{"id":30458,"date":"2017-03-08T21:57:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=30458"},"modified":"2017-03-08T21:57:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T20:57:18","slug":"amd-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-advance-open-source-cloud-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/30458-amd-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-advance-open-source-cloud-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Collaborates with Microsoft to Advance Open Source Cloud Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD<\/span> Col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtes with Micro\u00adsoft to Advan\u00adce Open Source Cloud Hardware <\/b><\/p>\n

Microsoft\u2019s Pro\u00adject Olym\u00adpus plat\u00adform design to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte the upco\u00adming high-per\u00adfor\u00admance \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d x86 ser\u00adver processor <\/i><\/p>\n

SANTA<\/span> CLARA<\/span>, Cali., March 8, 2017<\/b> \u2013 At the 2017 Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Pro\u00adject U.S. Sum\u00admit, AMD<\/span> announ\u00adced their col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Micro\u00adsoft to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte the cloud deli\u00advery fea\u00adtures of AMD<\/span>\u2019s next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d pro\u00adces\u00adsor<\/a> with Microsoft\u2019s Pro\u00adject Olym\u00adpus \u2013 Microsoft\u2019s next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon hypers\u00adca\u00adle cloud hard\u00adware design and a new model for open source hard\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment with the OCP<\/span> community.<\/p>\n

Through Microsoft\u2019s con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon of the Pro\u00adject Olym\u00adpus design much ear\u00adlier in the cycle than many OCP<\/span> pro\u00adjects, AMD<\/span> was able to enga\u00adge ear\u00adly on in the design pro\u00adcess and fos\u00adter a deep col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon around the stra\u00adte\u00adgic inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon of AMD<\/span>\u2019s upco\u00adming \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d pro\u00adces\u00adsor. The per\u00adfor\u00admance, sca\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy found at the core of Pro\u00adject Olym\u00adpus and AMD<\/span>\u2019s \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d pro\u00adces\u00adsor means the updated cloud hard\u00adware design can adapt to meet the appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon demands of glo\u00adbal dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter customers.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Next quar\u00adter AMD<\/span> will bring hard\u00adware inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon back into the dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter and ser\u00adver mar\u00adkets with our high-per\u00adfor\u00admance \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d x86 CPU<\/span>, that was desi\u00adgned with the needs of cloud pro\u00advi\u00adders, enter\u00adpri\u00adse OEMs and cus\u00adto\u00admers in mind,\u201d said Scott Aylor, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of enter\u00adpri\u00adse sys\u00adtems, AMD<\/span>. \u201cToday we are proud to con\u00adti\u00adnue our sup\u00adport for the Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Pro\u00adject by announ\u00adcing our col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon on Microsoft\u2019s Pro\u00adject Olympus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kus\u00adha\u00adgra Vaid, gene\u00adral mana\u00adger and distin\u00adgu\u00adis\u00adhed engi\u00adneer, Azu\u00adre Cloud Hard\u00adware Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre, Micro\u00adsoft Corp. said, \u201cCol\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon across the open source com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty is cen\u00adtral to dri\u00adving rapid inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon and crea\u00adting a vibrant eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for Microsoft\u2019s Pro\u00adject Olym\u00adpus. Part\u00adner\u00adship in design, such as our col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with AMD<\/span>, shows how enga\u00adging ear\u00adly and often with hard\u00adware inno\u00adva\u00adtors can pro\u00addu\u00adce open source designs that are fas\u00adter to mar\u00adket and cus\u00adto\u00admizable to enable fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and choice for end users.\u201d<\/p>\n

Desi\u00adgned to secu\u00adre\u00adly sca\u00adle across the cloud dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter and tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal on-pre\u00admi\u00adse ser\u00adver con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d deli\u00advers the \u201cZen\u201d x86 pro\u00adces\u00adsing engi\u00adne in con\u00adfi\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons of up to 32 cores. Access to vast amounts of memo\u00adry, and indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding on-chip sup\u00adport for high-speed input \/ out\u00adput chan\u00adnels in a sin\u00adgle-chip SoC fur\u00adther dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adtes \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d from any\u00adthing else in the ser\u00adver mar\u00adket today. The first \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d pro\u00adces\u00adsors are sche\u00addu\u00adled to be available in Q2<\/span>, with expec\u00adted volu\u00adme avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty buil\u00adding in the second half of 2017 through OEM<\/span> and chan\u00adnel partners.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> will deli\u00adver two pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons on \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d and its dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter stra\u00adtegy this week during the Sum\u00admit. Scott Aylor, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of enter\u00adpri\u00adse solu\u00adti\u00adons will talk in the main hall on Wed., March 8th at 4:55 PM<\/span>, while Dan Bounds, seni\u00ador direc\u00adtor of enter\u00adpri\u00adse pro\u00adducts, will deli\u00adver an engi\u00adnee\u00adring Tech Talk on Thurs., March 9th at 9:20 AM<\/span> on the Expo Hall stage.<\/p>\n

About AMD<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n

For more than 45 years AMD<\/span> has dri\u00adven inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting, gra\u00adphics and visua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies \u2015 the buil\u00adding blocks for gam\u00ading, immersi\u00adve plat\u00adforms, and the dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter. Hundreds of mil\u00adli\u00adons of con\u00adsu\u00admers, lea\u00adding For\u00adtu\u00adne 500 busi\u00adnesses and cut\u00adting-edge sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch faci\u00adli\u00adties around the world rely on AMD<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy dai\u00adly to impro\u00adve how they live, work and play. AMD<\/span> employees around the world are focu\u00adsed on buil\u00adding gre\u00adat pro\u00adducts that push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about how AMD<\/span> is enab\u00adling today and inspi\u00adring tomor\u00adrow, visit the AMD<\/span> (NASDAQ<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) web\u00adsite<\/a>, blog<\/a>, and Face\u00adbook<\/a> and Twit\u00adter<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span>, the AMD<\/span> logo and com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons the\u00adreof are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. Micro\u00adsoft is a regis\u00adtered trade\u00admark of Micro\u00adsoft Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon in the US<\/span> and other juris\u00addic\u00adtions. Other pro\u00adduct names used are for iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon pur\u00adpo\u00adses only and may be trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve companies.<\/p>\n

This press release con\u00adta\u00adins for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments con\u00adcer\u00adning Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. (\u201cAMD<\/span>\u201d or the \u201cCom\u00adpa\u00adny\u201d) inclu\u00adding the expec\u00adted bene\u00adfits from AMD<\/span>\u2019s col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Micro\u00adsoft on Microsoft\u2019s Pro\u00adject Olym\u00adpus, and the fea\u00adtures, func\u00adtion\u00ada\u00adli\u00adty, avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, timing, expec\u00adted bene\u00adfits of AMD<\/span>\u2019s \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d pro\u00adducts, which are made pur\u00adsu\u00adant to the Safe Har\u00adbor pro\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adons of the Pri\u00adva\u00adte Secu\u00adri\u00adties Liti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon Reform Act of 1995. The\u00adse for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments are based on cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons and beliefs and invol\u00adve num\u00ade\u00adrous risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. For\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments are com\u00admon\u00adly iden\u00adti\u00adfied by words such as \u201cwould,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cbelie\u00adves,\u201d \u201cexpects,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cshould,\u201d \u201cseeks,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cplans,\u201d \u201cpro for\u00adma,\u201d \u201cesti\u00adma\u00adtes,\u201d \u201canti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtes,\u201d or the nega\u00adti\u00adve of the\u00adse words and phra\u00adses, other varia\u00adti\u00adons of the\u00adse words and phra\u00adses or com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble ter\u00admi\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. Inves\u00adtors are cau\u00adtio\u00adned that the for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments in this press release are based on cur\u00adrent beliefs, assump\u00adti\u00adons and expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons, speak only as of the date of this press release and invol\u00adve risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. Mate\u00adri\u00adal fac\u00adtors that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons include, wit\u00adhout limi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing: Intel Corporation\u2019s domi\u00adnan\u00adce of the micro\u00adpro\u00adces\u00adsor mar\u00adket and its aggres\u00adsi\u00adve busi\u00adness prac\u00adti\u00adces may limit AMD<\/span>\u2019s abili\u00adty to com\u00adpe\u00adte effec\u00adtively; AMD<\/span> has a wafer sup\u00adp\u00adly agree\u00adment with GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> Inc. (GF<\/span>) with obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons to purcha\u00adse all of our micro\u00adpro\u00adces\u00adsor and APU<\/span> pro\u00adduct requi\u00adre\u00adments, and a cer\u00adtain por\u00adti\u00adon of its GPU<\/span> pro\u00adduct requi\u00adre\u00adments, from GF<\/span> with limi\u00adt\u00aded excep\u00adti\u00adons. If GF<\/span> is not able to satis\u00adfy AMD<\/span>\u2019s manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring requi\u00adre\u00adments, its busi\u00adness could be adver\u00adse\u00adly impac\u00adted; AMD<\/span> reli\u00ades on third par\u00adties to manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adre its pro\u00adducts, and if they are unable to do so on a time\u00adly basis in suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent quan\u00adti\u00adties and using com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, AMD<\/span>\u2019s busi\u00adness could be mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly adver\u00adse\u00adly affec\u00adted; fail\u00adure to achie\u00adve expec\u00adted manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring yields for AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts could nega\u00adtively impact its finan\u00adcial results; the suc\u00adcess of AMD<\/span>\u2019s busi\u00adness is depen\u00addent upon its abili\u00adty to intro\u00addu\u00adce pro\u00adducts on a time\u00adly basis with fea\u00adtures and per\u00adfor\u00admance levels that pro\u00advi\u00adde value to its cus\u00adto\u00admers while sup\u00adport\u00ading and coin\u00adci\u00adding with signi\u00adfi\u00adcant indus\u00adtry tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons; if AMD<\/span> can\u00adnot gene\u00adra\u00adte suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent reve\u00adnue and ope\u00adra\u00adting cash flow or obtain exter\u00adnal finan\u00adcing, it may face a cash short\u00adfall and be unable to make all of its plan\u00adned invest\u00adments in rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment or other stra\u00adte\u00adgic invest\u00adments; the loss of a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant cus\u00adto\u00admer may have a mate\u00adri\u00adal adver\u00adse effect on AMD<\/span>; AMD<\/span>\u2019s receipt of reve\u00adnue from its semi-cus\u00adtom SoC pro\u00adducts is depen\u00addent upon its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy being desi\u00adgned into third-par\u00adty pro\u00adducts and the suc\u00adcess of tho\u00adse pro\u00adducts; glo\u00adbal eco\u00adno\u00admic uncer\u00adtain\u00adty may adver\u00adse\u00adly impact AMD<\/span>\u2019s busi\u00adness and ope\u00adra\u00adting results; the mar\u00adkets in which AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts are sold are high\u00adly com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve; AMD<\/span> may not be able to gene\u00adra\u00adte suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent cash to ser\u00advice its debt obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons or meet its working capi\u00adtal requi\u00adre\u00adments; AMD<\/span> has a sub\u00adstan\u00adti\u00adal amount of indeb\u00adted\u00adness which could adver\u00adse\u00adly affect its finan\u00adcial posi\u00adti\u00adon and pre\u00advent it from imple\u00admen\u00adting its stra\u00adtegy or ful\u00adfil\u00adling its con\u00adtrac\u00adtu\u00adal obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons; the agree\u00adments gover\u00adning AMD<\/span>\u2019s notes and the secu\u00adred revol\u00adving line of cre\u00addit impo\u00adse rest\u00adric\u00adtions on AMD<\/span> that may adver\u00adse\u00adly affect its abili\u00adty to ope\u00adra\u00adte its busi\u00adness; uncer\u00adtain\u00adties invol\u00adving the orde\u00adring and ship\u00adment of AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts could mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly adver\u00adse\u00adly affect it; the demand for AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts depends in part on the mar\u00adket con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons in the indus\u00adtries into which they are sold. Fluc\u00adtua\u00adtions in demand for AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts or a mar\u00adket decli\u00adne in any of the\u00adse indus\u00adtries could have a mate\u00adri\u00adal adver\u00adse effect on its results of ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons; AMD<\/span>\u2019s abili\u00adty to design and intro\u00addu\u00adce new pro\u00adducts in a time\u00adly man\u00adner is depen\u00addent upon third-par\u00adty intellec\u00adtu\u00adal pro\u00adper\u00adty; AMD<\/span> depends on third-par\u00adty com\u00adpa\u00adnies for the design, manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adre and sup\u00adp\u00adly of mother\u00adboards, soft\u00adware and other com\u00adpu\u00adter plat\u00adform com\u00adpon\u00adents to sup\u00adport its busi\u00adness; if AMD<\/span> loses Micro\u00adsoft Corporation\u2019s sup\u00adport for its pro\u00adducts or other soft\u00adware ven\u00addors do not design and deve\u00adlop soft\u00adware to run on AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts, its abili\u00adty to sell its pro\u00adducts could be mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly adver\u00adse\u00adly affec\u00adted; and AMD<\/span>\u2019s reli\u00adance on third-par\u00adty dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtors and AIB<\/span> part\u00adners sub\u00adjects it to cer\u00adtain risks. Inves\u00adtors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties in AMD<\/span>\u2019s Secu\u00adri\u00adties and Exch\u00adan\u00adge Com\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon filings, inclu\u00adding but not limi\u00adt\u00aded to AMD<\/span>\u2019s Annu\u00adal Report on Form 10\u2011K for the year ended Decem\u00adber 31, 2016.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AMD<\/span> Col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adtes with Micro\u00adsoft to Advan\u00adce Open Source Cloud Hard\u00adware  Microsoft\u2019s Pro\u00adject Olym\u00adpus plat\u00adform design to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte the upco\u00adming high-per\u00ad\u00adfor\u00ad\u00admance \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d x86 ser\u00adver pro\u00adces\u00adsor  SANTA<\/span> CLARA<\/span>, Cali., March 8, 2017 \u2013 At the 2017 Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Pro\u00adject U.S. Sum\u00admit, AMD<\/span> announ\u00adced their col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Micro\u00adsoft to incor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte the cloud deli\u00advery fea\u00adtures of AMD<\/span>\u2019s next-gene\u00adra\u00ad\u00adti\u00adon \u201cNap\u00adles\u201d (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30459,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30458\/revisions\/30459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}