AMD Launches Opteron A1100 Series 64-bit ARM Processors for servers
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BLEH!
These the new architecture I'm guessing that was developed in parallel with Zen...?
OnnA
Yes it was Developed with Help of Jim Keller, like the Zen.
Noisiv
Fox2232
BLEH!
EspHack
I'm guessing it doesn't matter if its not even remotely close in perf to a x86 cpu as long as it draws 1miliwatt less power for the same perf they will just stack up enough of them to do what they need and call it a day, quite a different world for servers
schmidtbag
For anyone who wants to know, this IS competitive against Intel's Xeon-D offerings. This isn't meant to be used as a PC or an at-home Windows server. This is an 8 core where I think (I could be wrong) the entire board consumes 32W. Intel has an 8 core where the CPU alone consumes 45W (not sure if they have HT though). This is considerably cheaper than Xeon-D boards, and physically slimmer. This is meant to tap into the ARM server market, which seems to be doing pretty well.
More importantly, this is likely the most powerful ARM platform on the market. Multiple SATA ports, a PCIe 8x slot, several USB ports, and modular RAM are big wins for anyone who likes ARM.
All that being said, though I personally have an interest in news like this and have no complaints about the reporting, I'm not sure articles like this really belong at Guru3D. A lot of people here don't seem to know much about anything enterprise or industrial level (not saying that's a bad thing).
leszy
"Silver Lining Systems puts AMD’s ARM server in a different class"
http://semiaccurate.com/2016/01/14/silver-lining-systems-puts-amds-arm-server-in-a-different-class/
rl66
WaroDaBeast
Keep it up, AMD! Looks like a sweet SoC indeed. 😀
I don't see anything wrong with posting news about a CPU on a tech website. Whether or not said CPU is found in consumer products is irrelevant. If some readers don't care about anything besides the latest i7 or Radeon, fine — they can keep scrolling.
I'm sure a lof of readers besides you and I like to follow industrial hardware news or, even better, to learn that there is a whole world beyond consumer hardware. 🙂
rl66