Program grows to more than 35 participating organizations; completes
the hardware enablement phase for multiple silicon designs
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that the Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access
Program has expanded to include more than 35 member companies, ranging
from silicon vendors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to
independent software vendors (ISVs).
Launched
in July 2014 with nine participants, the program aims to deliver,
via collaboration, a singular operating platform capable of supporting
multiple partner-initiated system designs based on the 64-bit ARMv8-A
architecture. As a part of that commitment, program participants have
successfully completed the hardware enablement phase by incorporating
necessary architectural requirements into the latest version of the
development software. Based on that, Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access
Program participants are now expected to contribute system-specific
software and drivers to an open source upstream Linux community for
incorporation into future commercial offerings.
Red Hat has a long track record of developing open source software and
driving standards for 64-bit ARM architecture in a collaborative and
transparent environment as a founding participant
in the Linaro Enterprise Group (LEG). By teaming up with Linaro
members, many of whom are also participating in its ARM Partner Early
Access Program, Red Hat is spearheading the effort to make open source
and industry standards inherent to the emerging 64-bit ARM ecosystem.
While the initial integration is completed, the ARM Partner Early Access
Program plans to continue to accommodate future implementations and
system designs by delivering development software, documentation and
tooling to participating organizations.
Supporting Quotes
Mike Werner, senior director, Global Technology Ecosystems, Red Hat
"Since its launch just over six months ago, the Red Hat ARM Partner
Early Access Program has achieved two critical goals, driving
significant interest and participation from both hardware vendors and
independent software vendors as well as the successful completion of the
hardware enablement phase. The program is a perfect example of how Red
Hat, along with our vast network of partners and ISVs, drives
standardization within specific technology segments, with the ultimate
goal of delivery of fully tested and certified solutions to the
marketplace."
Suresh Gopalakrishnan, general manager and corporate vice president,
Server Business Unit, AMD
"AMD is a founding participant of the Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access
Program, and partners enabled with the AMD Opteron™ A1100-Series
processor development platforms are benefiting from early access to an
enterprise class, standards-based Linux operating system for ARMv8. This
is a real collaborative effort to accelerate the growth of a robust
ecosystem for ARM-based server and we are thrilled to be part of it."
Kumar Sankaran, associate vice president, AppliedMicro
"As the only silicon vendor shipping an enterprise-hardened, ARMv8-A
Server-on-a-ChipTM solution and an initial participant of the
Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access Program, we are pleased to continue our
work with Red Hat. The program is strengthening the entire ARM 64-bit
ecosystem while allowing OEM and end-user partners the opportunity to
work with fully operational software and hardware. We have had a great
working relationship with Red Hat dating back to our X-Gene launch in
2011 and we are excited to provide a serious alternative to incumbent
solutions."
Larry Wikelius, director, Thunder Ecosystems and Partner Enablement,
Cavium
"The Red Hat ARM Partner Early Access Program has successfully enabled
Cavium's technology partners and end users to accelerate the validation
and optimization of a wide range of software solutions on the ThunderX
CN88xx Reference Platforms. Red Hat and Cavium continue to collaborate
to ensure that the rich feature set of ThunderX that includes 48 core
single socket and 96 core dual socket configurations, virtSOC™
technology with complete system virtualization along with integrated
Ethernet, SATA and PCIe, is fully supported. Today's announcement is
another critical milestone in the rapidly accelerating 64-bit ARMv8-A
server ecosystem for next generation data center and cloud
infrastructure. Cavium looks forward to continuing to drive this
momentum with our industry partners."
Susan Blocher, vice president, Product Management and Business
Development, HP Moonshot, HP
"Today, customers are already leveraging the industry-leading HP
Moonshot servers with 64-bit ARM technology to improve application
performance, drive business innovation and deliver breakthrough
datacenter economics. We are committed to working with partners in the
Red Hat Partner Early Access Program to extend the ARM ecosystem and
deliver enterprise-ready solutions to address customer challenges."
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