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Ampere is launching two versions of its first ARM-based 64-bit server processor today in a challenge to Intel's dominance of data center chips.
Intel dominates about 99 percent of the server chip market with its x86-based processors, but Ampere is targeting power-efficient, high-performance, and high-memory capacity features with its Ampere eMAG processors for data centers.
Renee James, former president of Intel and CEO of Ampere, said in an interview with VentureBeat that customers can now order the chip from the company's website. The chips are aimed at hyperscale cloud and edge computing, using the ARMv8-A cores. The chips target big data and in-memory databases.
[...] Based on the SPECint benchmark performance, Ampere's eMAG processor can deliver about twice the performance of the Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processor at about the same price, the company said. The eMAG with 32 cores and 3.3 Ghz in performance will sell for $850, and with 16 cores at 3.3 GHz will sell for $550.
[...] Ampere designed its cores, which feature eight DDR4-2667 memory controllers, 42 lanes of PCIe 3.0 for high bandwidth I/O, 125W TDP for maximum power efficiency, and a 16-nanometer FinFET manufacturing process at contract manufacturer TSMC.
Previously: Former Intel President Launches New Chip Company With Backing From Carlyle Group
(Score: 3, Informative) by RamiK on Friday September 21 2018, @12:52PM
Necromancy, ha? Wait, wasn't Bob Rau cremated as a Hindu?
*grabs shovel*
More seriously, I think they were sampling Microsoft's E2 EDGE processors in a partnership not too unlike from how Intel and HP worked on the Itanium but something went off schedule. Regardless, hopefully this time they won't have their chief architect for both the ISA and the compiler pass away only a couple of years after putting out the introductory paper ( http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~dima/cs522_05/epic.pdf [binghamton.edu] ).
compiling...