AMD presenta la famiglia AMD Opteron X-Series, i più performanti processori x86 per server

Nome in codice “Kyoto”.

AMD presenta AMD Opteron X-Series, i nuovi processori per server a basso consumo ottimizzati per le architetture server scale-out.

I primi processori AMD Opteron X-Series, nome in codice “Kyoto”, rappresentano le soluzioni x86 con la maggiore densità ed efficienza energetica mai realizzate. I nuovi processori X1150 e X2150 offrono prestazioni di livello superiore rispetto ai processori Intel Atom di fascia alta, anche per quanto riguarda le prestazioni single-threaded e il livello di throughput, grazie alla migliore efficienza energetica, alla possibilità di disporre del doppio dei core e di cache L2, e di una architettura pipeline più avanzata, una maggiore integrazione e infine del supporto fino a 32 GB di DRAM.

I processori AMD Opteron X-Series sono disponibili in due versioni. Il processore AMD Opteron X2150, che con un consumo di soli 11 watt è la prima APU system-on-a-chip per server che combina CPU e GPU con un bus ad alta velocità, tutto su un singolo die, per sfruttare la tecnologia grafica AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 per i carichi di lavoro impegnativi dal punto di vista multimediale ed il processore AMD Opteron X1150, con un consumo che scende a soli 9 watt, è invece la versione ‘solo-CPU’ ottimizzata per i carichi di lavoro scale-out. I processori AMD Opteron X-Series, le più evolute APU e CPU x86 al mondo, costituiscono quindi le soluzioni ideali per le applicazioni web e cloud più recenti, dalla big data analytics all’elaborazione delle immagini, al supporto ai contenuti multimediali, all’hosting.

L’APU AMD Opteron X2150 e la CPU Opteron X1150 sono disponibili rispettivamente a un prezzo indicativo di 99 e 64 dollari, in lotti da 1.000 unità. Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili sul sito di AMD.

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AMD Launches the AMD Opteron X-Series Family:

the Industry’s Highest Performance Small Core x86 Server Processors

Twice the Performance and More Power-Efficient than the Top Performing Intel® Atom™ Processor

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—May 29, 2013— AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled a new family of low power server processors: the AMD Opteron™ X-Series optimized for scale-out server architectures. The first AMD Opteron X-Series processors, formerly known as “Kyoto,” are the highest density, most power-efficient small core x86 processors ever built[1]. The new X1150 and X2150 processors beat the top performing Intel Atom processor on key performance benchmarks², including single thread and throughput performance with superior power-efficiency, twice the cores and L2 cache with a more advanced pipeline architecture, higher integration and support for up to 32 gigabytes of DRAM—4x more than the Intel Atom processor.

The AMD Opteron X-Series processors come in two variants. The AMD Opteron X2150, which consumes as little as 11 watts, is the first server APU system-on-a-chip integrating CPU and GPU engines with a high-speed bus on a single die. This enables customers to take advantage of leading-edge AMD Radeon™ HD 8000 graphics technology for multimedia-oriented server workloads. The AMD Opteron X1150, which consumes as little as 9 watts, is a CPU-only version optimized for general scale-out workloads.

“The data center is at an inflection point and requires a high number of cores in a dense form factor with integrated graphics, massive amounts of DRAM and unprecedented power efficiency to keep up with the pace of innovation of Internet services,” said Andrew Feldman, corporate vice president and general manager, Server Business Unit at AMD. “AMD has a proud history of server innovation, and the AMD Opteron X-Series processors challenge the status quo by providing unmatched capabilities to drive the most energy-efficient servers in the industry.”

The AMD Opteron X-Series processors are now the world’s premier small-core x86 APUs and CPUs, ideal for next-generation scale-out web and cloud applications ranging from big data analytics to image processing, multimedia content delivery, and hosting.

“Fundamental changes in computing architectures are required to support space, power and cost demands organizations need to deliver compelling, new infrastructure economics,” said Paul Santeler, vice president and general manager, Hyperscale Server business segment, HP. “The new x86 AMD Opteron X-Series processors integrated into futureHP Moonshot servers will continue to push the boundaries of power efficiency for social, mobile, cloud and big data workloads.”

The AMD Opteron X-Series versus Intel Atom S1260

Key Facts, Performance and Technical Detail

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The AMD Opteron X2150 APU and X1150 CPU are generally available now for a cost of $99 and $64, respectively, in 1K quantities. More information can be found on AMD’s web site.

About AMD

AMD (NYSE: AMD) is a semiconductor design innovator leading the next era of vivid digital experiences with its ground-breaking AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) that power a wide range of computing devices. AMD’s server computing products are focused on driving industry-leading cloud computing and virtualization environments. AMD’s superior graphics technologies are found in a variety of solutions ranging from game consoles, PCs to supercomputers. For more information, visit http://www.amd.com.

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[1] Based on AMD’s small core Opteron™ processor Model X1150 vs. Intel® Atom™ Model S1260, Intel’s highest performance small core processor. Highest density based on cores/rack. Since Opteron X-Series has double the number of cores of Intel Atom S1200 series, it has the double the density among small core x86 processors. Most power efficient small core x86 processor as measured by SPECint®_rate_base2006 estimates divided by TDP.

²SPEC and SPECint are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. The comparison presented reflects competing AMD and Intel 2.0GHz processors. Throughput performance estimates are based on SPECint®_rate_base2006 results using all four threads of each processor. Single thread performance estimates are based on SPECint®_rate_base2006 results using one thread of each processor. The results stated are estimates based on measurements in AMD labs as of May 2, 2013. For the latest SPECint®_rate_base2006 results, visithttp://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/. Configuration information: 1 x AMD Opteron™ processor Model X1150 in “Olive Hill” Reference platform server, 8GB (2 x 4GB DDR3-1600) memory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Server Release 6.3 x86_64 OS, GCC 4.7.2 Compiler. 1 x Intel Xeon processor Model S1260 in Supermicro 5017A-EF server, 8GB (2 x 4GB DDR3-1333) memory, Red Hat Enterprise Linux® Server Release 6.3 x86_64 OS, GCC 4.7.2 Compiler.

*Based on the capability of the Kyoto memory controller and expected 16GB DIMM availability.