Technology convergence drives cloud computing toward value orientation

What is cloud computing for ordinary users? Ordinary people do not understand, the road is unknown. Not to mention ordinary users, even some professionals can not be explained in layman's language. While the concept of cloud computing is raised, many people think of advanced technology, can be said to be a technological innovation orientation. Today, the orientation of technological innovation has begun to change, and gradually move towards value orientation. All this is due to the fusion of technology.

A senior technician once told me that cloud computing had been widely used before it was put forward, but the concept of "cloud computing" had not been refined. After the concept was refined, the direction of development of the whole industry was clear. It may have been a single, but now it's up and down. He introduced to me, before the cloud was refined out, many manufacturers have made efforts, but the practice process has many difficulties, can not truly reflect its value. Now, upstream and downstream manufacturers of technology convergence, so that cloud computing to a value orientation.

Like HP flagship of several AMD Hao long CPU platform server, in the density, cost-effective and virtualization applications such as a very good upgrade. To say virtualization, that is to improve server efficiency and resource utilization. In the traditional environment, the use of VMware and other Third-party software deployment and management, but in a physical core environment, can not guarantee the balance of resources and performance. However, in the case of AMD Hao long processor multi-core, a virtual machine has a corresponding physical core, which can effectively guarantee the performance of the virtual machine.

Of course, the server is a whole project, and can not say that the CPU is very good, memory performance is very good, you can decide this server is good, this is a need to perfect integration of the system engineering. The performance of the whole machine includes the perfect fit of CPU, memory, IO and so on. In other words, any one place short plate will affect the performance of the whole machine. However, in the early development of cloud computing, the manufacturers can not achieve integration between, there are many common problems. It is possible that the other configuration of a machine is good, but there is no suitable CPU match. This is like a monstrous giant, the body is very large, but the head is very small, so that can not achieve optimal performance.

The CPU is the underlying hardware that plays a decisive role. Therefore, this requires upstream chip enterprises and downstream of the machine manufacturers to achieve integration. HP's servers can be popular, and this is completely inseparable. A machine to achieve virtualization, and to ensure the performance of each virtual machine, you need to have a strong CPU coordination. At present, AMD's multi-core processor is a leading position in the industry. AMD's eight-core, 16-core multi-core processor enables each virtual machine to correspond to a physical core, balancing the performance of the virtual machine. Without the support of multi-core CPUs, multiple virtual machines may share a single core, which will not guarantee performance balance.

In addition, AMD in the new generation of products, provide advanced management of the APML, through the control of the CPU, you can achieve a better integration, through the entire platform-level of these tools, the entire CPU power peak control and so on this series of energy-saving, but also can be more detailed, More granular management functions for the entire data center to balance such a power consumption in the middle of performance.

Of course, the value of the orientation needs to embody the "value cloud." The so-called value cloud, is from the actual demand of enterprises, to innovative products and technology, to provide a "customized" cloud computing, through the service provider and the application of collaborative innovation, building a cloud computing "value of the ecosystem" for the enterprise "tailored" cloud applications, the ultimate realization of the whole industry chain of "value cloud." For example, in the enterprise application, not only with the server manufacturer Hewlett-Packard cooperation, but also with chip provider AMD collaboration. Through the cooperation of three, realize the "value cloud".

Such a integration of the server, not only to improve efficiency and utilization, but also to save energy, and thus become a choice for many enterprises. Of course, this is closely related to AMD's multi-core processors. At present, many of the world's top companies are using AMD cloud computing technology, such as Microsoft's choice of AMD Hao Dragon as the windowsazure Cloud computing services platform's only processor. In China, whether Beijing "Xiangyun project", or Chengdu, Wuxi and other land of the cloud Computing Center, are all over the figure of AMD.

It can also be seen that cloud computing is no longer based on technological innovation, but toward a value orientation, which is also a reflection of cloud computing to life, to the reality of service. Of course, driving cloud computing from technology innovation orientation to value orientation or technology integration, industry integration.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)