Logic Fruit introduces the reconfigurable L-Nex BMC
Logic Fruit announced the FPGA SoC-based L-Nex family for OCP DC-SCM 2.x servers, targeting production readiness in Q3 2027.
L-Nex combines a management processor, host interfaces, remote KVM, telemetry and a hardware root of trust in an FPGA SoC. Its software uses OpenBMC; the announced architecture lists Redfish, IPMI, PLDM/MCTP and SPDM.
Configuration is intended to begin during server design. After deployment, selected management, connectivity and security functions would evolve through authenticated software and FPGA bitstream updates. Qualified customers can extend the platform using reserved FPGA capacity; access to Logic Fruit fabric IP requires appropriate licensing. OpenBMC therefore does not make the entire hardware platform open source.
The 6 October release explicitly describes the family as being in development. Production readiness is targeted for Q3 2027. The company is inviting server manufacturers and infrastructure operators into an early evaluation and design-partner programme. This is an opportunity to assess a developing platform rather than availability of a production BMC.
Thermal-anomaly detection, fan-failure prediction and power-trend analysis are planned early-access capabilities. An evaluation should establish which interfaces and security functions are available in the specific sample, which require configuration and which remain on the development roadmap.
Sources
Logic Fruit release on PRNewswire
Checked 8 October 2026.