{"id":5538,"date":"2013-11-12T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T07:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2013-11-12T08:31:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T07:31:51","slug":"amd-enables-server-apu-software-to-reimagine-the-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/5538-amd-enables-server-apu-software-to-reimagine-the-server\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Enables Server APU<\/span> Software to Reimagine the Server"},"content":{"rendered":"
Show\u00adca\u00adses new gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment tools that will help ser\u00advers adapt to modern data cen\u00adter workloads at APU13<\/span> Deve\u00adlo\u00adper Summit<\/em><\/div>\n


\n<\/em>
\nSUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif. \u201411\/11\/2013  <\/strong><\/p>\n

AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced it is enab\u00adling its acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted pro\u00adces\u00adsing units (APU<\/span>) for next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advers through important advance\u00adments in soft\u00adware tools deve\u00adlo\u00adped by AMD<\/span> and in col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy part\u00adners and the open source com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. In his key\u00adnote address at APU13<\/span><\/a>, AMD<\/span> Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte Fel\u00adlow Phil Rogers high\u00adligh\u00adted the signi\u00adfi\u00adcant pro\u00adgress AMD<\/span> has made in both deve\u00adlo\u00adping soft\u00adware intern\u00adal\u00adly and empowe\u00adring others to deve\u00adlop soft\u00adware to take advan\u00adta\u00adge of the capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of AMD<\/span> APU<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, which com\u00adbi\u00adnes indus\u00adtry lea\u00adding AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 gra\u00adphics pro\u00adces\u00adsing engi\u00adnes with x86 com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal pro\u00adces\u00adsing on a sin\u00adgle chip.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Ser\u00advers must be effi\u00adci\u00adent, sca\u00adlable and adap\u00adta\u00adble to meet the com\u00adpu\u00adte cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adristics of new and chan\u00adging workloads. Soft\u00adware appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that levera\u00adge ser\u00adver APUs are desi\u00adgned to dri\u00adve high\u00adly effi\u00adci\u00adent, low-power, den\u00adse ser\u00adver solu\u00adti\u00adons opti\u00admi\u00adzed for high\u00adly par\u00adal\u00adlel and mul\u00adti\u00adme\u00addia workloads,\u201d said Suresh Gopa\u00adl\u00ada\u00adkrish\u00adn\u00adan, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of the Ser\u00adver Busi\u00adness Unit, AMD<\/span>. \u201cWe have evol\u00adved our pro\u00adces\u00adsor road\u00admap to sup\u00adport this oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty, and now we are show\u00adca\u00adsing how the APU<\/span> soft\u00adware eco\u00adsys\u00adtem is gai\u00adning momen\u00adtum and what deve\u00adlo\u00adpers can do to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the rea\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon that ser\u00adver APUs based on Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Sys\u00adtem Archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre (HSA<\/span>)<\/a> are coming to mar\u00adket soon, AMD<\/span> has deve\u00adlo\u00adped tools for soft\u00adware deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to take advan\u00adta\u00adge of the bene\u00adfits that HSA<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes. HSA<\/span> enables the CPU<\/span> and GPU<\/span> to work in harm\u00ado\u00adny on a sin\u00adgle pie\u00adce of sili\u00adcon, seam\u00adless\u00adly moving the right tasks to the best-sui\u00adted pro\u00adces\u00adsing ele\u00adment with no data trans\u00adfer pen\u00adal\u00adties and makes more memo\u00adry available to the GPU<\/span> so that com\u00adplex pro\u00adces\u00adsing tasks can fit in a sin\u00adgle node.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Com\u00adbi\u00adning AMD<\/span>\u2019s upco\u00adming HSA<\/span> com\u00adpli\u00adant APUs with new east-west fabric archi\u00adtec\u00adtures, like AMD<\/span>\u2019s Free\u00addom Fabric and HP<\/span>\u2019s Moonshot, is a poten\u00adti\u00adal game chan\u00adger for many ser\u00adver-side HPC<\/span> and big data ana\u00adly\u00adtics workloads,\u201d said Paul Teich, CTO<\/span> and seni\u00ador ana\u00adlyst at Moor Insights &<\/span> Stra\u00adtegy, a lea\u00adding high-tech ana\u00adlyst firm.
\nAMD<\/span> is col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy part\u00adners and the open source com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty to pro\u00advi\u00adde deve\u00adlo\u00adpers with tools that enable them to build ser\u00adver appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons that uti\u00adli\u00adze both CPU<\/span> and GPU<\/span> com\u00adpu\u00adte capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties available in its revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry HSA<\/span> based ser\u00adver APUs. Tools high\u00adligh\u00adted today at APU13<\/span> include:<\/p>\n