This major new version of the Coolidge™ processor will deliver up to 10x higher computing performance, resulting in an ultra-efficient processor, especially in the area of AI and storage intensive.
Grenoble – France, June 6, 2023 – Kalray (Euronext Growth Paris: ALKAL), a leader in hardware and software technologies dedicated to the management and intensive processing of data from Cloud to Edge, today announces the tape-out
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from Coolidge™2, a major new version of its Coolidge™ 3 DPU processor
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generation. Based on Kalray’s patented MPPA® (Massively Parallel Processor Array) architecture, the Coolidge™2 processor was designed to deliver ever-higher performance in processing Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and data in general . Thanks to Coolidge™2, Kalray intends to accelerate its growth, in particular in the field of Edge Computing and intensive storage.
COOLIDGE™2, AN ULTRA-PERFORMANCE DPU PROCESSOR FOR AI …
As the development of AI progresses rapidly, the mastery of this technology becomes a major challenge, whether it is the algorithms themselves or the technologies allowing to process the gigantic quantities of data used, generated and stored by the intelligence, foremost among which are processors.
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We are very pleased to announce the tape-out of Coolidge™2, in line with our roadmap. This is an essential step, which marks the beginning of the manufacturing process and the culmination of a technological challenge! Coolidge™2 will allow us to offer the market an extremely competitive alternative for data processing and in particular AI, with one of the best performance/energy consumption/price ratios on the inference and Edge Computing markets.” , declares
Eric Baissus, Chairman of the Management Board of Kalray
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In this race for performance, Kalray’s Coolidge™2 DPU processor stands out with its MPPA® architecture, which gives it unique capabilities, offering fine control over all neural network processing, from memory transfers to utilization of the processor’s computing capacities. Kalray teams have optimized each element to improve overall processor performance, demonstrating the efficiency of the Coolidge™2 processor architecture.
Thus optimized, Coolidge™2 will offer computing performance up to 10 times higher than that of the previous version. This improvement will for example be relevant for applications such as Deep Learning algorithms used in the context of neural networks applied to image processing.
Kalray has already announced the signing of a “jumbo contract” at the end of 2022
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with a major player, which intends to integrate Coolidge™2 in its next solutions.
… AND FOR INTENSIVE STORAGE
With the rise of AI and the need to process and analyze data ever more efficiently, fast storage plays a vital role. Thus, solutions such as ChatGPT could not work without a fast and efficient storage system, allowing the fastest possible training of the predictive model.
Thanks to its DPU processor, Kalray enjoys a unique position in the intensive storage market. Coolidge™2 has been uniquely optimized to complement Kalray’s current range of NVMe storage solutions and deliver the performance required by the market for years to come.
“The intensive storage market is a growing market, in particular thanks to the adoption of increasingly large predictive AI models, which are very greedy in storage resources during the learning phases. Coolidge™2 offers our customers a unique solution to accelerate the learning phase of their models, this is a major challenge for the industry
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concludes Eric Baissus.
Finally, like the first version of Coolidge™, Coolidge™2 will retain all the technical characteristics that made its predecessor so strong: computing power combined with low energy consumption, ease of programming, high-speed interfaces, ability to run multiple applications in parallel and deterministically, processing data on the fly, in real time. The first samples of Coolidge™2 will be available this summer.
A DEEPTECH IN FULL EXPANSION, AMBITIONING TO BECOME A WORLD LEADER
Kalray is currently the only European player to offer a DPU processor, this new generation of high-performance, low-power processors.
The company is already positioning itself to become a key player in data processing in the years to come. With the acquisition in 2022 of Arcapix Holdings Ltd, a software publisher specializing in storage and data management solutions, Kalray has supplemented its hardware offer with software solutions, which now allow it to offer a complete offer. The recent partnerships forged with leading players such as Dell Technologies, a partnership from which Kalray is beginning to reap the first results, demonstrates the relevance of its value proposition and its offer.
Product offers, customer portfolio, growth in turnover, but also in the workforce, Kalray is changing rapidly at all levels of the company. While many Tech players have massively reduced their workforce, Kalray’s has jumped 74% in the space of a year and is expected to grow by more than 20% in 2023, to support its development.
In parallel with Coolidge™2, the Kalray teams are preparing for the future and are already working on the 4
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DPU processor generation from Kalray, Dolomites™.
ABOUT KALRAY
Kalray (Euronext Growth Paris: ALKAL) is a leader in hardware and software technologies dedicated to the management and intensive processing of data from Cloud to Edge. Kalray offers a complete range of products and solutions to develop smarter, more efficient and more energy-efficient applications and infrastructures.
Kalray’s offering includes patented DPU (Data Processing Unit) processors, derived from a unique technology, acceleration cards, as well as innovative software solutions for data storage and management. Used separately or in combination, Kalray’s high-performance solutions enable customers to improve data center efficiency or design the best solutions in high-growth industries such as AI, media and entertainment, life sciences, scientific research, edge computing, automotive, and more.
A spin-off from the CEA founded in 2008, Kalray’s industrial and financial investors include Alliance Venture (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi), NXP Semiconductors and Bpifrance. Kalray is technology, expertise, passion to always offer more: more for a smart world, more for the planet, more for our customers and developers. www.kalrayinc.com
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Tape-out: this is an important stage in the life cycle of a processor, which marks the completion of the design phase and the start of the manufacturing process with the sending of the graphics of the photomasks of the circuits at the manufacturing plant.
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See press release dated November 14, 2022., “Massive contract signed with an industry leader for Kalray’s DPU processor”.
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