systems (SLS)], the new company that is leveraging the intellectual property developed by Calxeda
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