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MPPA Coolidge Processor
Kalray's third-generation manycore chip, featuring 80 parallel processing cores and delivering 25 TOPS. The MPPA architecture is the foundation for all Kalray acceleration cards, designed for data-centric workloads that require high throughput with low and predictable power consumption, spanning AI inferencing, packet processing, storage and smart vision.
TURBOCARD4
A PCIe acceleration card built on the MPPA Coolidge processor, targeting AI inferencing and smart vision applications. Delivers high performance per dollar for compute-intensive tasks and offloads AI workloads from general-purpose CPUs in data centre and edge deployments.
K300
A programmable PCIe acceleration card for telecommunications and security applications, handling radio network processing, packet processing and security acceleration as well as AI acceleration. Suitable for 5G base station deployments and network security appliances.
K200-LP
A storage acceleration card for high-performance storage environments. Combines storage acceleration and security offload in a low-profile PCIe form factor, designed for fast deployment and efficient operation in data centre storage tiers.
Ngenea
A data management and storage platform, added to Kalray's portfolio through the 2022 acquisition of arcapix Holdings. Ngenea accelerates data workflows for media and entertainment, HPC and scientific research, and has been deployed alongside Kalray's processor cards and Dell PowerEdge servers to cut backup times and accelerate simulation workloads.
Videos
Kalray and Dell Technologies: Transforming Data Processing with DPU Processors and Ngenea
About
Kalray is a French semiconductor company founded in 2008 as a spin-off of CEA (France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), headquartered in Montbonnot near Grenoble. It designs purpose-built processing accelerators based on its patented MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) architecture, which delivers high compute throughput at low power consumption for data-intensive workloads.
Offices
Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, FranceSophia Antipolis, FranceBacked by
Safran Corporate VenturesCEA InvestissementNXP SemiconductorsAlliance VenturesDefinvest (Bpifrance)Calao FinanceFinancière Arbevel
Customers & Partners
ThalesNXP SemiconductorsDell TechnologiesSafran
Timeline
2022-12
Raised €24.4 million through an accelerated bookbuild with Safran Corporate Ventures, CEA Investissement, NXP, Definvest, Calao Finance and others participating.
2022-01
Acquired arcapix Holdings Ltd., parent company of pixitmedia and arcastream, adding the Ngenea data management platform.
2020
NXP Semiconductors made an $8 million investment to jointly develop autonomous driving platforms using Kalray's MPPA chips.
2018-06
Listed on Euronext Growth Paris, raising €47.7 million in the largest IPO on that market since its creation.
2017
Safran Corporate Ventures invested as part of a €23.6 million funding round alongside CEA Investissement, ACE Management and Pengpai.
2008
Founded in Grenoble as a spin-off of CEA, France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
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Products & Solutions
MPPA Coolidge Processor
Kalray's third-generation manycore chip, featuring 80 parallel processing cores and delivering 25 TOPS. The MPPA architecture is the foundation for all Kalray acceleration cards, designed for data-centric workloads that require high throughput with low and predictable power consumption, spanning AI inferencing, packet processing, storage and smart vision.
TURBOCARD4
A PCIe acceleration card built on the MPPA Coolidge processor, targeting AI inferencing and smart vision applications. Delivers high performance per dollar for compute-intensive tasks and offloads AI workloads from general-purpose CPUs in data centre and edge deployments.
K300
A programmable PCIe acceleration card for telecommunications and security applications, handling radio network processing, packet processing and security acceleration as well as AI acceleration. Suitable for 5G base station deployments and network security appliances.
K200-LP
A storage acceleration card for high-performance storage environments. Combines storage acceleration and security offload in a low-profile PCIe form factor, designed for fast deployment and efficient operation in data centre storage tiers.
Ngenea
A data management and storage platform, added to Kalray's portfolio through the 2022 acquisition of arcapix Holdings. Ngenea accelerates data workflows for media and entertainment, HPC and scientific research, and has been deployed alongside Kalray's processor cards and Dell PowerEdge servers to cut backup times and accelerate simulation workloads.
Videos
Kalray and Dell Technologies: Transforming Data Processing with DPU Processors and Ngenea
Open Positions (1)
1 Operations
About
Kalray is a French semiconductor company founded in 2008 as a spin-off of CEA (France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission), headquartered in Montbonnot near Grenoble. It designs purpose-built processing accelerators based on its patented MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) architecture, which delivers high compute throughput at low power consumption for data-intensive workloads.
Offices
Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, FranceSophia Antipolis, FranceBacked by
Safran Corporate VenturesCEA InvestissementNXP SemiconductorsAlliance VenturesDefinvest (Bpifrance)Calao FinanceFinancière Arbevel
Customers & Partners
ThalesNXP SemiconductorsDell TechnologiesSafran
Timeline
2022-12
Raised €24.4 million through an accelerated bookbuild with Safran Corporate Ventures, CEA Investissement, NXP, Definvest, Calao Finance and others participating.
2022-01
Acquired arcapix Holdings Ltd., parent company of pixitmedia and arcastream, adding the Ngenea data management platform.
2020
NXP Semiconductors made an $8 million investment to jointly develop autonomous driving platforms using Kalray's MPPA chips.
2018-06
Listed on Euronext Growth Paris, raising €47.7 million in the largest IPO on that market since its creation.
2017
Safran Corporate Ventures invested as part of a €23.6 million funding round alongside CEA Investissement, ACE Management and Pengpai.
2008
Founded in Grenoble as a spin-off of CEA, France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
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