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Equipped with up to two times as many cores as the previous generation of Ryzen Embedded SoC processors, the Ryzen Embedded R2000 series targets industrial and robotics systems, machine vision, the IoT and thin client equipment, said AMD.

The R2514, for example has up to 81 per cent higher CPU and graphics performance than the comparable R1000 series processor, confirmed AMD. Performance-per-watt efficiency is also optimised using Zen+ core architecture with AMD Radeon graphics for multimedia capabilities. Ryzen Embedded R2000 processors can power up to four independent displays in 4K resolution.

Embedded R2000 Series processors are scalable up to four Zen+ CPU cores with eight threads, 2Mbyte of L2 cache and 4Mbyte of shared L3 cache, allowing embedded system designers can scale performance and power efficiencies with a single processing platform, said the company. The Ryzen Embedded R2000 also supports up to 3200Mtransfer per second DDR4 dual channel memory and expanded I/O connectivity, to deliver 33 per cent higher memory bandwidth and up to two times greater I/O connectivity compared to R1000 series processors. 

The series is suitable for industrial applications like robotics and machine vision as well as thin clients and mini-PCs, which require performance, optimised power and graphics, commented the company. 

They can power up to four independent displays in 4K resolution leveraging DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b or eDP 1.3 interfaces. They also feature peripherals and interfaces with up to 16 lanes of PCIe Gen3, two SATA 3.0 and six USB ports (USB 3.2 Gen2 and 2.0).

OS support includes Microsoft Windows 11/10, and Linux Ubuntu LTS.

 The series consists of the R2324 and R2312 SoC processors which are in production now and the R2544 andR2541 which are expected to be available in October 2022. Planned product availability extends up to 10 years, providing customers with a long-lifecycle support roadmap

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The ANS-8A64 server series is based on an Intel Atom C3000 processor, which qualifies it for network acceleration system for software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) users, said Portwell. 

SD-WAN is used to connect a wide range of corporate networks, data centres, internet applications and cloud services, which aims to help reduce a WAN’s operating cost and improve connection flexibility, explained Portwell. More and more applications will depend on the cloud to process data, which also brings the escalating demands for network security as this data on the cloud may contain personal ID, credit card numbers and other private information. 

IPSec protocol works in the third layer of the OSI (open systems interconnection) model and supports two modes, host-to-host mode and tunnel mode, either of which can be used to build a virtual private network (VPN) to increase the security of network transmission.

The Intel Atom C3000 processor series features industry-leading performance per watt, claimed Portwell, with low thermal design power (TDP) and configurable high-speed I/O, making it suitable for networks, storage devices, IoT and scalable designs. It is also equipped with Intel QuickAssist Technology (Intel QAT). The Intel QAT engine means IPSec protocol operation, data encryption, decryption and compression can be handled independently. It saves the CPU resource for other critical workloads and eventually optimises the overall work efficiency and performance, said Portwell.  

During field tests of the data plane development kit (DPDK) and Intel QAT, the ANS-8A64 was used as IPSec gateways and the encryption and decryption performance was repeatedly tested. 

In a one-way test, packets are sent unidirectionally from server port1 to server port2, and encryption and decryption are performed by IPSec gateway1 and IPSec gateway2.

A two-way test, consists of the server port1 and server port2 sending packets at the same time, and encrypting and decrypting packets through IPSec gateway1 and IPSec gateway2.

Portwell reported that the hardware acceleration engine, Intel QAT offers a “significant system optimisation and effectively betters the overall performance in both one-way and two-way testing”. 

Portwell is an Associate member of the Intel Internet of Things Solutions Alliance, designs and manufactures a full range of IPC products (SBC, backplane, redundant power supply, rack mount and node chassis), embedded architecture solutions, DVR system platforms and communications appliances. It provides R&D and project management services to decrease customers’ time to market and reduce project risk and cost. Portwell is also an ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 -certified company that deploys quality assurance through product design, verification and manufacturing cycles. 

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