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AMD Launches ARM Based Opteron A1100 SOCs For Datacenter – With Up To 8 A-57 Cores and DDR4 Support

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AMD Launches ARM A57 Based Opteron A1100 SOCs For Datacenter

The AMD Opteron A1100 SOCs are aimed at the Datacenter market. These new SOCs utilize the latest 64-bit ARM processors. More specifically, we are looking at up to eight Cortex-A57 cores which come with up to 4 MB of L2 cache and 8 MB of L3 cache. The L2 cache which is 4 MB for the octa-core and 2 MB for the dual core SKU is shared across all cores. The chips have a list of integrated I/O functions which include 8 PCI-e Gen3 lanes (x8, x4, x2 support), 14 SATA III (6 GB/s) ports and dual 10Gb Ethernet support. The processors are fully compliant with ARM’s TrustZone and have Secure boot (System co-processor) integration built in them. For memory, the SOCs support Dual channel DDR3/4 memory (w/ECC up to 1866 MHz). The systems are built to allow SODIMM, UDIMM, RDIMM functionality with 1 DIMM capable to run per channel.  Each memory channel can support up to 64 GB of memory adding up to 128 GB of system memory.“The ecosystem for ARM in the data center is approaching an inflection point and the addition of AMD’s high-performance processor is another strong step forward for customers looking for a data center-class ARM solution,” said Scott Aylor, corporate vice president and general manager, Enterprise Solutions, AMD. “The macro trend of convergence between networking, storage and servers is an important catalyst in this evolution. Customers now have access to 64-bit ARM processors from the only silicon provider that also has decades of experience delivering professional enterprise and embedded products.”

 

 

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AMD Opteron A1100 Series SoC specifications:
  • Up to eight ARM Cortex-A57 cores
  • Up to 4MB shared Level 2
  • 8MB of shared Level 3 cache
  • 2x 64-bit DDR3/DDR4 channels supporting up to 1866 MHz with ECC
  • 2x 10Gb Ethernet network connectivity
  • 8-lane PCI-Express Gen 3
  • 14x SATA 6 Gb/s ports

 

 

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The lineup is made up of three SKUs which include the Opteron A1170, Opteron A1150 and the Opteron A1120. The top end A1170 is a 8 core model that is clocked at 2.0 GHz and can support DDR3 @ 1600 MHz or DDR4 @ 1866 MHz. The chip is designed to operate with a TDP of 32W and temperatures of up to 80C. The A1150 is an eight core model too and has the same specifications and TDP figures aside from the clock speed which is set at 1.7 GHz. The A1120 is the only quad core model of the lineup which is clocked at 1.7 GHz and has a TDP of 25W with 4 MB of L2 cache and 8 MB of L3 cache. All chips will operate at the base frequency when the TDP is set to 15W, anything above 15W will result in higher base frequency.

 

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All three SKUs come in a lidless (no heatspreader), SP1 BGA package that measures 27x27mm. The mentioned measurement is specifically for the package size and not to be mistaken with the die size which is fairly small.The AMD Opteron A1100 SoC is powering enterprise-class systems from SoftIron with its Overdrive3000 system for developers, as well as an upcoming lineup of Software Defined Storage solutions taking advantage of the processor’s rich feature set.

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After a long delay, the Seattle SOCs (Opteron A1100) are finally available to the audiences in the datacenter market. Some benchmarks of a leaked Seattle SOC can be found in this article which shows good result for the eight core A1100 chip. Intel has their Xeon-D chips line up as competition against the A1100 SOCs. Technically speaking, the Xeon chips from Intel are based on a more efficient, 14nm process and come with the Broadwell architecture comprising of up to 8 cores, 12 MB of cache and hyper-threading support which retaining a TDP of 35W. The Xeon-D lineup also comes with chips that feature 12 and 16 cores that are planned to launch soon.

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Looks interesting.i know its only arm. But its a first amd processor with DD4 support . At least something.

 

source:https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-A1100-Tomorrow

http://wccftech.com/amd-opteron-a1100-soc/

 

 

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Mmm let's hope that AMD do well with this, bring AM4 already

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It's not like they could use 14nm. Sheesh. Some people make comments without understanding why it's 28nm.

Care to explain please? :)

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Care to explain please? :)

just ignore him

 

Apple was able to get the A9 (a custom ARMv8-A chip) in the Iphone 6S and 6S+, 14nm FinFET from Samsung and 16nm from TSMC and AMD can't!?

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They probably could, but it wouldn't make any sense for this product. It would delay its launch (it is already a late-to-the-party product, and will be competing on price), increase cost and R&D. 28nm node is fine for this.

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They probably could, but it wouldn't make any sense for this product. It would delay its launch

delay what exactly?! how long ago Apple taped out the A9 design ...  -_-

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Shame they are not x86 based, they would be a lot more useful than ARM.

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delay what exactly?! how long ago Apple taped out the A9 design ...  -_-

Because apple (with a big bag of money) can, then everyone else can.

How long have AMD been working on this product on 28nm? Might have started out before they even would know if any 14nm production would be available to them in this timeframe.

 

Shame they are not x86 based, they would be a lot more useful than ARM.

If this was x86, it would be DOA.

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How long have AMD been working on this product on 28nm? Might have started out before they even would know if any 14nm production would be available to them in this timeframe.

if memory serves, AMD has been working on this for far longer than it took them to tape out the Arctic Islands GPUs and Zen CPUs

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AMD announced their ARM server SoC plans at the end of 2012. At the beginning of 2014, AMD was ready "to accelerate the ARM Server Ecosystem with the first ARM-based server SoC" with a development kit. Around March 2014, the A1100 SoCs started sampling. But the quad core dev kits were not only expensive ($3000!), they also had quite a bit of teething problems as performance did not meet expectations, some of the peripheral hardware did not work properly and the software ecosystem was far from ready.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9956/the-silver-lining-of-the-late-amd-opteron-a1100-arrival
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Shame they are not x86 based, they would be a lot more useful than ARM.

This is meant for the low power server market, x86 can't beat ARM in power consumption.

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If any other company decides to compete and actually uses 14nm, AMD's ARM server chips are fucked.

This is meant for the low power server market, x86 can't beat ARM in power consumption.

It already is actually....

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This is meant for the low power server market, x86 can't beat ARM in power consumption.

ARM can't touch x86 in computing performance. So how can you compare their power consumption?

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If any other company decides to compete and actually uses 14nm, AMD's ARM server chips are fucked.

Intel will have some new Atom C3xxx 14nm chips in 1/2 half of 2016 - but it doesn't matter, AMD already lost

the new AMD SoC has no performance/watt advantage and no price/performance advantage over Intel's [current] offerings.

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Can we for once stop bashing? who the fucking hell cares? i doubt anyone in this thread would buy one even if they were better than intel, fuck me people make a huge thing over something small.

 

The ARM thing is quite interesting however.

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ARM can't touch x86 in computing performance. So how can you compare their power consumption?

Touche.

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if memory serves, AMD has been working on this for far longer than it took them to tape out the Arctic Islands GPUs and Zen CPUs

It goes quite a bit back.

It has always been a 28nm product. For them to port the entirety of the design and manufactured at 14nm, would most likely cause a delay in launch.

ARM can't touch x86 in computing performance. So how can you compare their power consumption?

Good thing processing data isn't this products main target. But rather moving it around.

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It has always been a 28nm product. For them to port the entirety of the design and manufactured at 14nm, would most likely cause a delay in launch.

haven't you read the quote from Anand in my previous post? AMD already fckd up the initial product
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haven't you read the quote from Anand in my previous post? AMD already fckd up the initial product

Yes, I'm aware that AMD had issues with the dev kits, and even delayed it for a second time. That is still not my point.

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Good thing processing data isn't this products main target. But rather moving it around.

True, it's good for what it's aiming at, but comparing it to x86 is still silly.

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True, it's good for what it's aiming at, but comparing it to x86 is still silly.

It is rather late to the market, so I'll suspect the will be competing on price.

Trying to compare ISA is in general silly.

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It is rather late to the market, so I'll suspect the will be competing on price.

So the new AMD SoC has no performance/watt advantage and no price/performance advantage over Intel's offerings

so, nope
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Intel will have some new Atom C3xxx 14nm chips in 1/2 half of 2016 - but it doesn't matter, AMD already lost

Then why did they even bother?

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