Comments on: After SeaMicro, why AMD’s next step will be an ARM license http://gigaom.com/2012/02/29/after-seamicro-why-amds-next-step-will-be-an-arm-license/ Mon, 20 May 2013 07:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lucian Armasu http://gigaom.com/2012/02/29/after-seamicro-why-amds-next-step-will-be-an-arm-license/#comment-814538 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:56:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=491844#comment-814538 The ARMv8 and the next-gen chip on top of it that comes after Cortex A15 would be ideal, but they shouldn’t wait that long. Cortex A15 will be good enough for low-power servers, and it’s coming out around the end of the year. It’s actually ARM’s first chip intended for servers. So it would be a good time to license it right away and prepare it for a 2013 launch.

The acquisition of SeaMicro is also Intel’s loss, because SeaMicro were the ones trying to give Atom a chance in the low-power server market. So that’s gone now. This was a smart buy by AMD, but they really need to focus on ARM, too, and not just their own chips.

]]> By: Koichi Osako http://gigaom.com/2012/02/29/after-seamicro-why-amds-next-step-will-be-an-arm-license/#comment-814474 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:23:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=491844#comment-814474 good point! “they’ll also re-create their mobile SoC GPU “

]]> By: Jeff Kibuule http://gigaom.com/2012/02/29/after-seamicro-why-amds-next-step-will-be-an-arm-license/#comment-814428 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:34:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=491844#comment-814428 I can definitely see AMD getting an ARM license within the next 1-2 years, and being ready for the launch of ARMv8 in 2014 which brings a 64-bit ISA, making it perfect for servers. Perhaps they’ll also re-create their mobile SoC GPU department and go back to making consumer level products should mobile really take off.

Decisions, decisions.

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