Applied Micro (AMCC) Launches Mudan Storage Platform

Leading provider of integrated circuits (ICs), Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ:AMCC) , recently announced the availability of Mudan storage reference platform, which runs on its X-Gene Server on a Chip (SoC) solution, at the Red Hat Summit 2016.

Mudan is the world’s first fully integrated Ceph storage platform built on 64-bit ARMv8-A technology, which has been jointly developed by Applied Micro and Red Hat. Mudan is a highly advanced storage reference platform, which offers add-on storage adapter cards configurability from a variety of vendors.

The growing demand for X-Gen based solutions to provide superior storage performance and reduce total cost of ownership was the driving force behind this collaboration.

Fully integrated SoCs like Applied Micro’s X-Gene aid in reducing system cost and complexities, which in turn offer an optimum balance between compute, networking and storage resources. Ceph delivers scale-out object, block and file-level storage implementation, which utilizes a completely distributed architecture in order to eliminate any single point failure. Moreover, its versatility enables it to run on small devices as well as high performance server systems and at relatively modest or massive scale.

This highly innovative ARMv8-A based Mudan platform integrated with Ceph will deliver a competent scale-out storage solution, helping to combat challenges faced by cloud-driven data centers.

Collaborating with Red Hat will give Applied Micro a platform to showcase its X-Gen products. Also, incorporating Red Hat’s Ceph storage platform in its product will help the company gain an edge over its peers.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, Applied Micro manufactures high-bandwidth low power integrated circuits and semiconductor solutions for the enterprise, telecom and consumer/small medium businesses. Applied Micro’s broad portfolio of products and services and continued efforts to provide maximum consumer satisfaction have strengthened its position to command a substantial market share. The company’s “X-Gene” family of multi-core processors, which are based on 64-bit ARM v8 core, has enabled it to target web servers as well as high-end control and data plane applications.

Applied Micro carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the industry include Alpha & Omega Semiconductor, Ltd. (NASDAQ:AOSL) , Himax Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:HIMX) and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (NYSE:SMI) . All three stocks carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).