The document discusses AMD's technologies for improving energy efficiency and performance in servers and graphics processors. It highlights AMD's Opteron and FireStream processors, which provide high performance while using less power than competitors. AMD is focusing on innovations like its CoolCore technology, 45nm manufacturing process, and support for OpenCL to enhance efficiency and acceleration capabilities across its product lines.
9. 8-core system comparison AMD FSB FSB Hyper Transport CS MEMORY MEMORY MEMORY Twice the number of memory controllers Moving data affected by FSB Bottleneck
10. HPC Performance Advantage 100% = Xeon E5472 13% 19% The results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org and www.amd.com as of June 23, 2008. The STREAM, FLUENT, STAR-CD, and LS-DYNA comparisons above are based on results measured in AMD’s performance lab. For the latest results visit http://www.spec.org/ and http://www.amd.com . 17% Average Performance Advantage for Opteron 2356
11. The Clear Leader for HPC Efficiency Based on measurements at AMD performance labs as of June 23, 2008. FLUENT results based on FLUENT 12 beta release from ANSYS, Inc. Performance on the final software release may vary. LS-DYNA results based on LS-DYNA mpp970 release from LSTC. STAR-CD results based on STAR-CD v4.02 release from CD-adapco. Higher performance and lower power consumption – the CLEAR leader Benchmark Rating (higher is better) Energy Usage (lower is better) Rating per Energy Usage (higher is better) FLUENT (CFD) sedan_4m, 8 cores 133% 86.7% 154% LS-DYNA (FEA) 3 Vehicle Collision, 8 cores 114% 99.6% 115% STAR-CD (CFD) A_Class_6m, 8 cores 125% 93.9% 133% Relative to Xeon E5472 processor-based server
12. Introducing “Shanghai” The new price/performance-per-watt leader for x86 servers. 1 Immersion lithography contributes to major power and performance benefits 2 Still the industry’s most manageable and consistent server platform 3 New innovations result in superior virtualization and power management capabilities 4 Unprecedented levels of price/performance for businesses 5
18. Acceleration Concepts Reduction in Latency Add-in Chipset “ Socket Filler” Package Integration Core Integration Outside the system Closer to the cores Chipset PCI-E A c c e l e r a t o r CPU Accelerator AMD Opteron Socket AMD Opteron Socket Opteron Socket PCIe Accelerator HTX Accelerator Accelerator