Calxeda用于云服务器的最新四核ARM片上系统

“周二，奥斯汀本土的 Calxeda公司 上线了其用于云服务器的EnergyCore ARM片上系统（system- on-chip，SOC）。初看之，此款Calxeda SOC像是只可能在智能手机上看到的某样东西；而事实是，该产品本质上是一个片上服务器，只是未集成大容量存储器和内存而已。该公司将四个像这样的 EnergyCore SoC放入一个名叫EnergyCard的子板上；作为一个参考设计，该子板还能提供四个DIMM插槽和四个SATA端口。此外还有一个系统集成器，能将 多个子板插入一个母板，建立起一个机架式单元；这些机架式单元最终可以通过以太网连接，所形成的系统最终可被扩展一个集成4096个EnergyCore 处理器（或1000多个四处理器EnergyCore）的一体化系统。”


Calxeda's EnergyCard atop a HP Redstone server prototype
惠普RedStone服务器原型上的Calxeda的EnergyCard


a server cluster that fits in the palm of your hand
一个手掌大小的服务器簇




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英文原文：
Calexda's New Quad-core ARM Part for Cloud Servers
posted by Thom Holwerda on Tue 1st Nov 2011 22:51 UTC
"On Tuesday, Austin-based startup Calxeda launched its EnergyCore ARM system-on-chip for cloud servers. At first glance, Calxeda's SOC looks like something you'd find inside a smartphone, but the product is essentially a complete server on a chip, minus the mass storage and memory. The company puts four of these EnergyCore SoCs onto a single daughterboard, called an EnergyCard, which is a reference design that also hosts four DIMM slots and four SATA ports. A systems integrator would plug multiple daughterboards into a single mainboard to build a rack-mountable unit, and then those units could be linked via Ethernet into a system that can scale out to form a single system that's home to some 4096 EnergyCore processors (or a little over 1000 four-processor EnergyCards)."