{"id":273,"date":"2012-12-12T13:24:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2012-12-12T13:24:54","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T18:24:54","slug":"intel-pitches-arm-alternative-to-data-centers-including-facebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2012\/12\/12\/intel-pitches-arm-alternative-to-data-centers-including-facebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel pitches ARM alternative to data centers\u2014including Facebook\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2012\/12\/intel-brings-arm-alternative-to-data-centers-including-facebooks\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"426\" width=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/nccomputertech.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/atoms1200chip21-640x426.jpg?resize=640%2C426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Intel today launched an Atom system-on-chip (SoC) line that combines extremely low power usage with server-class features, including virtualization technology and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ECC_memory\">Error-Correcting Code<\/a> (ECC) for higher reliability.<br \/>\nThe Intel Atom S1200 chips are for microservers as well as storage and networking systems that need energy efficiency and enterprise features that\u2014Intel says\u2014you just can&#8217;t get in ARM chips. Intel called the S1200 &#8220;the world&#8217;s first 6-watt server-class processor,&#8221; and said microservers using the chip will be able to fit 1,000 nodes into a single rack.<br \/>\nARM may dominate smartphones and tablets, but Intel hopes to lead the way in bringing smartphone CPUs to data centers. (As we&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2012\/08\/new-quad-core-intel-atom-socs-targets-pcs-servers-and-tablets\/\">previously reported<\/a>, Intel is making Atom-based SoCs for PCs, phones, and tablets as well.)<br \/>\n&#8220;Right now there are no ARM-based enterprise-class servers,&#8221; Intel VP Diane Bryant said at a press conference for <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom.intel.com\/community\/intel_newsroom\/blog\/2012\/12\/11\/intel-delivers-the-worlds-first-6-watt-server-class-processor\">today&#8217;s announcement<\/a>. In addition to the hardware-assisted virtualization and ECC features already mentioned, Bryant noted that the Intel S1200 chips are 64-bit and support the x86 software prevalent in today&#8217;s data centers.<br \/>\nThe prospects of ARM servers from AMD and the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calxeda.com\/\">Calxeda<\/a> are intriguing, but ARM isn&#8217;t a major player in the data center yet. With Atom S1200, Intel hopes to pre-empt ARM&#8217;s entry into the server market.<br \/>\nTo prove the Atom chips&#8217; usefulness, Intel trotted out partners HP and Microsoft to talk about servers that will use the S1200 SoC and Windows Server&#8217;s support for the new product line.<br \/>\nDescribing the importance of 64-bit, Microsoft&#8217;s Windows Server lead architect Jeffrey Snover said, &#8220;the benefits of a large, flat address space are just critical for a server operating system, so much so that Microsoft stopped supporting 32-bit chips [in Windows Server] a couple of releases ago. We&#8217;re very excited that we&#8217;ll now have a very low-energy part that could run the demands of Server.&#8221;<br \/>\nIntel also scored support from Facebook. Facebook isn&#8217;t using servers based on the chips yet, but had one of its top executives on stage with Intel to tout the new architecture&#8217;s potential.<br \/>\nFacebook&#8217;s involvement is interesting given that the social network previously <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/cloud\/facebook-amd-hp-and-others-team-up-to-plan-the-arm-data-center-takeover\/\">joined AMD<\/a> in touting the launch of ARM-based chips for servers. AMD&#8217;s server processors using 64-bit ARM chips won&#8217;t arrive <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2012\/10\/amd-announces-arm-based-opteron-cpus-due-to-launch-in-2014\/\">until 2014<\/a>, however, so Facebook may simply not want to wait.<br \/>\nThere are three Intel Atom S1200 processors with frequencies of 1.6GHz to 2.0GHz, and power usage from 6.1 watts to 8.5 watts. Each SoC has two physical cores that can run four threads thanks to Intel&#8217;s Hyper-Threading, and up to 8GB of DDR3 memory.<br \/>\nIntel&#8217;s recommended price is $54 per chip in quantities of 1,000 units.<br \/>\nFull Story: <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2012\/12\/intel-brings-arm-alternative-to-data-centers-including-facebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intel pitches ARM alternative to data centers\u2014including Facebook\u2019s | Ars Technica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel today launched an Atom system-on-chip (SoC) line that combines extremely low power usage with server-class features, including virtualization technology 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