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Intel® Infrastructure Processing Unit (Intel® IPU)

A proven infrastructure platform – edge to cloud – to accelerate, secure, and connect.

The Intel® IPU provides key benefits such as enhanced security through isolation of tenant applications from provider services, infrastructure task offload to improve CPU utilization and performance, and enablement of virtual storage for increased datacenter flexibility.

Intel® Infrastructure Processing Unit (Intel® IPU)

Introduction to Intel IPUs

Intel® IPU Adapter E2100

Cloud and enterprise SoC-based high-performance IPU adapter.

•  2 x 100 GbE or 1 x 200 GbE connectivity

•  Intel IPU SoC E2100

•  16 Arm Neoverse N1 Cores

Customer Use Cases

Virtualized Environment

Multiple tenants on host. IPU provides virtualized Network and Storage functionality. Security isolation where infrastructure is managed on IPU.

Customer Benefits

•  Lower Host Overhead leads to Improved TCO

•  Higher Link Speeds up to 200Gb

•  Transparent to VM or Containers - up to 1K VFs

•  Secure Traffic in Data Center

Bare Metal Environment

Single tenant on host. IPU provides storage virtualization and disaggregation. Security isolation where infrastructure is managed on IPU.

Customer Benefits

•  Infrastructure Isolation

•  Cloud Service Provider can monitor and manage  resources

•  Accelerated Remote Storage Access

Storage Initiator Offload

IPU provides storage virtualization and disaggregation. Hardware acceleration on NVMe transport.

Customer Benefits

•  Transparent to VM or Containers

•  Lower Host Overhead leads to Improved TCO

•  Secure Storage Traffic in Data Center

•  Increases Storage Efficiency in Hyper-converged environment

Security Air-Gap

Infrastructure tasks are set apart from tenant applications. Security isolation where infrastructure is managed on IPU.

Customer Benefits

•  Infrastructure Isolation

•  Cloud Service Provider can monitor and manage resources

•  IPU secure boot

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Ideal for AI Clusters of All Sizes

Intel IPU adapters allow you to offload services and infrastructure tasks from the CPU to optimize performance and better support AI and HPC applications. Intel IPUs and Ethernet adapters are designed for the rigors of HPC and AI clusters of all sizes.

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Solutions from Cloud to Edge

Optimizing OpenVINO™ toolkit Model Deployments by Offloading F5 NGINX Plus to Run on Intel® IPUs

Redefine innovation with Intel® IPUs. Enhance security and scalability with Intel® IPUs by optimizing OpenVINO AI model deployments.

Unlocking Scalable, Secure AI Infrastructure: Intel IPU Collaboration with Red Hat® and F5®

Discover how integrating the Intel IPU with Red Hat’s OpenShift and F5 NGNIX enhances containerized applications and ensures zero-trust security for cloud and edge computing.

Intel and Baidu Empower IaaS of the Future

Creating a new Intel® IPU-based computing platform for optimal cloud platform management and cost-effectiveness.

CMCC Self-Developed Hypercard for Cloud

Leveraging Intel's data center technology, China Mobile independently developed, the hypercard hardware accelerator card.

IPU-Based Cloud Infrastructure: The Fulcrum for Digital Business

As Cloud Service Providers consider their investment strategies and technology plans for the future, learn how IPUs can offer a path to accelerate and financially optimize cloud services.

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