Marvell unveils quad-core Armada for servers

SANTA CLARA, USA: Chip maker Marvell announced that it will demonstrate its quad-core processing, enterprise-class cloud computing platform, Marvell Armada XP, its ARM-based cloud computing SoC.

The company claims that the Armada XP chip is the "fastest" ARM processor available in the market today.

The Armada platform integrates four Marvell designed ARM compliant 1.6GHz CPU cores along with a host of I/O peripherals to offer one of the highest levels of integration in the industry.

The new quad-core further builds on Marvell Discovery Innovation and ARMADA 300 series and is is based on Marvell-designed ARM v7 MP compatible CPU offering 1.6GHz processing per core performance, delivering 16,600 DMIPS.

It integrates 2 MB of L2 cache and supports 64-bit DDR3 memory interface with ECC at 800MHz clock rate to enable a high throughput memory sub-system design.

The Armada XP is a highly integrated system-on-a-chip (SoC) that combines quad x4 PCI-express (PCI-e) interfaces, multiple USB ports, Gigabit Ethernet ports, SATA ports, security engine and other I/O peripherals.

Marvell's ARMADA XP will be on displayed at the ARM Technology Conference.