amd bridges the x86 and arm ecosystems for the data center
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Presentation by Lisa Su, senior vice president and general manager, Global Business Units, AMD regarding AMD’s announcement that it will design and build 64-bit ARM technology-based processors.TRANSCRIPT
AMD BRIDGES THE X86 AND ARM ECOSYSTEMS FOR THE DATA CENTER
October 29, 2012
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AMDsolves the most important
problems facing data centers:power, space, and bandwidth bringing choice to customers
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THE DATA CENTER IS THE FOUNDATION OF CLOUD COMPUTING
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THE DATA CENTER IS UNDERGOING UNPRECEDENTED CHANGE
The demand for compute is growing at unprecedented rates
Raw data is growing exponentially and we are at the very beginning of the big data revolution
Our appetite for information is insatiable - instant access in our pocket, at the coffee table, in the kitchen, at the office…
Where does the compute chewing through this data live? In the data center
Zettabyte is 1 million petabytes
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*Source: Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2011–2016http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns1175/Cloud_Index_White_Paper.html
Annual global data center IP traffic will reach 6.6 zettabytes by the end of 2016
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AMD Opteron™launchedfirst x86
64-bit processor
Direct Connect architecture introduced
First x86 native dual-core processor launched
First x86 super-
computer to reach a petaflop
20052003
2012
2008
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AMD HAS A HISTORY OF INNOVATION IN DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGY
AMD acquired SeaMicro and the
industry’s premier fabric
technology
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CPU APU Fabric
The AMD Advantage:Differentiation and Choice
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TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT: AMD WILL DEVELOP 64-BIT ARM PROCESSORS FOR SERVERS
Production of ARM technology-based AMD Opteron™ processors for servers in 2014
ARM technology-based processors will embed the AMD SeaMicro Freedom™ Fabric, the industry’s premier supercompute fabric
AMD will continue to design x86 CPUs and APUs for client and server markets
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THE RISE OF CHOICE: THE IMPORTANCE OF TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT
For the past two decades there has been only one choice for industry-standard servers–x86
In the era of few workloads, the “one size fits all” server design matched the homogeneity of the workload
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THE RISE OF CHOICE: THE IMPORTANCE OF TODAY’S ANNOUNCEMENT
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The last 5 years have exploded the one size fits all model
Workloads have changed, and continue changing at unprecedented rates
The fastest growing are small and highly parallelized workloads
ARM CPUs are particularly well suited for these workloads
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ARM technology-based CPUs can revolutionize the data center by providing disruptive compute/$ and compute/watt
Lower compute/$ and compute/watt drive hyper dense compute clusters
These new workloads drive massive datacenter growth
Massive data centers require lower compute/$ and compute/watt
New business models drive highly parallelized workloads$
WHY ARM?
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10 years of server CPU leadership shipping in millions of systems
Enterprise class IP portfolio – memory, I/O, RAS, design methodologies, tools, platforms
Fabric technology for data center-level scalability
World-class 64-Bit microprocessor technology leadership
WHY AMD + ARM IN SERVERS?
AMD is the only company bringing world-class server and systems expertise to the ARM ecosystem
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EXPLOITING EFFICIENT PROCESSOR CORES REQUIRES A LEADING-EDGE FABRIC
ARM CPUs have many advantages but some tradeoffs
ARM CPUs cannot fill network links as well as large CPUs do
If each ARM CPU is linked directly to the network, you have efficient compute but inefficient networking
Fabrics solve this problem—they link together efficient CPUs into a cluster, and then the cluster is linked to the network
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AMD SeaMicro Freedom Fabric is the industry’s premier fabric
Deployed for more than 2 years and in production for millions of hours
Links small cores and large cores, regardless of CPU ISA
Only fabric that supports Ethernet and storage traffic
Extends outside the server enclosure to support up to 5 petabytes of storage
The Freedom Fabric provides AMD-based ARM CPUs unique and enduring advantage
AMD-BASED ARM CPUS EMBED THE PREMIER FABRIC IN THE INDUSTRY
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Virtual Desktop Streaming Media Remote Gaming Facial Recognition Video Encoding DRM
STREAMING | MOBILE
Media ClustersAPU
Public and private cloud Hosting Big Data Analytics Hadoop/Cassandra Caching/Memcached Linux/Apache/PHP
CLOUDS | MEGA DATA CENTERS
Web/EnterpriseARM / x86 CPU
Machine Learning Commercial CAE Oil & Gas Exploration Biosciences Rendering
HPC | SIMULATION
Compute Clustersx86 CPU / APU
AMD OFFERS THE RIGHT SOLUTIONS FOR LEADING WORKLOADS
Power efficiency and Open Source ecosystemARM Performance and
established workloadsx86| October 29, 2012 | AMD Bridges the x86 and ARM Ecosystems for the Data Center
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64-BIT ARM ECOSYSTEM GAINING MOMENTUM
Extraordinarily vibrant client ecosystem driving the demand for data center compute
Large end-customers driving demand for more efficient compute
Server ecosystem taking shape with more workto be done
AMD intends to be a major driver of the ecosystem together with our partners
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Data Center Inflection Point Opens Door for Innovation
Only AMD Can Deliver 64-bit ARM Server Processorswith an Ultra Low-power, Dense Compute Fabric
Only AMD Can Deliver Choice to Data Centers
AMD Will Be a Disruptive Force in Servers
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Differentiation and Choice – Advantage, AMD
SUMMARY
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