Microsemi joins the OpenPOWER Foundation

Microsemi will collaborate with IBM and other OpenPOWER Foundation members to leverage its expertise in developing highly secure FPGAs, with an emphasis on moving toward more accelerated computing technology capabilities for data centres where timing, security and networking solutions are vital.

“We are pleased to join the OpenPOWER Foundation, which allows Microsemi to focus on the expansion of our data centre security capabilities and further elevate our solution offerings in this growing market,” said Amr Elashmawi, Vice President of corporate and vertical marketing, Microsemi. “Our deep expertise in security and networking solutions allows us a significant advantage as we educate the data centre community on how our innovative FPGAs and our networking solutions enable data centre security, storage and computer acceleration.”

As a new member of the nonprofit, Microsemi joins a growing roster of technology organizations working collaboratively to build advanced server, networking, storage and acceleration technology as well as industry-leading open source software aimed at delivering more choice, control and flexibility to developers of next gen, hyperscale and cloud data centres. The group makes power hardware and software available to open development for the first time, and makes power IP licensable to others, greatly expanding the ecosystem of innovators on the platform.

As part of its OpenPOWER Foundation silver membership, Microsemi will focus on changing the use model for FPGAs in the computing market with FPGA-based security and acceleration technologies designed for next gen data centres. In addition, as Microsemi continues to roll out new networking products that operate at up to 25Gbps data rates, supporting important interoperability capabilities, Microsemi’s goals align with the objectives of OpenPOWER’s 25G IO Interoperability Mode Work Group.

The company currently offers the industry’s most secure FPGAs with differential power analysis (DPA)-certified countermeasures and layered cryptographic controls, allowing for true supply chain assurance and system authentication. By applying Microsemi’s FPGA and security technology in the datacentre, operators and developers can deploy proprietary IP acceleration solutions while minimising their risk of IP compromise.

“The development model of the OpenPOWER Foundation is ideal for industry-leading companies like Microsemi, as it elicits collaboration and represents a new way in exploiting and innovating around processor technology,” said Calista Redmond, Director of OpenPOWER Global Alliances at IBM. “The Foundation will benefit greatly from Microsemi’s FPGA expertise and its ability to provide both security and performance for the future demands of data centres and cloud computing.”