Cloud Computing: AMD introduces its new SeaMicro server for a big data world

Grazed from GigaOM. Author: Katie Fehrenbacher.

In the first announcement since SeaMicro was acquired by AMD, AMD has detailed its new server tech, which is optimized for big data and cloud computing. The new platform improves performance by moving storage closer to the computing center.
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In the first announcement following AMD’s acquisition of low power server startup SeaMicro earlier this year, AMD on Monday announced a new server platform based on the SeaMicro tech that’s optimized for big data and cloud computing. The newly-announced “SM15000? server tech supports 5 petabytes of storage and brings storage closer to compute, making the system faster and more resilient…

In addition, AMD announced new compute cards for its server tech, one based on AMD’s Opteron processor, and one based on Intel’s Ivy Bridge processor. “We see offering both Intel and AMD support for the foreseeable future,” said Andrew Feldman, AMD General Manager and co-founder and CEO of SeaMicro. Both the AMD and Ivy Bridge based tech will be available in November.

Feldman explained why AMD wanted to move storage closer to compute by saying: “With all this data you don’t know what you need.” Customers need these types of options in the early days of big data, said Feldman…

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