Design a next-generation platform for analyzing and researching large databases

　　December 3, 2009, Beijing-Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced that XtremeData Co., Ltd.'s next-generation dbX series database platform design uses high-performance Stratix® IV FPGAs, which are designed for comprehensive analysis of large databases And research.

　　dbX is a fully integrated platform containing all components of the analysis system, including storage, computing, internetwork, and database engines. The patented XtremeData computing module uses the SQL-in-Silicon hardware accelerator with Stratix IV FPGA. Stratix IV FPGA with in-system programmability provides a common platform for custom processing engine implementation.

　　XtremeData uses Stratix IV FPGA in a patented module called Built-in Plug-in Accelerator (ISA), which is compatible with Intel and AMD x86 CPUs and can be placed in a second CPU socket. The performance of ISA based on Stratix IV FPGA is 10 times higher than that of CPU, while power consumption is reduced by a third. XtremeData dbX platform adopts FPGA-based hardware acceleration function, and the performance is improved from terabytes to petabytes.

　　John Sakamoto, senior director of Altera's business unit, commented: "The use of Stratix IV FPGAs in this innovative computer system greatly expands the market applications of database research and analysis of high-performance computing." Stratix IV devices meet the needs of FPGA processing functions. The ideal solution, XtremeData adopts this device to easily improve the system performance of the dbX series, and the cost performance is very high.

　　Stratix IV FPGAs continue to support the latest generation of high-performance computing (HPC) applications, which urgently require parallel processing architectures to greatly improve system performance while reducing data center carbon emissions. The dbX architecture specifically uses the best commercial (COTS) Linux server products that can be seamlessly integrated into the SQL accelerator. This database application has established a very competitive new type of database analysis system for business intelligence (BI) research and decision support system (DSS). Key SQL operations are accelerated in Stratix IV FPGAs, which greatly improves the processing throughput of commercial server platforms, while reducing power consumption and data center operating costs.

　　Ravi Chandran, CEO of XtremeData Co., Ltd. said: "The high-performance architecture of Altera Stratix IV high-density FPGA meets the basic performance requirements of the dbX analysis system. The rapid development of FPGA technology helps us maintain a price/performance lead in the competition, highlighting XtremeData Market position as the only supplier of petabyte-level data business professional analysis."

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