Qualcomm Begins Commercial Sampling of World’s First 10nm Server Processor and Reshapes the Future of Datacenter Computing | Qualcomm
48-core processor, shipping in H2/2017
To me it felt like Qualcomm was taking forever to release their server processor, but the fact that they will launch it on 10nm process means they did not want to take any chances.
I just hope Qualcomm is also investing in everything else that is required for their processor to perform well, starting with the open source compilers. For reference, take a look at this article that showed how much of an improvement one could get for Cavium ThunderX performance just by using the latest compilers (unreleased at the time of launch of Cavium's ThunderX) Cavium ThunderX Benchmarks Part II: Why enterprise ARM developers need these machines.
Well, 2017 will be an exciting year to watch, on the server/datacenter side Intel will be under attack by ARM, Power9 (search for OpenPower to understand how Power is becoming relevant) and AMD with Zen. And Zen I think is the least dangerous threat to Intel's Datacenter Business. I just wish Power9 would launch on 10nm process, but it seems unlikely.
48-core processor, shipping in H2/2017
To me it felt like Qualcomm was taking forever to release their server processor, but the fact that they will launch it on 10nm process means they did not want to take any chances.
I just hope Qualcomm is also investing in everything else that is required for their processor to perform well, starting with the open source compilers. For reference, take a look at this article that showed how much of an improvement one could get for Cavium ThunderX performance just by using the latest compilers (unreleased at the time of launch of Cavium's ThunderX) Cavium ThunderX Benchmarks Part II: Why enterprise ARM developers need these machines.
Well, 2017 will be an exciting year to watch, on the server/datacenter side Intel will be under attack by ARM, Power9 (search for OpenPower to understand how Power is becoming relevant) and AMD with Zen. And Zen I think is the least dangerous threat to Intel's Datacenter Business. I just wish Power9 would launch on 10nm process, but it seems unlikely.
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