The network sector is facing increasing challenges due to the emergence of IoT and the proliferation of big data-centric services. An agile cloud approach is required to comprehensively manage current or future devices, data, and services. To facilitate this network transformation by applying server, cloud, storage, and virtualization technologies and building high speeds, Intel has launched three new product families that enhance network intelligence and bandwidth.


Intel® Xeon® Processor D - 1500 Family​


Intel Xeon Processor D-1500 This family is Intel's first SoC based on Xeon processor technology and a third-generation 64-bit SoC. Intel has added eight new processors ranging from 4 to 8 cores to this family. This family not only brings enhanced intelligence and security to various networking devices but also enables design tailored to performance requirements.

It is optimized for low-power and high-performance networks, cloud & enterprise storage, and IoT applications, and provides a foundation for scalability from the data center core to the network edge. Thus, data-intensive and remote users and devices can also operate through routing and firewalls located near the network edge.



The new processors can also be deployed in storage devices that deliver content at the network edge, such as for video-on-demand (VOD), improving performance and reducing latency in close proximity to users. Furthermore, system designers can leverage the development tools and processes used for Intel® Atom™, Intel® Core™, and Intel® Xeon® processors, enabling broad application compatibility and software consistency spanning from the data center to the edge. The new Intel Xeon D-1500 family of processors, featuring 12 to 16 cores and supporting increased temperature endurance, is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2016.

Intel® Ethernet Multi- host Controller FM10000 Family


This multi-host controller is an ideal product for next-generation cloud data center and communication network architectures. Equipped with the enhanced performance required to implement software-defined virtualization environments, it eliminates performance bottlenecks by providing a processing speed of approximately 96 million packets per second. Additionally, it features multiple 100GbE ports and offers up to 8 hosts and 200Gbps of bandwidth, enabling it to aggregate large volumes of network traffic. Furthermore, by supporting a new network protocol that separates physical networks from Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) networks, it allows service providers to deliver faster services.

The FM10000 family increases data center efficiency by supporting the encapsulation and de-encapsulation of network service chaining traffic within the controller and enabling performance enhancements for the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK). For example, video traffic is allocated higher bandwidth and priority compared to standard email traffic, allowing traffic from each source to be tagged and unique resources to be applied to each traffic flow.

Intel® Ethernet Controller X550 Family

This product family is a second-generation 10GBASE-T (10 Gigabit-supported copper cable) Ethernet controller that provides low-power and cost-effective 10GbE Ethernet connectivity for next-generation cloud data center and network architectures, such as high-performance storage, network equipment, SAN (storage attached network), network firewalls, and private virtualization network solutions. This controller features two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports on a single controller and provides flexible I/O virtualization for port splitting and Quality of Service (QoS). Additionally, to support a wide range of networks and storage, it implements Network Virtualization Overlay acceleration using LAN and network-based storage interface standards such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI. This also includes stateless offloads for VXLAN tunnels and NVGRE (Protocol for Network Virtualization), which maintain application performance and reduce CPU overhead.