AMD showcased a development platform for its first 64-bit ARM-based server CPU and announced the upcoming sampling of the ARM-based processor, named the AMD Opteron A1100 Series.
The AMD Opteron A1100 Series processors support:
4 or 8 core ARM Cortex-A57 processors
Up to 4 MB of shared L2 and 8 MB of shared L3 cache
Configurable dual DDR3 or DDR4 memory channels with ECC at up to 1866 MT/second
Up to 4 SODIMM, UDIMM or RDIMMs
8 lanes of PCI-Express Gen 3 I/O
8 Serial ATA 3 ports
2 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports
ARM TrustZone technology for enhanced security
Crypto and data compression co-processors
“The needs of the data center are changing. A one-size-fits-all approach typically limits efficiency and results in higher-cost solutions,” said Suresh Gopalakrishnan, corporate vice president and general manager of the AMD server business unit. “The new ARM-based AMD Opteron A-Series processor brings the experience and technology portfolio of an established server processor vendor to the ARM ecosystem and provides the ideal complement to our established AMD Opteron x86 server processors.”
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