The Intel QuickAssist Adapter 8950 gives customers a scalable, flexible and extendable way to offer QuickAssist crypto acceleration and Compression capabilities to their existing product lines. The adapter features the Intel Communication Chipset 8955 controller which supports Intel QuickAssist Technology for improved cryptographic and compression performance. It implements PCI-SI SR-IOV standard for Intel QuickAssist Technology services which support IPsec, SSL Acceleration and Compression services. It 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. Plus, it’s RoHS compliant.
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 adapter provides support for multiple operating systems: Linux, KVM, open source framework patches, Yocto Project BSPs and WindRiver Linux BSPs.
The physical configuration of each device is divided into multiple virtual devices. Each virtual device is assigned to an individual virtual machine directly bypassing the virtual switch in the Hypervisor, resulting in near-native performance.
The adapter enables Intel QuickAssist Technology in standard and low-profile systems without the need for exclusive form-factor solutions.
The adapter complies with the European Union directive 2002/95/EC to reduce the use of hazardous materials.