Google Cloud's C3 virtual machines will showcase the integration of infrastructure processing units into data centres to accelerate cloud infrastructures and maximise performance
Intel and Google Cloud have launched an infrastructure processing unit chip named E2000. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
Intel and Google Cloud have launched a co-designed infrastructure processing unit (IPU) chip named E2000 for enabling high performance computing and data-intensive workloads.
The E2000 chip has been deployed in Google Cloud’s new C3 virtual machine (VM) series.
The C3 machine series, which leverages the combined benefits of Intel’s hardware and software offerings, will offer an end-to-end programmable platform.
The newly launched series is expected to deliver significant performance improvements of nearly 20% over the previous generation of C2.
Google Cloud’s C3 machines will showcase the integration of infrastructure processing units into data centres to expedite cloud infrastructures and maximise performance.
Intel senior vice president and Intel network and edge group general manager Nick McKeown said: “We are pleased to have codesigned the first ASIC infrastructure processing unit with Google Cloud, which has now launched in the new C3 machine series.
“A first of its kind in any public cloud, C3 VMs will run workloads on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors while they free up programmable packet processing to the IPUs securely at line rates of 200 gigabits per second.
“This Intel and Google collaboration enables customers through infrastructure that is more secure, flexible and performant.”
In addition to the E2000 chip, Google Cloud‘s C3 machine series are powered by the 4th Gen Intel Xeon scalable processor.
The C3 machine series deploys a programmable packet processing capability for low latency and accelerated, secure networking and offload hardware for increased predictable and effective computation and high-performance storage.
The System on a Chip hardware architecture in the C3 series is said to enable better performance, isolation, and security.