Another DPU is released, from a chip company invested by Intel and AMD

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Recently, Xsight Labs, a chip company invested by Intel and Xilinx (now acquired by AMD), announced that the company has taped out E1, an end-to-end connectivity solution for next-generation hyperscale, edge, and AI data center networks. This is the first SoC in its SDN DPU (Software Defined Network Data Processing Unit) product series, which is a fully programmable network accelerator. Built on TSMC's advanced 5nm process technology, E1 provides unprecedented energy efficiency and computing power, setting a new standard for DPU SoC performance. E1 SoC will be available to customers in early Q2 2025 in a variety of evaluation forms, including PCIe add-on cards, single RU devices, and modular system backplane configurations.

The revolutionary design of E1 meets the growing demand for rapidly scaling data center infrastructure and advanced applications, especially in AI and compute-intensive environments. As evolving AI and HPC workloads place tremendous pressure on CPU resources and require high network throughput, E1 is an ideal solution for initiatives such as the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC), reliable system interoperability, and running high-performance software stacks. It solves scaling challenges by providing best-in-class software-defined networking, storage, and security acceleration. Designed for multi-tenant, cloud-native environments, E1 delivers hardware-accelerated networking and management services at data center scale to optimize performance for the most demanding workloads.

“Modern cloud workloads are redefining hyperscale data center architectures. There is an urgent need for processors that can offload and accelerate the massive compute demands of virtualization, networking, storage and security,” said Yossi Meyouhas, CEO of Xsight Labs. “The E1 SoC is designed to meet these challenges, enabling data centers to scale efficiently and support the growing bandwidth and security demands of AI workloads.”

E1 redefines traditional network infrastructure by creating isolated and secure environments that authenticate every data center user. By offloading and isolating infrastructure services from business applications, E1 improves security and efficiency—from cloud to core to edge. Dual 400G (800G) Ethernet network interfaces deliver an unmatched 800Gbps of aggregate throughput. E1 is equipped with 64 ARM Neoverse N2 cores, advanced DDR5 interfaces, and cutting-edge acceleration for RDMA, encryption, networking, and storage. In addition, E1 supports 40 PCIe 5.0 lanes, providing industry-leading I/O throughput connectivity to host CPUs, SSDs, and other devices.

E1 Key Features:

RoCEv2 and UET (Ultra Ethernet Transport) offload
Up to 32/64 ARM Neoverse N2 v9.0-A cores
32MB internal RAM (system-level cache or direct-mapped)
Up to 4 DDR5 at 5200 MT/s with memory encryption (AES-XTS)
40 PCIe Gen5.0 lanes, 10 dual-mode controllers, multi-host support
Software-based PCIe device emulation, configuration space and MMIO space emulation
SR-IOV with up to 64K PF/VF and scalable IOV
Up to 800 Gbps network throughput: 2x400G, 4x200G, or 8x100G/50G/25G
Programmable network and storage offload
Inline and fallback encryption offload for AES-GCM and AES-XTS

An Israeli chip company

Xsight Labs was founded by a group of former EZchip employees, including CEO Guy Koren, Switch product line general manager Erez Sheizaf, and CTO Gal Malach, who left the company after it was sold to Mellanox for more than $800 million. Founding investor Willenz has a Midas touch when it comes to entrepreneurship. He founded Galileo Technology, which was acquired by Marvell for $2.7 billion in 2001. His other investments include Annapurna Labs, which was acquired by Amazon in 2015; Leaba Semiconductor, which was acquired by Cisco in 2016; and Habana Labs, which was acquired by Intel for $2 billion in 2019.

With offices in Israel and the United States, Xsight Labs is dedicated to redesigning the foundation of cloud infrastructure by providing a broad portfolio of products that enable end-to-end connectivity.

Xsight Labs emerged in December 2020 and announced the launch of the industry's first 25.6T data center switch X1 sample equipped with 100G PAM4 SerDes. The latest round of financing will enable Xsight Labs to expand its R&D, operations, and commercial teams to accelerate the development of its multi-product roadmap while attracting global customers.

In March 2021, fabless semiconductor startup Xsight Labs announced today that it has completed its Series D financing. This round of financing was led by Valor Equity Partners and Atreides Management, with participation from new investor Fidelity Management & Research Company. Existing investors Battery Ventures, Intel Capital, M12 Microsoft's Venture Fund and Xilinx also increased their investments. In addition, Accton Technology also joined as a new strategic investor.

Avigdor Willenz, founding investor of Xsight Labs, said: “Xsight Labs’ Series D round was oversubscribed and is the largest round raised by our group to date. The completion of this round will help Xsight Labs achieve its ambitious vision of providing end-to-end connectivity solutions for cloud infrastructure.”

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