FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

System on Modules (SoMs) are small, highly integrated single-board computers that include DRAM, flash memory, power management, common interface controllers, and board support package (BSP) software. SoMs help you create a fully customized embedded design without starting from scratch. It is a turn-key hardware solution to address the challenges inherent in developing a product and to meet competitive market demands. Depending on the application, there are many SoM options to choose from. SoMs are available with a diverse range of interconnect options that can be used with a custom, cost-reduced, and application specific baseboard. SoMs are a great vehicle to take advantage of the versatility of an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array).

A SmartNIC is a programmable network adapter card with programmable accelerators and Ethernet connectivity that can accelerate infrastructure applications running on the host.

An IPU is an advanced networking device with hardened accelerators and Ethernet connectivity that accelerates and manages infrastructure functions using tightly coupled, dedicated, programmable cores. An IPU offers full infrastructure offload and provides an extra layer of security by serving as a control point of the host for running infrastructure applications.

An IPU is capable of offloading the entire infrastructure stack from the host and can control how the host attaches to this infrastructure. This gives the service provider an extra layer of security and control, enforced in hardware by the IPU. A SmartNIC has similar networking and offload capabilities as the IPU but remains under the control of the host as a peripheral.

An IPU is capable of offloading the entire infrastructure stack from the host and can control how the host attaches to this infrastructure. This gives the service provider an extra layer of security and control, enforced in hardware by the IPU. A SmartNIC has similar networking and offload capabilities as the IPU but remains under the control of the host as a peripheral.

An Intel reference architecture that provides service providers and solution providers an efficient and cost-effective design to build production deployable IPU for the cloud data centers.