AMD / Intel - borba za micro server platformu ?

[Ace Rimmer]

Izgleda da se lagano otvara nova fronta - mikroserveri .

Prvo Intel:

The first Atom-based server offering from Intel will be released sometime in 2012. Although Intel Atom micro-architecture will remain intact and will still have a number of limitations (e.g., lack of out-of-order execution and other drawbacks), it will gain 64-bit capability, virtualization technology, support for error-correcting code and other peculiarities of modern server central processing units. The chip will likely be based on Cedarview micro-architecture, will be dual-core and will be made using 32nm process technology. However, Intel has not confirmed this yet.

Izvor:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...s_Plans_to_Create_Atom_for_Micro_Servers.html

Zanimljivo je da AMD sve nabrojeno već sada ima u obliku Bobcat baziranih čipova (Ontario/Zacate): 64-bitni OoO low-power dizajn, ECC enabled mem. kontroler, podršku za virtualizaciju + GPU.

Izgleda da šteka samo softverska strana:

"Semiconductor maker AMD is moving forward with plans to move into cloud computing and roll out new hardware and software products. The company wants to hire more than 1,000 tech professionals worldwide, primarily design engineers, software professionals and IT specialists...Since AMD supports open-source software, it looks for software engineers skilled in Linux development, C/C++, Ruby and Java, primarily for its offices in Sunnyvale, Calif., and Toronto. Also, the company seeks OpenGL and OpenCL software developers who know C/C++ and graphics...To a lesser degree, AMD's looking for firmware developers to work in Austin, Texas. They'll develop software to validate products and should be skilled in Linux environments using C/C++, Ruby, Java, and x86 assembly. Previous firmware development experience helps. On the hardware side, analog design engineers with backgrounds in electrical engineering and specific ClSI and ASIC design skills are needed."

It's certainly a good time to be a Linux engineer and it will be interesting to see what comes of AMD's new open-source Linux engineers.

Izvor:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTIwNA

EDIT:
Vezano ... šta je ušlo u aktualni 2.6.38 kernel:
* Support for AMD Fusion APU
* New AMD Bulldozer virtualization extensions

 

[__zevs__]

Intel ima dosta programera koji rade na linux kernelu, tako da je logično da i AMD želi da se aktivira na tom polju. Pogotovo što je to korporativno tržište dosta inertno, pa verujem da će većina ići na atoma ("jer se zna da je samo Intel za biznis") pa ih treba ubediti dobrom podrškom i radom sa što manje problema. Bilo bi dobro da se malo više potrude oko primene šejdera na grafičkoj (neki paralelni račun), tu im je najveća prednost.

Ps.
Mada ja i dalje ne vidim čemu ti mikro serveri i virtualizacija na njima.

 

[jozza]

Dzaba im prednost ako je ne iskoriste.