What is an RPU?
RPU stands for Reconfigurable Processor Unit. DRC’s RPU system plugs directly into an open processor socket in a multi-way AMD Opteron™ system to provide direct access to DDR (double data rate) memory and any adjacent Opteron processor at HyperTransport speeds and latencies. The RPU then becomes a resource for the remaining Opteron processor for implementing application subroutines in hardware. The resulting speeds are typically 10x to 20x and, in some cases, 100x to 1000x faster than if the subroutines were run in software.
