So, where is AMD Seattle?

[nenforcer]

They've already been beaten to market in the ARM server space by an Applied Micro X-Gene 8-core system

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtmarko/2014/12/10/arm-vs-intel-servers/

which Intel has nothing to worry about (other than most likely cost). Here's hoping the AMD system can narrow the performance gap if not even possibly eclipse it in price/performance and performance / power.

 

[DrMrLordX]

AMD was beaten to the market by Calxeda, actually, but we all know how that went.

 

[dealcorn]

Phoronix has posted pictures of the new, affordable(?) AMD Opteron A1100 development board: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ARM-Opteron-AMD-Snaps. I look forward to testing of this board. Steven Barrett's review suggests that the System Control Manager's included A5 processor provides out of band management which may eliminate the need for a BMC. http://anandtech.com/show/8362/amds-big-bet-on-arm-powered-servers-a1100-revealed/2. A BMC affects BoM costs and consumes energy so this offset may reduce some of the cost and efficiency issues with Seattle. For a home Linux server, the development kit may be attractive if the price is reasonable.

 

[mrmt]

Here's hoping the AMD system can narrow the performance gap if not even possibly eclipse it in price/performance and performance / power.

I don't think Seattle will remotely close the gap in perf/watt, price/performance might be fine but that's to offset the higher TCO. It might be a cheap home server but not something you would consider for serious business.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Well, they did say they'd be launching the A1100 products at about this time on some slides from earlier this year. I guess developer boards count.

It's no surprise to me that a product like this would show up at the Linux Summit. Linux shops would be the ones best-able to adopt this kind of hardware.

Now wouldn't it be nice if the retention system was compatible with AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM2/FM2+ so you could throw any ol heatsink on there you wanted? ARM overclocking!!!!! (lulz)

 

[dark zero]

Lol, ARM overclocking.. On AMD... Their speciality. Interesting idea. It could show up how far ARM can go