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AMD has long stuck to x86 architecture for its server processors, but its gearing up to add 64-bit ARM-based Opteron CPUs to its arsenal in 2014. Sunnyvale also plans to reap the fruits of its SeaMicro acquisition by employing the company's "fabric" tech to link its ARM-based processors in clusters for maximizing efficiency. Where might these new processors come in handy? AMD thinks they'll fit nicely into clouds and "mega data centers" thanks to their power efficiency, but it'll let its x86-based hardware do the heavier lifting such as video encoding and rendering. Other details on the CPUs are scarce, but we suspect that'll change as 2014 approaches.

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AMD Changes Compute Landscape as the First to Bridge Both x86 and ARM Processors for the Data Center

Company to Complement x86-based Offerings with New Processors Based on ARM 64-bit Technology, Starting with Server Market

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -10/29/2012
In a bold strategic move, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced that it will design 64-bit ARM® technology-based processors in addition to its x86 processors for multiple markets, starting with cloud and data center servers. AMD's first ARM technology-based processor will be a highly-integrated, 64-bit multicore System-on-a-Chip (SoC) optimized for the dense, energy-efficient servers that now dominate the largest data centers and power the modern computing experience. The first ARM technology-based AMD Opteron™ processor is targeted for production in 2014 and will integrate the AMD SeaMicro Freedom™ supercompute fabric, the industry's premier high-performance fabric.

AMD's new design initiative addresses the growing demand to deliver better performance-per-watt for dense cloud computing solutions. Just as AMD introduced the industry's first mainstream 64-bit x86 server solution with the AMD Opteron processor in 2003, AMD will be the only processor provider bridging the x86 and 64-bit ARM ecosystems to enable new levels of flexibility and drive optimal performance and power-efficiency for a range of enterprise workloads.

"AMD led the data center transition to mainstream 64-bit computing with AMD64, and with our ambidextrous strategy we will again lead the next major industry inflection point by driving the widespread adoption of energy-efficient 64-bit server processors based on both the x86 and ARM architectures," said Rory Read, president and chief executive officer, AMD. "Through our collaboration with ARM, we are building on AMD's rich IP portfolio, including our deep 64-bit processor knowledge and industry-leading AMD SeaMicro Freedom supercompute fabric, to offer the most flexible and complete processing solutions for the modern data center."

"The industry needs to continuously innovate across markets to meet customers' ever-increasing demands, and ARM and our partners are enabling increasingly energy-efficient computing solutions to address these needs," said Warren East, chief executive officer, ARM. "By collaborating with ARM, AMD is able to leverage its extraordinary portfolio of IP, including its AMD Freedom supercompute fabric, with ARM 64-bit processor cores to build solutions that deliver on this demand and transform the industry."

The explosion of the data center has brought with it an opportunity to optimize compute with vastly different solutions. AMD is providing a compute ecosystem filled with choice, offering solutions based on AMD Opteron x86 CPUs, new server-class Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that leverage Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA), and new 64-bit ARM-based solutions.

This strategic partnership with ARM represents the next phase of AMD's strategy to drive ambidextrous solutions in emerging mega data center solutions. In March, AMD announced the acquisition of SeaMicro, the leader in high-density, energy-efficient servers. With this announcement, AMD will integrate the AMD SeaMicro Freedom fabric across its leadership AMD Opteron x86- and ARM technology-based processors that will enable hundreds, or even thousands of processor clusters to be linked together to provide the most energy-efficient solutions.

"Over the past decade the computer industry has coalesced around two high-volume processor architectures – x86 for personal computers and servers, and ARM for mobile devices," observed Nathan Brookwood, research fellow at Insight 64. "Over the next decade, the purveyors of these established architectures will each seek to extend their presence into market segments dominated by the other. The path on which AMD has now embarked will allow it to offer products based on both x86 and ARM architectures, a capability no other semiconductor manufacturer can likely match."

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原帖由 Puff 於 2012-10-30 23:37 發表
就算佢唔搞 ARM processor，佢都係要面對來自 ARM ecosystem 既競爭，無論係 generic server 定係 microserver。所以呢...
AMD 唯一既 Jagaur the synthesis core 亦都唔係 designed for server workload，最少基本既 ECC ...

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原帖由 Puff 於 2012/10/30 23:37 發表
就算佢唔搞 ARM processor，佢都係要面對來自 ARM ecosystem 既競爭，無論係 generic server 定係 microserver。所以呢...
AMD 唯一既 Jagaur the synthesis core 亦都唔係 designed for server workload，最少基本既 ECC ...

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原帖由 qcmadness 於 2012-10-31 00:28 發表

但係Time to market真係用ARM的唯一選擇
放棄自己的talent, 放棄自己的ecosystem, 有乜為?

除非Jagaur都會出server edition

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原帖由 dom 於 2012-10-31 02:07 發表

Well , 將已經有限既資源 *R&D 人手* 重cut 走多d 去開多條戰線
AMD 自己本業 x86 CPU , GPU 都未顧惦又開條 ARM , 競爭對手重要間間 Intel 咁大間
快又快過你出 (賣緊都有了)

我覺得 A 記咁玩法等同同自 ...

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原帖由 XT 於 2012-10-31 18:50 發表
其實係咪搞 x86 + ARM + GPGPU 混合運算架構 Server?

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原帖由 XT 於 2012-10-31 18:50 發表
其實係咪搞 x86 + ARM + GPGPU 混合運算架構 Server?

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原帖由 Puff 於 2012/10/31 16:51 發表

呢點我有點同意，但亦有所保留。反正依家既 AMD 就係空有頂級功訣，但係修為就完全未夠火候。

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原帖由 dom 於 2012-10-31 20:31 發表

唔好忘記 Rory 又出刀炒左批人 , 依家都未知炒左邊d R&D 既
如果你話 Faildozer + Marketing 個班當然
但係 GPU / APU / Bobcat team 而走去out-source 買 design 整 ARM
:n ...

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原帖由 XT 於 2012-10-31 20:52 發表

但64bit相容32bit的確係重大商機

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原帖由 cheungmanhoi 於 2012-10-31 22:17 發表

諗住學 x86-64果單咁
呃番10億9億咁

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原帖由 qcmadness 於 2012-10-31 22:31 發表

ARM唔係x86, 間間俾錢就用得

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原帖由 cheungmanhoi 於 2012-10-31 22:37 發表

我知
所以就係唔知佢想點

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原帖由 Puff 於 2012-10-31 19:59 發表

但我唔排除會有比單純 ARM core + x86 core 更進一步既雜交架構既。比如話 Power-efficient and area-optimized Maoalsielzklekzor hybrid CPU module with shared SIMD engine and power-efficient shared cache 之類既野。

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原帖由 XT 於 2012-11-1 01:58 發表
該可能性更大亦更符合AMD開發作風

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原帖由 siuba 於 2012-11-1 04:27 發表

賭 $10..amd 無能力做到..XDDD

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原帖由 XT 於 2012-11-1 01:58 發表
該可能性更大亦更符合AMD開發作風

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原帖由 Puff 於 2012-11-1 17:23 發表

我唔認為佢係一種 AMD 既「開發作風」，但我唔排除呢種可能性。
但呢種 hybrid 野只會係當你個分開賣既 revenue (2x design cost, less per-chip cost) 少過你合埋一齊既 revenue (a bit more design cost, higher pe ...

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原帖由 siuba 於 2012-11-3 17:32 發表
樓上成日咁睇好amd既..XD..
2014年20nm.. 我覺得有點難...64bit arm SoC 就算amd出到都要2015年..lol