[newman314]

I was coming here to say this but can't talk more due to NDA.

However, I would say look at the capabilities as listed for Synology DS2015x and extropolate. I, for one, kind of wish that Annapurna remained independent for other uses outside of AWS.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8777/synologys-ds2015xs-brings...

"The SoC at the heart of the DS2015xs is the AL-514 from Annapurna Labs, an Israeli startup that is still in stealth mode. The company has declined to speak to the media as of now. However, tracing some coverage of Israeli VC firms reveals that Annapurna Labs was founded in 2011 with the intent of bringing ARM-based communication processors to the market. Datasheets of SoCs from Annapurna Labs are not currently available to the public, but Synology was kind enough to divulge the following details (which, I suspect, can be gleaned via SSH access to the DS2015xs):

The AL-514 has four ARM Cortex-A15 cores running at 1.7 GHz The Cortex-A15 cores are configured with LPAE (large physical address extension) that allows addressing of more than 4 GB of RAM (the DS2015xs supports up to 8 GB) The SoC has two 10G Ethernet MAC IPs integrated"

[gonzo]

Nothing here that can't be found in recent releases from Cavium, Broadcom and AMD.

[stuntprogrammer]

That's why the NDA is so frustrating; we can't talk re the fun features and demos.. I know the AMD and Cavium parts rather well also. The Amd one doesn't support what I have in mind. The Cavium does on paper but the cores, even with just public info, can be seen to be underwhelming. Typical network processor style, which struggles with other workloads. Unfortunately for them, they picked up a couple of the less clued in Calxeda execs that don't understand SW or workloads very well.