AMD unveils server strategy and roadmap

AMD publicly disclosed its strategy and roadmap to recapture marketshare in enterprise and data center servers by unveiling innovative products that address key technologies and meet the requirements of the fastest growing datacenter and cloud computing workloads.

Additionally, AMD revealed details of its 2014 server portfolio including the best Accelerated Processing Units (APUs), two- and four-socket CPUs, and details on what it expects to be the industry's premier ARM server processor. This is on the heels of announcing the general availability of the AMD Opteron^TM X-Series processor, code named 'Kyoto', which dominates the small-core server market on every performance benchmark. These forthcoming AMD Opteron^TM processors bring important innovations to the rapidly changing compute market, including integrated CPU and GPU compute (APU); high core-count ARM servers for high-density compute in the datacenter; and substantial improvements in compute per-watt per-dollar and total cost of ownership.

"Our strategy is to differentiate ourselves by using our unique IP to build server processors that are particularly well matched to a target workload and thereby drive down the total cost of owning servers. This strategy unfolds across both the enterprise and data centers and includes leveraging our graphics processing capabilities and embracing both x-86 and ARM instruction sets," said Andrew Feldman, general manager, Server Business Unit, AMD.