There was a lot of talk about disaggregating server architecture at the rack level at OCP Summit.
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"Intel and Facebook are collaborating on a new disaggregated, rack-scale server architecture that enables independent upgrading of compute, network and storage subsystems that will define the future of mega-datacenter designs for the next decade, " said Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer during his keynote address at Open Computer Summit in Santa Clara, Calif.
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For hardware, HP engineered flexible standards-based interfaces into their server cartridge architecture so that nearly any kind of accelerator or processor developer can make a cartridge.
The game already uses the server-side architecture for a wide range of game processes, and moving all that processing power to the PC would be no simple hotfix.
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Second, ARM is also focusing its power efficient architecture on the server market.
The key offerings are in the server management services and system oriented architecture.
Pragmatists say it is simply a computer architecture that uses a central server but with peers that are all independent.
The move will bring the x86 processor architecture that dominates the PC and server business into direct competition with the ARM-based designs that now dominate the smart phone and tablet industry.
Even Microsoft is getting into the game with its Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) that enables SQL Server customers evolve their SQL databases to Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architecture to take advantage of commodity hardware.
He also points out that AMD knows the server market well, and in theory could partner with ARM to drive that architecture into high-performance applications.
The planned architecture will give enterprise-level companies the capability of connecting wirelessly to a server and to applications anywhere in the world.
According to NVIDIA it took years of research, the creation of a server farm, and an insanely deep and analytical understanding of every combination of hardware and architecture possible in the average home.
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However, since the launch of its Bulldozer architecture, AMD has seen a steady increase in demand for its high-end server processors.
He credited non-proprietary architecture, with its high rate of innovation and low cost, with helping break open the server market, once dominated by proprietary vendors such as Sun Microsystems Inc.
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