CASwell Offers CAR-1040 Network System For Medium-Sized Companies And Larger Branch Offices

1U Appliance Based On Intel Atom "Elkhart Lake" SoC With Up To 18 High-Speed Ethernet Ports For Cybersecurity Solutions

2023/01/10 - CASwell, a leading manufacturer of innovative and high-performance SD-WAN (uCPE/vCPE) and network systems, introduces the new CAR-1040, a low rackmount device for next-generation UTM (Unified Threat Management) or firewall applications to support mid-sized businesses and large branch offices of bigger enterprises. This 1U network appliance leverages Intel's latest generation of Atom processors ("Elkhart Lake") and provides up to 18 high-speed Ethernet ports. To enable that many network connections, CASwell combined the extremely energy-efficient SoC with a number of PCI Express switches by Diodes for more PCIe lanes and faster Ethernet speed.

The Intel Atom x6425E SoC (System-on-Chip) with four cores used in CASwell's CAR-1040 is based on the "Tremont" microarchitecture that offers 70 percent more performance in single-threaded and 50 percent more speed in multithreaded workloads than the previous generation, the widely deployed Atom x5- and x7-3900 "Apollo Lake" series. The production node was also improved to 10 nanometers, so the already good energy efficiency of the Intel Atom series of processors was optimized even more.

The CAR-1040 offers two SO-DIMM slots for up to 32 GB of DDR4-3200 main memory and can be equipped with one SSD by M.2 connector and another SSD or HDD by SATA 3.0 port that also supports SATA DOM. Trusted Platform Module is supported with a TPM header onboard. Besides the eight 2.5-GbE RJ45 and two SFP Ethernet ports provided by Intel's popular i226 and i210 network chips, the CAR-1040 also hosts one PCIe-connected NIP network module for up to eight additional high-speed network ports. Customers can choose one of seven NIP modules with regular copper, SFP(+), SFP28 or QSFP+ connections. The NIP module can also be exchanged straightforward if requirements change and different connectivity is needed.

For mission-critical application, CASwell furthermore offers the CAR-1040 (Dual PSU) with two open-frame redundant power supplies, so even one failing PSU won't interrupt the system's service.

Availability

The CAR-1040 is one of CASwell's best energy-efficient network systems with numerous different Ethernet ports to protect medium-sized companies and larger branch offices of bigger enterprises with firewalls and UTM. As usual, this appliance can be configured according to customer demand and samples for customer evaluation are available now.
Please contact your local CASwell representative or sales for any question.

Find out more information about the CASwell CAR-1040 here:
https://www.cas-well.com/products/network-security-management/1u-network-appliance/car-1040/

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New Taipei City 242070,
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Frank Schraeer
(Product Specialist & Marketing)
Phone: +(886) 2-7705-8888

CASwell, Inc. was founded in 2007 by a group of engineers with a desire to create dynamic system solutions for embedded applications. While CASwell is a young company, it has proved itself to its customers with advanced technology, professional service and superior design and manufacturing capability by delivering a great portfolio of solutions based on Linux. In 2014, the well-known IPC manufacturer Ennoconn Corporation (subsidiary of Foxconn Technology Group) decided to invest in CASwell, becoming the largest shareholder. CASwell has since become the subsidiary of Ennoconn, a member of Foxconn Technology Group. CASwell is dedicated to providing its customers with an unparalleled one-stop shopping experience for their network security and management needs.

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