Computer World: AMD for cloud computing core

Author: newspaper reporter Wang Yu Wang Zheji

Cloud computing is the market, the opportunity, it will change the world, the chip is the core, is the soul, it provides "life" for cloud computing. After years of development of AMD new architecture "Bulldozer" to "cloud technology's ' core ' posture Vengeance attack." It represents an intense attempt by AMD to subvert the traditional server industry and even the entire cloud computing industry.

November 14 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Pangu Seven star hotel, Beijing.

AMD Digital global executives, and from HP, Dell, Microsoft, Micro, WYSE, as well as the dawn, Super Cloud, grand and other important partners all gathered here, the collective witness to AMD and even the industry has a significant moment-the development of years of "bulldozers (bulldozer)" Finally "out of the sky."

"Who here can tell exactly what cloud computing is?" If you know a lot about cloud computing, raise your hand. "AMD Global senior vice president, Greater China President Deng on the stage threw this problem, hundreds of people's meeting appeared a moment of quiet, unexpectedly no one raised their hands."

"There are hundreds of cloud computing forums in the country, both government, corporate and user, with great expectations for cloud computing," he said. AMD now has a new breakthrough on the cloud server. "Deng Yuan refers to the breakthrough is the latest release of AMD's Hao long 6200 and 4200 series of processors (product code is" Interlagos "and" Valencia "), at this time he flashed a line of words on the big screen: cloud Technology" core. "

Both products are based on the new design of AMD's "Bulldozer" architecture, which was proposed in 2007, AMD is designed for cloud computing. Partners and users of this high hopes, almost everyone, "bulldozers" will set off a cloud computing "Great Leap Forward", hoping for the cloud of the "bulldozer" can break the traditional server market pattern, leading the cloud transformation of the trend. Now, "bulldozers" finally with its unique "cloud" gene and attempts to subvert the traditional server industry energy, to break the bureau, and even the attitude of the revolutionaries, roll the Earth.

Made by clouds

Subversion of the traditional architecture

According to research institutions, cloud computing will grow at a rapid rate of 26% per cent in the next few years, 5 times times faster than the traditional IT market--the entire IT industry agrees that the rapid development of cloud computing will have a major impact on it technology innovation, not only the server industry, which is most closely related to cloud computing Almost all the firms in every segment have trouble hiding their ambitions for this emerging market.

AMD has all along taken cloud computing as an important strategy for future development, providing a full range of product solutions from cloud servers to cloud terminals. More than 2 million AMD processors are currently used in cloud computing environments worldwide.

"In China, the government has included cloud computing in the ' Twelve-Five ' plan, where local governments and industry authorities have started deploying and planning cloud computing and building cloud computing bases." Cloud computing not only changed the world, but also changed China. Deng Yuan said that it was out of focus on the Chinese market, AMD will be the important release of this special arrangement in China.

"Our industry is at a new juncture where virtualization has led to more reliable consolidation, and companies are looking to achieve greater flexibility and efficiency through cloud computing." We have designed a new AMD Hao long processor, the most worthy of the new server products and architecture has arrived. "AMD Global vice President and Business division general manager Paul Struhsaker proudly announced that the next generation of AMD Hao long processor will be the most comprehensive product line, bringing performance, scalability and energy efficiency of the perfect balance." "Bulldozers are not only the world's first 16 nuclear x86 processor, but also the industry's unique innovation architecture." ”

Compared with traditional servers, cloud servers require high capacity, high-density, high performance and low energy consumption, and are highly cost-effective. As a new architecture designed by AMD over the years, the "bulldozer" supports 16 cores, with an unprecedented core density with higher scalability and the ability to cope with peak workloads and complex operations. In addition, "bulldozer" performance is increased by 89% and power consumption is reduced by 20% compared to the market's dominant server processors at the same price, with performance improvements up to 24%〜84% in major cloud computing, virtualization, and High-performance Computing (HPC) load applications.

In addition, "Price/performance" is a word that CIOs are always concerned about. The price of bulldozers is 34% lower than that of similar products, and each core energy consumption is halved, room occupancy is reduced by 2/3, and platform price can be reduced by 2/3, which can achieve more flexible and efficient cloud computing deployment and reduce long-term usage costs.

"As the main catalyst for cloud computing, HP will work with AMD to solve the cost of migrating to the cloud era," he said. "Not all companies are prepared for the resource integration of cloud computing," said Jeff Carlat, director of HP's global Industry standards server and software business. In this case, HP and AMD cooperation is particularly important.

At the launch of the product, Dell also unveiled 7 new PowerEdge servers based on the newest dragon processor. Since 2005, Dell and AMD have become strategic partners, covering both home and commercial products. According to Sun Xiofang, director of the market department of Greater China, Dell's Dell CA6105 Server was a great help in the trial process of the intelligence and Systems Research Laboratory at Tsinghua University. "A previous experiment had to run for a few days, with a new server, with a significant increase in efficiency and a lot of energy costs," he said. Dr. Kim Yi-jing, from the lab, claimed.

While the new product has won a reputation for praise, AMD's ambitions are clearly more than that. In the 2012 product roadmap, AMD will increase the AMD Hao Dragon 3000 series platform for ultra-high density, ultra-low energy consumption of single network host/network server and micro-server market. The first 4〜8 nuclear CPU, also based on the "Bulldozer" architecture, code-named "Zurich", will be released in the first half of 2012.

AMD Global Senior vice President, chief marketing officer Nigel Dessau that the new product represents AMD's three commitments: the commitment to processor technology, cloud technology commitment, and the Chinese market commitment. So how does AMD deliver on its promises?

Oneself Exploit cloud Application

2011 was a far-reaching year for AMD. At the beginning of the release of the CPU and GPU convergence-the next generation of processor technology APU; The end of the year also released a "bulldozer" architecture, not only changed the client mode of operation, but also changed the work of the server model-this change from the AMD itself began.

In the April 2009, AMD IT department launched a "Anywhere computing" project to integrate all the devices around the world into a private cloud. The plan is to centralize the data centers and provide the right connectivity tools to build the AMD private cloud to provide computing power for all AMD design projects worldwide. Early in the project, the AMD IT department replaced the increasingly obsolete processors in the corporate servers with newer, more efficient AMD Hao long processors.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)