Quick Assist Adapter 8950

Introduction

The Intel QuickAssist Adapter 8950 provides customers with a scalable, flexible and extendable way to offer QuickAssist crypto acceleration and Compression capabilities to their existing product lines. The Intel 8950 features the Intel® Communication Chipset 8955 controller supporting Intel QuickAssist Technology for improved cryptographic and compression performance. Intel® QuickAssist Technology provides hardware acceleration to assist with the performance demands of securing and routing Internet traffic and other workloads such as compression and wireless 3G/4G LTE algorithm offload, thereby reserving processor cycles for application and control processing.

The Intel QuickAssist Adapter 8950 provides up to 50 Gbps for virtual private networks (VPNs) and helps storage and network optimization applications better handle compression and decompression tasks. Kasumi and Snow 3G functions within Intel QuickAssist Technology help with 3G and 4G LTE mobile gateway and infrastructure workloads.

The Intel® QuickAssist Adapter 8950 provides flexible performance based on the requirements of the platform—up to 50 Gbps of crypto acceleration or up to 24 Gbps of compression in a PCIe compliant, low-profile form factor.

Ports & interfaces

Connectivity technology

Wired

Host interface

PCI Express

Network

Ethernet LAN data rates

50000 Mbit/s

Security algorithms

RSA

Design

Internal

Y

Form factor

PCIe

Package size

68.6 x 167.6 mm

Safety

FCC A, UL, CE, VCCI, BSMI, CTICK, KCC, CSA

System requirements

Compatible operating systems

Linux

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T)

0 - 50 °C

Storage temperature (T-T)

-40 - 70 °C

Storage relative humidity (H-H)

35 - 90%

Sustainability

Sustainability certificates

RoHS

Weight & dimensions

Width

167.6 mm

Height

68.6 mm

Other features

Minimum operating temperature

50 °C

Embedded options available

N

PCI-SIG* SR-IOV Capable

Y

Low halogen options available

N

Intelligent Offloads

Y

Intel Data Direct I/O Technology

Y

Launch date

Q4'13

Product brief URL

http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/quickassist-adapter-8950-brief.pdf

Product type

Ethernet Controller

Status

Launched

Thermal Design Power (TDP)

40 W

Processor family

I/O Options-I/O Options

Harmonized System (HS) code

8473301180

Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)

5A002R

Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS)

NA

Power supply

25 W

Product series

I/O Options