ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
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ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
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Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#2Does anyone know the price? I don't feel like registering just to see it.
Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#3Does anyone know the price? I don't feel like registering just to see it.
Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#4Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#5How many cores?
Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#6Interesting, I kind of expected AMD to be first out the gate with one.
From : http://www.zdnet.com/applied-micro-canonical-claim-the-first...
"The X-Gene is an ARMv8 64-bit Server-on-a-Chip package running at up to 2.4GHz. It combines 10/40 Gigabit mixed signal I/O with what AMCC calls an enterprise-class memory subsystem. Compared to x86 architectures, AMCC claims that it delivers four-times the processor density while using less than 50 percent of the power and delivering comparable-to-better overall performance."
The picture shows multiple cores, but not how many. What struck me though is that they are pitching "density and less power", presumably they mean you can put twice as many of these servers in the same power foot print that you currently put x86 machines and get 8x (4x * 2) the computing power.
In case you are wondering, that is a 'super computer' pitch, it tickles the pain points of these arrays of super computers, but sadly it does not hit the 'web services' pain points. I'd love it if they said, 1TB of ECC protected RAM, dual 10G ethernet, and 32 full speed independent 6GB SATA channels on each server unit. That would help me make a more responsive web infrastructure.
Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#7How many cores?
This is all I could find:
> At the SoC level, APM plans to integrate many of these CPU cores onto a single package. The range is officially 2 - 128 cores, although I expect we'll see something more reasonable than the extremes.
Feom http://www.anandtech.com/show/5098/applied-micros-xgene-the-...
Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#8Interesting, I kind of expected AMD to be first out the gate with one. From : http://www.zdnet.com/applied-micro-canonical-claim-the-first... "The X-Gene is an ARMv8 64-bit Server-on-a-Chip package running at up to 2.4GHz. It combines 10/40 Gigabit mixed signal I/O with what AMCC calls an enterprise-class memory subsystem. Compared to x86 architectures, AMCC claims that it delivers four-times the processor density wh…
AMD can't be the "first one out the gate" when the The Boston Virdis by Calexdia came out years ago.
http://www.boston.co.uk/solutions/viridis/default.aspx
AMD however, with its partnership with SeaMicro, is going to be a force to be reckoned with. AMD has experience in the datacenter, while all these other ARM companies don't.
Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#9Interesting, I kind of expected AMD to be first out the gate with one. From : http://www.zdnet.com/applied-micro-canonical-claim-the-first... "The X-Gene is an ARMv8 64-bit Server-on-a-Chip package running at up to 2.4GHz. It combines 10/40 Gigabit mixed signal I/O with what AMCC calls an enterprise-class memory subsystem. Compared to x86 architectures, AMCC claims that it delivers four-times the processor density wh…
AMD is on the way:
http://techreport.com/news/26419/amd-demos-seattle-its-first...
From the sound of things the X-Gene will be available for general retail sooner, but they are both coming soon.
Re: ARM 64 Bit Server CPU Development Kit
#10Interesting, I kind of expected AMD to be first out the gate with one. From : http://www.zdnet.com/applied-micro-canonical-claim-the-first... "The X-Gene is an ARMv8 64-bit Server-on-a-Chip package running at up to 2.4GHz. It combines 10/40 Gigabit mixed signal I/O with what AMCC calls an enterprise-class memory subsystem. Compared to x86 architectures, AMCC claims that it delivers four-times the processor density wh…
AMD can't be the "first one out the gate" when the The Boston Virdis by Calexdia came out years ago. http://www.boston.co.uk/solutions/viridis/default.aspx AMD however, with its partnership with SeaMicro, is going to be a force to be reckoned with. AMD has experience in the datacenter, while all these other ARM companies don't.
But that was 32 bit ARMv7 Cortex A9 based, shipped in 2013 with 2011/2012 specs, and twice as much than a comparable Intel based system.
And that is why Calxeda is now dead.
Also: AMD doesn't just have a partnership with SeaMicro, they bought them back in 2012.