The "core" power of cloud computing industry

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--and the entire IT industry agrees that the rapid development of cloud computing will have a significant impact on it technology innovation. Not only is the IT industry, which is most closely related to cloud computing, undergoing upheaval, governments, businesses and users have great expectations of cloud computing.

The "core" standard of cloud computing

The most fascinating thing about cloud computing is that it transforms computing power from the cost of input into a resource that can be purchased, to abstract hardware-side complex technology, users need to select their own expected computing resources, which is the famous "power plant" theory, we use cloud computing, like the use of electricity, the wire into the socket, It's as simple as that. However, as power plants need to continuously improve power generation efficiency, reduce transmission losses in general, cloud computing power, can not rely on simple stacking chip to obtain.

March 16 News, in the cloud computing development and Policy Forum, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Telecommunications Institute Li introduced, 2011, China's data center total power consumption of 70 billion-kilowatt, has accounted for the whole society of electricity consumption of 1.5%, the equivalent of the 2011 Tianjin, the annual total use of electricity 921 Operating Data center room, an area of about 880,000 square meters. At the same time, with the rapid growth of cloud computing, in the next 5 years, China's data center traffic processing capacity demand will increase 7-10 times, the engine room needs to double to meet the needs of cloud computing development. As a result, high capacity, high-density, high performance and low energy consumption have become the biggest standards for future cloud servers.

Microsoft's "core" choice

Microsoft is the industry's leading provider of cloud computing services, with a container model for the Azure Cloud Computing Center in Chicago, 1800-2500 servers per container, and 56 containers for a first-phase project in the data center. The container-based data center construction model pursues optimal energy efficiency (PUE), so server performance and density maximization and energy-saving best Bets are key factors in system consideration.

After comparison and testing of the programs offered by several vendors, Microsoft finally chose AMD's Hao long processor series as the core of the whole program. The test results show that AMD's efficient energy-saving processors enable the system to achieve the best energy efficiency per watt, while maximizing density: 2-way server optimized after the power consumption of 150W, compared to the traditional 2-way server savings of 43%, the unit space to accommodate the number of processors increased by 25%.

"Core" revolution

The entire process of cloud computing from deployment to application has a very important role to play. If you compare cloud computing to the brain, then the processor is like a ubiquitous neuron, with its conduction and operation that makes the brain produce wisdom. Therefore, the core of cloud computing has been the focus of all manufacturers in the cloud computing industry, and the focus of the chip giants.

All along, AMD has taken cloud computing as an important strategy for future development, dedicated to 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.

Last November, AMD launched a new architectural "bulldozer" that has been developed over the years: the highest support for 16 cores, with unprecedented core density, 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. At the same time, the price of "bulldozer" is 34% lower than that of similar products, and each core energy consumption is half lower, room occupancy is reduced by 2/3, platform price can be reduced by 2/3, can realize more flexible and efficient cloud computing deployment, reduce the long-term use cost.

Revolutionary products have sparked a high level of concern for partners and users, and almost everyone is looking for a big leap in cloud computing that will revolutionize the traditional server industry.

Partnering with partners to build ecosystem of value cloud

Cloud computing is a huge industrial chain, in the wave of cloud computing, any enterprise is difficult to fully meet the needs of their own customers. In the face of the industry's unanimous applause, AMD calmly chose to become an industry leader rather than lone hero. "AMD will focus on the real value of cloud computing for users and work with industry chain partners to build the ecosystem of value clouds," said Deng, senior global vice president and AMD Greater China president.

AMD has established strategic partnerships with HP, Dell and other manufacturers to develop innovative products, provide technical support for Microsoft and Facebook's cloud services, and collaborate closely with many Chinese manufacturers and research institutions to accelerate the development of cloud computing in China ... With a growing number of AMD cloud computing solutions deployed successfully, AMD customers cover the financial, telecommunications, bio-pharmaceuticals, the Internet, manufacturing and many other industries.

Different industries, enterprises will use the cloud to provide different services, what kind of servers, what kind of terminals, this is what AMD is now working on. As a new generation of Hao long processor "for the Cloud" label, AMD hope to continue to use technological innovation to promote the development of cloud industry chain, the cloud industry chain to create more successful, more mature.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)