NextIO Denali Enable I/O Virtualization Designs

Monday, 12 June 2006 by Michel Roth

Denali Software and NextIO announced the availability of verification intellectual property (IP) products that support NextIO's virtual I/O design IP and Shared PCI Express Switch. Virtual I/O technology is the hardware complement to software server virtualization products, like VMware, enabling more virtual servers to share a single physical I/O controller. Shared I/O technology allows multiple blade servers to share a single physical I/O controller, which lowers the cost and increases the flexibility of blade servers.

This collaboration brings together two leaders in PCI Express (PCIe) technology with experience in providing design and verification solutions to enable the successful deployment of PCIe technology. Denali provides the de facto standard verification IP products used by hardware developers to ensure compliance and interoperability of PCIe designs. NextIO is a recognized leader in I/O virtualization technology. Both Denali and NextIO are active and contributing members of the PCI-SIG, the industry organization chartered to develop and manage the PCI Express standard.

Read the full press release here.