What is a DPU processor (Data Processing Unit)? What Use Cases ?

In this Keynote Presentation at SDC (Storage Developer Conference), Kalray is talking about what is a DPU processor - Data Processing Unit, and how programmable DPUs can unleash the full potential of NVMe-oF and software-defined storage.

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0:00 Intro - Kalray in a Nutshell
3:49 NVMe-oF Background
8:04 What is a DPU (Data Processing Unit)?
19:13 Use Case 1- DPU-based NVMe All-Flash Array for Disaggregation
26:34 Use Case 2 - DPU-based Storage Adapter for Disaggregation
33:09 Use Case 3 - DPU-based Storage Adapter for Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)
38:15 Conclusion

Presented by Sebastien Le Duc, Software Engineering Director at Kalray.


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Kalray (Euronext Growth Paris - FR0010722819 - ALKAL) is a leading provider of hardware and software technologies and solutions for high-performance, data centric computing markets, from cloud to edge. Kalray provides a full range of products to enable smarter, more efficient, and energy-wise data-intensive applications and infrastructures. Its offers include its unique patented DPU (Data Processing Unit) processors and acceleration cards as well as its leading-edge software-defined storage and data management offers. Separated or in combination, Kalray’s high-performance solutions allow its customers to improve the efficiency of data centers or design the best solutions in fast-growing sectors such as AI, Media & Entertainment, Life Science, Scientific Research, Edge Computing, Automotive and others.

Founded in 2008 as a spin-off of the well-known French CEA research lab, with corporate and financial investors such as Alliance Venture (Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi), NXP Semiconductors or Bpifrance, Kalray is dedicated through technology, expertise, and passion to offer more: more for a smart world, more for the planet, more for customers and developers.