Efficient Intelligence at the Edge

Key Benefits

  • Up to 4.0x storage performance improvement3

  • Up to 3.4x network performance improvement4

  • Up to 2.3x compute performance improvement5

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As communication service providers, enterprise IT, and cloud service providers seek to speed new service delivery and handle exponential growth in the number of users accessing their services, it is essential that they optimize infrastructure for density and cost, both in the data center and at the network edge. Inefficient data center scaling drives up space and cost and increases environmental impact, while fixed function, proprietary devices at the network edge hinder the ability of IT and service providers to rapidly deploy and manage new services.

The Intel Atom® C3000 processor delivers new options for cost and infrastructure optimization, by bringing the efficient performance and intelligence of Intel Atom® processor into a dense, lower-power system-on-a-chip (SoC), designed specifically for network and edge solutions. The Intel Atom® C3000 processor is Intel’s third generation system-on-a-chip based CPU manufactured on Intel’s optimized 14nm process technology. It can be deployed for a variety of light scale-out workloads that require very low power, high density, and high I/O integration including network routers, switches, storage, security appliances, dynamic web serving, and more.

Available in a range of configurations from 2 core to 16 core and up to 256 GB1 DDR4 2400 MHz ECC (SODIMM, UDIMM, or RDIMM) of addressable memory, this system-on-a-chip (SoC) has an integrated platform controller hub (PCH), integrated I/O, up to four integrated 10 Gigabit Intel® Ethernet adapters, and a thermal design point (TDP) of 8.5 watts to 32 watts. It can run the same software and instruction sets as Intel® Xeon® processors to provide software consistency and deployability from the data center to the network edge. It also provides advanced server-class capabilities, including:

  • Integrated Intel® QuickAssist Technology (Intel® QAT) offering up to 20 Gbps cryptography and up to 20 Gbps of compression, to free up valuable cycles on processors to perform value-added, differentiating functionality
  • Integrated Intel® Ethernet supporting up to four 10 GbE adapters delivering value-added data transmission throughput and network performance
  • Built-in hardware virtualization with Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) to enable dynamic provisioning of services as communication service providers extend network functions virtualization (NFV) to the network edge
  • Up to 20 lanes of flexible high-speed input/output (HSIO), supporting a combination of PCIe* Gen 3, SATA3, USB 3.0, and fixed eMMC
  • Intel x86 64-bit Software Support for scalable performance and broad application/workload compatibility
  • Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features, including support for error-correcting code (ECC) memory and platform-level error management and resilience
  • Support for industrial Internet of Things (IoT) usages and Extended Ambient Operation Temperature (eTEMP*) from -40⁰C to +85⁰C

Network Transformation
To realize the potential of 5G, Communications Service Providers need to quickly and easily deploy new services to the network edge, decreasing the amount of traffic going back to the mobile core and the data center, further reducing network latency. The new 5G radio interface will receive a performance boost and edge networks are going to be more intelligent and change the way services are delivered to mobile subscribers.

The Intel Atom® C3000 processor supports this transformation, and Intel is working with communications equipment vendors to increase computing, bandwidth, and storage capacity at the edge—including 5G base stations with integrated server capabilities, virtualized customer premise equipment (vCPE), software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), and network appliances.

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Storage
Data accumulation is a very real issue for many enterprises. The ongoing growth and generation of important data brings unique requirements of data protection and integrity outside of performance demands of enterprise servers. Fortunately the surface area at the enterprise edge is uniquely positioned to deploy effective data reduction and data security through storage fundamentals such as deduplication and encryption which is ideal for cold and longer term storage needs. The Intel Atom® C3000 processor delivers storage primitives functions in a highly integrated affordable package that can be deployed at the edge where the primary requirements are affordability, low power, and small footprint.

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Internet of Things (IoT)
The Intel Atom® C3000 processor extends low-power Intel® architecture into new segments and accelerates IoT innovation across a wide range of environments and use cases. With industry-leading performance per watt, low TDP, and unprecedented levels of configurable high-speed I/O, this new SoC family delivers next-generation, multicore performance and scalability for low-power, high-density, and fanless designs. Plus, integrated technologies and pre-validated solutions enable industrial, energy, aerospace, robotics, public sector, and other customers with demanding edge IoT workloads to easily extract value from data, reduce time to market, and innovate new connected technologies faster.

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Scalable Solutions
Intel works with companies worldwide to understand and appreciate their business needs, service demands, challenges, and opportunities with technology. The insights and knowledge gained from these partnerships help us design the most advanced solutions to help you be successful. The Intel Atom® C3000 processor delivers on customer demands for low power and efficient performance that are required in select network products and solutions. Intel's portfolio of solutions extended from the Intel Atom® C3000 processor to the new Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. The Intel® Xeon® Scalable platform provides the foundation for a powerful data center platform that creates an evolutionary leap in agility and scalability.

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