{"id":7756,"date":"2014-01-28T21:45:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T20:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=7756"},"modified":"2014-01-28T21:45:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T20:45:45","slug":"amd-to-accelerate-the-arm-server-ecosystem-with-the-first-arm-based-cpu-and-development-platform-from-a-server-processor-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/7756-amd-to-accelerate-the-arm-server-ecosystem-with-the-first-arm-based-cpu-and-development-platform-from-a-server-processor-vendor\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> to Accelerate the <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span> Server Ecosystem With the First ARM-Based <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> and Development Platform From a Server Processor Vendor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Also Announ\u00adces ARM-Based Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Micro-Ser\u00adver Board and <span class=\"caps\">OCP<\/span> Contribution<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">SAN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">JOSE<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">CA<\/span> \u2014 01\/28\/14 \u2013<\/strong> Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Sum\u00admit V \u2014 <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today added a major new mile\u00adstone to its list of semi\u00adnal deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adments in ser\u00adver tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. The com\u00adpa\u00adny dis\u00adplay\u00aded a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment plat\u00adform for its first 64-bit <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span>\u00ae-based ser\u00adver <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span>, fabri\u00adca\u00adted using 28 nano\u00adme\u00adter pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, the first from an estab\u00adlished ser\u00adver ven\u00addor. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> also announ\u00adced the immi\u00adnent sam\u00adpling of the ARM-based pro\u00adces\u00adsor, named the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">A1100<\/span> Series, and a deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment plat\u00adform, which includes an eva\u00adlua\u00adti\u00adon board and a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve soft\u00adware suite. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> announ\u00adced that it would be con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adting to the Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Pro\u00adject a new micro-ser\u00adver design using the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron A\u2011Series, as part of the com\u00admon slot archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon for mother\u00adboards dub\u00adbed \u201cGroup Hug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron A\u2011Series pro\u00adces\u00adsor, code\u00adna\u00admed \u201cSeat\u00adtle,\u201d will sam\u00adple this quar\u00adter along with a deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment plat\u00adform that will make soft\u00adware design on the industry\u2019s pre\u00admier ARM-based ser\u00adver <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> quick and easy. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> is col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with indus\u00adtry lea\u00adders to enable a robust 64-bit soft\u00adware eco\u00adsys\u00adtem for ARM-based designs from com\u00adpi\u00adlers and simu\u00adla\u00adtors to hyper\u00advi\u00adsors, ope\u00adra\u00adting sys\u00adtems and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon soft\u00adware, in order to address key workloads in Web-tier and sto\u00adrage data cen\u00adter envi\u00adron\u00adments. The <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron A\u2011Series deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment plat\u00adform will be sup\u00adport\u00aded by a broad set of tools and soft\u00adware inclu\u00adding a stan\u00addard <span class=\"caps\">UEFI<\/span> boot and Linux envi\u00adron\u00adment based on the Fedo\u00adra Pro\u00adject, a Red Hat-spon\u00adso\u00adred, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty-dri\u00adven Linux distribution.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The needs of the data cen\u00adter are chan\u00adging. A one-size-fits-all approach typi\u00adcal\u00adly limits effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy and results in hig\u00adher-cost solu\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said Suresh Gopa\u00adl\u00ada\u00adkrish\u00adn\u00adan, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> ser\u00adver busi\u00adness unit. \u201cThe new ARM-based <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron A\u2011Series pro\u00adces\u00adsor brings the expe\u00adri\u00adence and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy port\u00adfo\u00adlio of an estab\u00adlished ser\u00adver pro\u00adces\u00adsor ven\u00addor to the <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span> eco\u00adsys\u00adtem and pro\u00advi\u00addes the ide\u00adal com\u00adple\u00adment to our estab\u00adlished <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron x86 ser\u00adver processors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron <span class=\"caps\">A1100<\/span> Series pro\u00adces\u00adsors support:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 or 8 core <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span> Cortex\u2122-A57 processors<\/li>\n<li>Up to 4 <span class=\"caps\">MB<\/span> of shared <span class=\"caps\">L2<\/span> and 8 <span class=\"caps\">MB<\/span> of shared <span class=\"caps\">L3<\/span>&nbsp;cache<\/li>\n<li>Con\u00adfi\u00adgura\u00adble dual <span class=\"caps\">DDR3<\/span> or <span class=\"caps\">DDR4<\/span> memo\u00adry chan\u00adnels with <span class=\"caps\">ECC<\/span> at up to 1866 <span class=\"caps\">MT<\/span>\/second<\/li>\n<li>Up to 4 <span class=\"caps\">SODIMM<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">UDIMM<\/span> or RDIMMs<\/li>\n<li>8 lanes of PCI-Express\u00ae Gen 3 I\/O<\/li>\n<li>8 Seri\u00adal <span class=\"caps\">ATA<\/span> 3&nbsp;ports<\/li>\n<li>2 10 Giga\u00adbit Ether\u00adnet&nbsp;ports<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span> Trust\u00adZo\u00adne\u00ae tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy for enhan\u00adced security<\/li>\n<li>Cryp\u00adto and data com\u00adpres\u00adsi\u00adon co-processors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron A\u2011Series deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment kit is packa\u00adged in a Micro-ATX form fac\u00adtor and includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron <span class=\"caps\">A1100<\/span> Series processor<\/li>\n<li>4 Regis\u00adtered <span class=\"caps\">DIMM<\/span> slots for up to <span class=\"caps\">128GB<\/span> of <span class=\"caps\">DDR3<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">DRAM<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"caps\">PCI<\/span> Express\u00ae con\u00adnec\u00adtors con\u00adfi\u00adgura\u00adble as a sin\u00adgle x8 or dual x4&nbsp;ports<\/li>\n<li>8 Seri\u00adal-ATA connectors<\/li>\n<li>Com\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty with stan\u00addard power supplies<\/li>\n<li>Abili\u00adty to be used stand-alo\u00adne or moun\u00adted in stan\u00addard rack-mount chassis<\/li>\n<li>Stan\u00addard <span class=\"caps\">UEFI<\/span> boot environment<\/li>\n<li>Linux envi\u00adron\u00adment based on Fedo\u00adra, which pro\u00advi\u00addes deve\u00adlo\u00adpers with a rich set of tools and applications&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Stan\u00addard Linux <span class=\"caps\">GNU<\/span> tool chain, inclu\u00adding cross-deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment version<\/li>\n<li>Plat\u00adform device drivers<\/li>\n<li>Apa\u00adche web ser\u00adver, MyS\u00adQL data\u00adba\u00adse engi\u00adne, and <span class=\"caps\">PHP<\/span> scrip\u00adting lan\u00adguage for deve\u00adlo\u00adping robust web ser\u00adving applications<\/li>\n<li>Java 7 and Java 8 ver\u00adsi\u00adons to pro\u00advi\u00adde deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to work in a 64-bit <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span> environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Sin\u00adce 2012, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> has been working with mem\u00adbers of the Lin\u00ada\u00adro Enter\u00adpri\u00adse Group (<span class=\"caps\">LEG<\/span>) on acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adting the <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span> ser\u00adver eco\u00adsys\u00adtem,\u201d said Andrea Gal\u00adlo, <span class=\"caps\">LEG<\/span> direc\u00adtor. \u201cLinaro\u2019s work on boot archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre inclu\u00adding <span class=\"caps\">UEFI<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">ACPI<\/span>, as well as key core ser\u00adver soft\u00adware such as an opti\u00admi\u00adzed <span class=\"caps\">LAMP<\/span> stack and a best-in-class enter\u00adpri\u00adse qua\u00adli\u00adty OpenJDK 8 Java imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon deve\u00adlo\u00adped in col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Red Hat, will enable <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> to deli\u00adver dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted and inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve hard\u00adware solu\u00adti\u00adons pro\u00advi\u00adding indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding per\u00adfor\u00admance and low-power pro\u00adducts for the next gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of data cen\u00adter ser\u00adver platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> con\u00adti\u00adnues to dri\u00adve the evo\u00adlu\u00adti\u00adon of the open-source data cen\u00adter from visi\u00adon to rea\u00adli\u00adty and bring choice among pro\u00adces\u00adsor archi\u00adtec\u00adtures. It is con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adting the new <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Open <span class=\"caps\">CS<\/span> 1.0 Com\u00admon Slot design based on the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron A\u2011Series pro\u00adces\u00adsor com\u00adpli\u00adant with the new Com\u00admon Slot spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon, also announ\u00adced today, to the Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Project.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Pre\u00adde\u00adfi\u00adned, \u2018one size fits all\u2019 ser\u00adver plat\u00adforms are giving way to cus\u00adto\u00admi\u00adzed solu\u00adti\u00adons that deli\u00adver high per\u00adfor\u00admance at the lowest power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon,\u201d said Frank Fran\u00adkovs\u00adky, chair\u00adman and pre\u00adsi\u00addent of the Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Pro\u00adject. \u201c<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon to the Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Pro\u00adject expands a gro\u00adwing port\u00adfo\u00adlio of <span class=\"caps\">OCP<\/span> designs that enable uti\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon and effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy gains in data cen\u00adter operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s Andrew Feld\u00adman and Suresh Gopa\u00adl\u00ada\u00adkrish\u00adn\u00adan, exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adves in the ser\u00adver busi\u00adness unit, will be hos\u00adting a vir\u00adtu\u00adal press brie\u00adfing today at 1:30 p.m. <span class=\"caps\">PT<\/span>\/ 4:30 p.m. <span class=\"caps\">ET<\/span> to dis\u00adcuss the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opte\u00adron A\u2011Series announce\u00adment. Ian Drew, <span class=\"caps\">CMO<\/span> of <span class=\"caps\">ARM<\/span>, will also be on&nbsp;hand.<\/p>\n<p>For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon plea\u00adse visit <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s booth at the Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Sum\u00admit today and tomor\u00adrow whe\u00adre the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Opteron\u2011A deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment kit, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Open <span class=\"caps\">CS<\/span> 1.0 ser\u00adver plat\u00adform and part\u00adner tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies will be on display.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sup\u00adport\u00ading Resour\u00adces<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.marketwire.com\/?release=1084991&amp;id=3833122&amp;type=1&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amd.com%2fUS%2fPRODUCTS%2fSERVER%2fPROCESSORS%2f6000-SERIES-PLATFORM%2f6300%2fPages%2f6300-series-processors.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pro\u00adduct&nbsp;Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beco\u00adme a fan of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> on <a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.marketwire.com\/?release=1084991&amp;id=3833125&amp;type=1&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fAMD\" rel=\"nofollow\">Face\u00adbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fol\u00adlow <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> on <a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.marketwire.com\/?release=1084991&amp;id=3833128&amp;type=1&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2ftwitter.com%2fAMD\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twit\u00adter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em><strong>About <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/strong><br>\n<\/em><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NYSE<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) designs and inte\u00adgra\u00adtes tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that powers mil\u00adli\u00adons of intel\u00adli\u00adgent devices, inclu\u00adding per\u00adso\u00adnal com\u00adpu\u00adters, tablets, game con\u00adso\u00adles and cloud ser\u00advers that defi\u00adne the new era of sur\u00adround com\u00adpu\u00adting. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons enable peo\u00adp\u00adle ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre to rea\u00adli\u00adze the full poten\u00adti\u00adal of their favo\u00adri\u00adte devices and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons to push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ctt.marketwire.com\/?release=1084991&amp;id=3833131&amp;type=1&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amd.com%2f\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.amd.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><em><em><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Arrow logo, Opte\u00adron and com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons the\u00adreof are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for infor\u00adma\u00adtio\u00adnal pur\u00adpo\u00adses only and may be trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve owners.<\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also Announ\u00adces ARM-Based Open Com\u00adpu\u00adte Micro-Ser\u00adver Board and <span class=\"caps\">OCP<\/span> Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/7756-amd-to-accelerate-the-arm-server-ecosystem-with-the-first-arm-based-cpu-and-development-platform-from-a-server-processor-vendor\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"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-7756","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\/7756","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7758,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7756\/revisions\/7758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}