Wiwynn Adds Workload-Optimized Cavium ThunderX™-based Platforms to their Server Product Roadmap

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, and Wiwynn, a leading cloud services company delivering server and storage platforms optimized for datacenter and cloud environments, today announced the addition of Cavium ThunderX-based workload-optimized server platforms to the Wiwynn server product family.

ThunderX is Cavium's 64-bit ARMv8 server processor family for next generation datacenter and cloud applications. With up to 48 high-performance custom cores, single and dual socket capability, high memory bandwidth and capacity, and integrated hardware accelerators, ThunderX enables best-in-class ARMv8 performance per dollar and performance per watt. The ThunderX family includes multiple SKUs that enable servers optimized for compute, storage, network and security workloads in the cloud, and is widely supported by industry-leading OS, hypervisor, software tool and application vendors. 

"We are excited to expand our portfolio of server platforms based on Cavium's 64-bit ARMv8 processors.  We design servers that are optimized for customer workloads, to deliver high performance combined with best-in-class TCO," said,Chief Marketing Officier Steven Lu at Wiwynn.  "We are impressed with the design approach and performance from Cavium's ThunderX ARM processors, and are pleased to partner with them in delivering innovative datacenter systems."

"Our workload-optimized design approach for the ThunderX product family continues to prove itself," said Steve Cumings, Director, Market Development for Cavium's Data Center Processor Group.  "We delivered ThunderX ARMv8 SOCs with up to 48-cores, integrated accelerators and Ethernet fabric, designed for best-in-class performance and TCO in workloads including cloud compute, cloud storage, big data and large-scale web.  Our partnership with Wiwynn is a great match, combining both companies' focus on optimizing for specific workload performance and outstanding TCO.  Together, we are delivering the performance and scalability increases necessary for businesses to handle increasingly data intensive workloads."

About Wiwynn

Wiwynn is a dedicated cloud solutions company able to fully leverage the global support infrastructure of Wistron Corportoion.  Wiwynn Corporation's business model is a unique combination of the global infrastructure and dedicated, in-depth cloud support built on inherited engineering teams, systems, and experience. As a result, Wiwynn is able to provide personalized project support and collaboration while managing large scale global implementation.

Wiwynn is dedicated to supporting the evolving standards and requirements to meet new expectations in cloud computing. A cloud-enabling service company, Wiwynn provides end-to-end integrated solutions to enterprises who are looking to build, distribute, or resell cloud services to their clients.

About Cavium

Cavium is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications and the digital home. Cavium offers a broad portfolio of integrated, software-compatible processors ranging in performance from 10 Mbps to 100 Gbps that enable secure, intelligent functionality in enterprise, data-center, broadband/consumer and access and service provider equipment. Cavium processors are supported by ecosystem partners that provide operating systems, tool support, reference designs and other services. Cavium's principal office is in San Jose, CA with design team locations in California, Massachusetts, India and China. For more information, please visit: http://www.cavium.com.

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