Xilinx Ships Multi-Function Telco Accelerator Card for Growing 5G O-RAN Virtual Baseband Unit Markets
September 15 2020 - 9:00AM
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T1 Telco Accelerator Card delivers increased
network performance while dramatically reducing CPU core count,
cost, and power, enabling a simplified, efficient 5G virtualized
infrastructure
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the T1 Telco
Accelerator Card for O-RAN distributed units (O-DUs) and virtual
baseband units (vBBUs) in 5G networks. Built using the same
field-proven Xilinx silicon and IP already being deployed in 5G
networks, the T1 card is the only multi-function PCIe form factor
card which performs both O-RAN fronthaul protocols and layer 1
offload. With its advanced offload capabilities, the T1 card
provides a dramatic reduction in the number of CPU cores required
in a system. The T1 card also enables the O-DU to deliver greater
5G performance and services while reducing overall system power
consumption and cost compared to competitive offerings.
The demand for O-DU and vBBU solutions is rapidly increasing
because they provide an open and standard platform for a wide range
of 5G virtualized services. The T1 card is a small form factor,
single-slot card that can be plugged into standard x86 or non-x86
servers to achieve the real-time protocol processing performance
required for 5G virtualized O-DU platforms. In addition, it
offloads line-rate and compute-intensive functions including:
channel encoding/decoding using hardened LDPC and Turbo codecs,
rate matching/de-matching, HARQ buffer management, and more,
freeing the processor cores for running other services - the true
promise of virtualization. The T1 card simplifies 5G deployments by
offering a turnkey solution through ecosystem partners that
includes both O-RAN fronthaul and 5G NR layer 1 reference designs,
as well as pre-validated software to enable operators, system
integrators, and OEMs to get to market quickly.
The offloading of critical channel coding functions from the CPU
to the T1 card delivers up to 45x encoding and 23x decoding
throughput improvement relative to the same server without
acceleration. The T1 card enables the use of fewer CPU cores,
driving down system cost and overall power consumption.
Additionally, for O-RAN fronthaul termination, it can process
multiple sectors of 5G NR 4TRX at 100 MHz OBW with its 50 Gbps of
optical ports. The Fronthaul and L1 bandwidths are matched for
optimal scalability; the more towers you want, the more cards you
add to the server.
“The trend toward network virtualization and O-RAN has given us
an opportunity with the Xilinx T1 Telco Accelerator Card to drive
the next steps of disaggregation of standard networks, enabling our
expansion into every corner of the 5G market,” said Dan Mansur,
vice president of marketing, Wired and Wireless Group, Xilinx.
“Working closely with our ecosystem partners, Xilinx hardware, IP
and software are leading the innovation and realization of 5G O-RAN
networks.”
“As 5G infrastructure investments continue to grow to support
new and higher bandwidth services, providing solutions that can
offer greater system acceleration to meet growing scale and
bandwidth requirements is critical,” said Daryl Schoolar, practice
leader for Fixed and Mobile Infrastructure, OMDIA. “With growing
operator interest in O-RAN and virtualization, the Xilinx T1 Telco
Accelerator Card is a compelling solution that is well-timed to
serve this need while also enabling important areas such as
software and services at the edge.”
Industry Support
“We’re proud to have worked closely with Xilinx on the
development of its T1 Telco Accelerator Card,” said Saurav Gupta,
vice president – sales (North America), VVDN. “Xilinx has the
premier adaptable silicon in the industry which provides the best
foundation for which VVDN can build its industry-leading 5G IPs for
fronthaul and L1 offload solutions.”
“Open RAN is the new way forward in telecom with a diversity of
companies and solutions which offers real innovation,” said Mikael
Rylander, senior vice president & general manager of the Radio
Access Business Unit, Mavenir. “This series of Telco accelerators
from Xilinx represents a powerful addition to 5G Open RAN which
provides the hardware adaptability to interoperate with a wide
variety of O-RAN equipment.”
“With Xilinx’s experience in the data accelerator market, we are
excited to now see their expansion into 5G Telco accelerator
cards,” said Pasi Toivonen, head of the Edge Computing Platform,
Nokia. “Our Airframe design team at Nokia looks forward to
continuing to work with Xilinx to see these exciting new options
and capabilities for the growing 5G market.”
Availability
The T1 card is available and sampling now to customers
worldwide. Volume production is expected by the beginning of
2021.
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technologies – from the endpoint, to the edge, to the cloud. Xilinx
is the inventor of the FPGA, hardware programmable SoCs, and the
ACAP, designed to deliver the most dynamic processor technology in
the industry and enable the adaptable, intelligent, and connected
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