The CTAccel Image Processor (CIP) for Intel Agilex FPGAs is designed to tackle the increasing demands of image processing tasks within data centers. Mobile phone users contribute a vast quantity of image data that gets stored across various Internet Data Centers (IDCs), necessitating efficient image processing solutions. By offloading intensive computation like image transcoding and recognition from traditional CPUs to FPGA, CIP drastically improves processing throughput and operational efficiency.
Built on Intel's 10 nm SuperFin technology, the Agilex FPGAs prioritize high performance while maintaining a low power profile. Key features include transceiver rates up to 58 Gbps and advanced DSP blocks for diverse fixed-point and floating-point operations. This capability allows data centers to benefit from a 5 to 20-fold increase in processing speed and a significant reduction in latency, enhancing data handling while lowering ownership costs.
CIP ensures software compatibility with leading image software such as ImageMagick and OpenCV, allowing for easy migration. The advanced remote reconfiguration options mean that CIP can accommodate distinct performance requirements of various applications without server reboots.
