AMD to Accelerate the ARM Server Ecosystem

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AMD today added a major new milestone to its list of seminal developments in server technology. The company displayed a comprehensive development platform for its first 64-bit ARM®-based server CPU, fabricated using 28 nanometer process technology, the first from an established server vendor. AMD also announced the imminent sampling of the ARM-based processor, named the AMD Opteron™ A1100 Series, and a development platform, which includes an evaluation board and a comprehensive software suite. In addition, AMD announced that it would be contributing to the Open Compute Project a new micro-server design using the AMD Opteron A-Series, as part of the common slot architecture specification for motherboards dubbed “Group Hug.”
 
Uvaman said:
benchmarks anyone?
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AMD has only released an estimated SPECint_rate benchmark of 80 for the 8 core 25W Opteron A1100. The 20W 8 core Atom C2750 (Avoton/Rangely for servers) released last year scores 106, about 30% faster. lol
 
pxc said:
AMD has only released an estimated SPECint_rate benchmark of 80 for the 8 core 25W Opteron A1100. The 20W 8 core Atom C2750 (Avoton/Rangely for servers) released last year scores 106, about 30% faster. lol
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Wow, that's sad. Sticking the opteron name on it also seems like a poor idea with it not being an x86 part. I know we still have some AMD servers in our machine room. The period where we had sparc, opteron, and xeons in there was bad enough for keeping packages and cofigs straight. having two architectures that are both opteron parts would be exceedingly annoying in certain conditions.
 
pxc said:
AMD has only released an estimated SPECint_rate benchmark of 80 for the 8 core 25W Opteron A1100. The 20W 8 core Atom C2750 (Avoton/Rangely for servers) released last year scores 106, about 30% faster. lol
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A)They calculate TDP differently. B) The integrated features are vastly different. Atom tops out at 64MB. Opteron? 128. C)One features 2 x 10Gb NIC integrated the other doesn't.

The only way to really test these two is to look at them for their intended use.
 
Spazturtle said:
Just ignore pxc, he seams to be spouting bullshit.
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Those are the specifications and SPECint_rate benchmark numbers directly from each chip maker.

Reality can be tough. Hand waving away things you don't want to hear is easy.
 
kac77 said:
The only way to really test these two is to look at them for their intended use.
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You forgot something: one has been shipping in servers since last year and one is getting hardware announcements in Q4'14. :p

No offense, but you do realize both the Opteron A1100 and Atom C2750 are both made for high density cloud servers and micro-servers? Because it doesn't seem like you do.

The two TDP numbers are comparable. The two things AMD's unreleased Opteron chip have going for it are higher maximum memory and 2 x 10GbE (vs Atom C2xxx's 1 x 10GbE or 4 x 1GbE/4 x 2.5GbE). However, the Denverton Atom updates are coming in Q3'14, so the Opteron A1100 will be competing against that chip with an updated feature set.
 
pxc said:
You forgot something: one has been shipping in servers since last year and one is getting hardware announcements in Q4'14. :p
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Is there supposed to be a salient point in there some where?

pxc said:
No offense, but you do realize both the Opteron A1100 and Atom C2750 are both made for high density cloud servers and micro-servers? Because it doesn't seem like you do.
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No offense, but it doesn't seem that way to you probably because I doubt you realize how pointless it is to use a single specint bench to ascertain performance on a SoC which is meant for specialized workloads.

pxc said:
The two TDP numbers are comparable.
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AMD's TDP and Intel's TDP have never been comparable. I never look at TDP to make a determination on p/watt. I hope you don't.

pxc said:
The two things AMD's unreleased Opteron chip have going for it are higher maximum memory and 2 x 10GbE (vs Atom C2xxx's 1 x 10GbE or 4 x 1GbE/4 x 2.5GbE).

However, the Denverton Atom updates are coming in Q3'14, so the Opteron A1100 will be competing against that chip with an updated feature set.
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Are you trying to make a problem out of the point that one product is unreleased by talking about another product that's not released either?
 
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