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AMD announces first ARM based server SOCs
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Size will be interesting, as will cost. It's got serious potential with a microserver company basically set up to sell them and other companies selling their microservers also.
SpecInt numbers say at only a little more TDP than a 4core Jaguar it has 2.6x the performance. Of course Beema/mullins are a HUGE improvement over stock Jaguar cores in terms of performance numbers. To the tune that I don't think it's as far behind as it looks. 8 core A1110's 80SpecInt at somewhere over 2Ghz @ 25W, a57 is a sub 3Ghz design so it's likely somewhere 2.2-2.5Ghz for power reasons. 4x Jaguar currently has a 28specInt score, 1.9Ghz @ 22W. Beema/mullins are pretty much doubling performance at the same power. So it's not unreasonable to think they could do a 8 core Jaguar at 25W, which at 2Ghz would likely hit 60spec int at least. So I don't think it's really as far ahead as it seems.
The second lot of chips being done by AMD at 28nm regardless of the chip are set to be insanely more power efficient, so a A1100 compared to a 8 core Puma core chip would be a more reasonable comparison.
Very interesting times for AMD, not least because they started this project not that long ago and said they'd start sampling early 2014 and release late 2014....
Kaveri, Jag, Mullins, Beema, all been delayed due to some major major changes at the company from 2010-2012 and some serious mismanagement by the previous head honcho. Rory Read, with help no doubt from Keller(major architecture guy from AMD, who went to Apple but then came back mid 2012), have put things back on track. Kaveri got moved from canned to uncanned. Jaguar got a lot of weight thrown behind it, Beema/mullins are likely heavily improved down to Keller's work, the choice to make ARM chips was likely influenced and run by Keller and is a project seemingly delivering what was designed and promised and ON TIME.
What they need is to get the Steamroller successors moved forwards. Steamroller got delayed by ages due to changes and dropping the ball, they need to catch up and start making the chips they want with the right team making them, which they are in the process of getting done.
SpecInt numbers say at only a little more TDP than a 4core Jaguar it has 2.6x the performance. Of course Beema/mullins are a HUGE improvement over stock Jaguar cores in terms of performance numbers. To the tune that I don't think it's as far behind as it looks. 8 core A1110's 80SpecInt at somewhere over 2Ghz @ 25W, a57 is a sub 3Ghz design so it's likely somewhere 2.2-2.5Ghz for power reasons. 4x Jaguar currently has a 28specInt score, 1.9Ghz @ 22W. Beema/mullins are pretty much doubling performance at the same power. So it's not unreasonable to think they could do a 8 core Jaguar at 25W, which at 2Ghz would likely hit 60spec int at least. So I don't think it's really as far ahead as it seems.
The second lot of chips being done by AMD at 28nm regardless of the chip are set to be insanely more power efficient, so a A1100 compared to a 8 core Puma core chip would be a more reasonable comparison.
Very interesting times for AMD, not least because they started this project not that long ago and said they'd start sampling early 2014 and release late 2014....
Kaveri, Jag, Mullins, Beema, all been delayed due to some major major changes at the company from 2010-2012 and some serious mismanagement by the previous head honcho. Rory Read, with help no doubt from Keller(major architecture guy from AMD, who went to Apple but then came back mid 2012), have put things back on track. Kaveri got moved from canned to uncanned. Jaguar got a lot of weight thrown behind it, Beema/mullins are likely heavily improved down to Keller's work, the choice to make ARM chips was likely influenced and run by Keller and is a project seemingly delivering what was designed and promised and ON TIME.
What they need is to get the Steamroller successors moved forwards. Steamroller got delayed by ages due to changes and dropping the ball, they need to catch up and start making the chips they want with the right team making them, which they are in the process of getting done.
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ARM announces ARM server standard:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7721/arm-and-partners-deliver-first-arm-server-platform-standard
It looks like the AMD ARM based servers follow this standard.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7721/arm-and-partners-deliver-first-arm-server-platform-standard
It looks like the AMD ARM based servers follow this standard.