New era vision microprocessor drives mini server rise

"Tenkine Office Channel December 2 News" micro-server as a new type of server, with a higher density than the blade server, lower power consumption, is a smaller than the small server small server, in recent years, with the technology innovation, Low-power processor has become a multi-core trend, Low-Power micro-server is also beginning to be the concern of developers, save space, Low-power features will undoubtedly let the user's favor of the micro-server.

A new generation of micro-servers is challenging the x86 server, but it will take time for applications to improve their compatibility with the micro server. System-level Chip (SOC) is a system for the realization of the system to determine the function of the software and hardware division and complete the design process of the technology, including the processor, memory, peripherals, onboard devices consignor tube components, at the same time can be a new signal for wireless network signal processing. The SOC is mentioned here because the microprocessor's enterprise-level computing requires modern servers to provide greater computing power to the data center, thereby optimizing virtualization technology and resource usage. Processing performance, scalability, and power load will be redefined to give the microprocessor a new opportunity.

AMD has bought Seamicro this year, and its technology is expected to create better chips than Intel's Low-power atom chips, and, of course, Intel recently released a new production line designed specifically for micro-servers. Google, Facebook and Amazon are also experimenting with LOW-POWER servers, Reuters reported.

Compared to the use of expensive x86 virtualized servers to build hundreds of Web servers, businesses can initially consider low-cost, efficient SOC micro-servers. For example, Intel's 64-bit Avoton chip supports virtualization, including up to 8 cores of processors, as well as integrated SATA3 and Gigabit Ethernet. These 1.6GHz to 2GHz SOC components consume 8.5W, while the Intel Xeon processor consumes 85W or more. Chip manufacturers such as CALEXDA and AMD position the ARM's A57 and ARMV8 64-bit cores as micro-servers for SOC architectures.

With such a high density server, the computing power of the traditional x86 server will be more scalable. Intel executives discussed low-cost micro-servers at the Intel Developer Forum, including public "Avoton"-the next generation of atom processors for emerging market segments.

In addition, Dell is also working with Marvell and Calxeda to develop arm chip brake low consumption servers. Advanced Micro, a chipmaker that has competed with Intel for years in the x86 chip industry, announced last year that it would also start providing a server chip based on ARM architecture in 2014, with its current sales of the x86 based Hao long processor. Samsung is also building a server chip in its factory in Austin, Texas.

Many manufacturers to the microprocessor input to the industry to see the green shoots of new products, but also see a huge emerging markets, the current server replacement can not be said to be imperative, but the small and medium-sized enterprises in the face of high enterprise server costs, micro-server is a new dawn.