AMD executives: A new generation of Hao Dragon will meet the challenges of the cloud

AMD on November 14 in Beijing, the world's first new generation of Hao long 6200 and 4200 series of processor products, code-named "Interlagos" and "Valencia", can bring the highest performance for enterprise users up to 84%, and United many partners announced its cloud computing server solution , the new Hao long processor designed for cloud computing, of which the 6200 series is the industry's first X86 architecture 16 core processors.

As AMD launches the next generation of X86 architecture 16 core Hao long processor, it redefines the server in performance, memory and I/O, how to balance the CPU. This 16 core Hao long processor release, will change the entire industry on the server view, with modular design of floating-point operations and integer units organically combined to achieve more integrated, more flexible performance. And for the new Hao long processor in the cloud computing advantages, after the AMD-related high-level interview, to the media elaborated on the AMD next-generation architecture of technical details, and revealed AMD's server products market applications, and how to face the strategic needs of industrial development.

Paul STRUHSAKER-AMD Global Vice president and general Manager of Business Affairs (left), Mike WOLFE-AMD Global Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer (middle), Nigel DESSAU-AMD Global Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer (right)

The emergence of a new generation of Hao Dragons, to enable AMD to better serve the three applications: cloud computing, database and virtualization, from the new generation of Hao long processor technology defined as the cloud technology "core" theme can be seen, and on the technical level, AMD developed the bulldozer structure, the real grasp of the new trend of the market, and meet the market requirements of performance. This technology enables AMD to achieve the world's first 16 core X86 processor, more processing core can be better virtualized, and can expand and reduce power consumption.

Technical details of AMD's Next generation architecture

Q: What is the new generation of Hao Dragon in the design of specific improvements to achieve low consumption performance of further optimization?

AMD: A new generation of Hao long for the realization of low power is a brand-new design, first, is a modular architecture, in the module contains two integer units and a floating-point unit, can greatly reduce the power consumption of floating point. Second, only AMD processors can support 1.25 volts ultra-low voltages. Third, the core is a new design, shortening the distance between transistors can greatly improve performance and reduce the frequency, thereby reducing energy consumption.

In the server area, energy consumption is a challenge to the customer, and the energy consumption of the user data center determines whether its budget can be controlled. Every time the introduction of a new generation of Hao long products, customers can realize the cost of energy effective control, but customers can still obtain higher performance, that is, the new generation of Hao long processor to bring customers a higher value.

Q: Hao Long 4200 series of the lowest power consumption 35W, the future launch of the 3000 series can be done lower than 35W?

AMD: The previous generation Hao long 4100 has realized the 35W low-power, in the Hao long series model has a called EE, can achieve 35W thermal design power consumption, namely TDP. For customers, it is important to deploy a new generation of processors to maintain power and performance compatibility before and after the upgrade, which means that your data center is the same, so you want to use a newer processor and you expect it to have a similar power range. So amd in the design of Hao long 4200 series, but also take into account the same power consumption range. About US 3000 will be the product of the 2012 roadmap, which will provide more information on this product in the first quarter of 2012.

Q: The core number of Interlagos has reached 16 cores, for enterprise application is there a number of core to do some software optimization?

AMD: The next generation of Hao long products, software partners on the new framework for a series of optimization, AMD internal also to the compiler to optimize the implementation of higher performance. Especially for some very large computers, have been optimized, the software will continue to fine-tune to adapt to the new architecture. At the same time, more optimization is needed for the new changes in energy saving. In the instruction set, optimizations are further improved to improve efficiency, especially in cryptography and floating-point operations, which can greatly improve the efficiency of high-performance operations.

AMD Server Products Market Application

Q: After the release of AMD "Bulldozer" architecture products, what measures will be taken in China in the future?

AMD: For the Chinese market, a new generation of Hao Long introduced AMD to the server market, the cloud computing market and the Chinese market commitment. Talking about the server market, from three applications: Database, Virtualization and cloud computing. There is no doubt that cloud computing is a hot topic but cloud computing servers are primarily designed to address the problems of data centers, AMD offers leading data center performance, leading virtualization, and leading product economics, regardless of cloud computing or other operations, AMD and China's partners will attach great importance to these three important applications in the future.

Q: The previous generation of magny-cours processors have performed well in the application of Multipath servers and virtualization, what are the expectations of a new generation of "bulldozer" products for the market?

AMD: What customers want is high efficiency, improved performance, higher value, and the existing challenge in the data center area is how to increase the intensity, improve efficiency, and continue to expand the business scale without increasing the budget. As you migrate to cloud computing, a new generation of products can help customers make decisions faster and provide the most flexible resources that customers need, make faster decisions to adapt to changes in the environment, take modular design, have more resources, and increase flexibility.

Q: AMD HPC has been supported by Dell and other manufacturers, AMD on the market demand and computing market next year what kind of view?

AMD: Many companies believe that future economic trends are not a threat but an opportunity, and also an opportunity for customers to use this opportunity to re-examine the performance, performance, scalability, and economics of data center systems. Through this process can surpass the competitor, reshape the data center. For those who want to invest in the future, the Hao long processor should be the most ideal processor.

Q: The increase in AMD processor core is to attract customers, in the cloud, for the entire enterprise market, there is the phenomenon of software application lag, AMD has the Multi-Core processor programming optimization software or the corresponding plan?

AMD:AMD is already providing a wide range of tools to help customers make changes, and the market opportunities for multi-core processors are embodied in virtualization, cloud computing networking, high-performance computing, and databases, with the introduction of a new generation of products that have radically changed the speed at which customers migrate, while open market environments give customers and vendors more opportunities to AMD has been committed to open solutions.

Q: AMD has made some innovations in Interlagos, the new trend in design in addition to AMD to bring lower manufacturing costs, processor lower power consumption, to the customer business will bring what advantages?

AMD: Customer demand is the driving force for AMD innovation, the new modular design of AMD products based on customer application requirements, the modular architecture to the customer what kind of benefits? The most important thing is that it will make it easier to innovate in the future, because customers need to constantly change, AMD needs to adapt quickly to this change, the introduction of new products to meet their changing needs, modular architecture to meet the requirements, so that AMD rapid innovation, customers can also be better, Take advantage of their business opportunities faster. It's like modularity in the IT architecture that allows AMD to allocate resources to the business in the best possible way, and modularity in the processor area allows AMD to allocate the best resources to the customers where they need it most.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)