AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the immediate availability of the AMD
Opteron(TM) A1100-Series developer kit, which features AMD's first 64-bit
ARM(R)-based processor, codenamed "Seattle." AMD is the first company to provide
a standard ARM Cortex(R)-A57-based server platform for software developers and
integrators. Software and hardware developers as well as early adopters in large
datacenters are eligible and can apply on AMD's website.


"The journey toward a more efficient infrastructure for large-scale datacenters
is taking a major step forward today with broader availability of our AMD
Opteron A1100-Series development kit," said Suresh Gopalakrishnan, general
manager and vice president, Server business unit, AMD. "After successfully
sampling to major ecosystem partners such as firmware, OS, and tools providers,
we are taking the next step in what will be a collaborative effort across the
industry to reimagine the datacenter based on the open business model of ARM
innovation."


With this announcement, AMD becomes the only provider of 64-bit ARM server
hardware with complete ARMv8 instruction set support to foster the development
of the ecosystem for efficient storage, Web applications and hosting. AMD is the
only provider to offer the standard ARM Cortex-A57 technology.


The AMD Opteron A1100 Series processor supports:


4 and 8 ARM Cortex-A57 cores 
Up to 4 MB of shared L2 and 8 MB of shared L3 cache 
Configurable dual DDR3 or DDR4 memory channels with ECC at up to 1866 MT/second 
Up to 4 SODIMM, UDIMM or RDIMMs 
8 lanes of PCI-Express(R) Gen 3 I/O 
8 Serial ATA 3 ports 
2 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports 
ARM TrustZone(R) technology for enhanced security 
Crypto and data compression co-processors 


The AMD Opteron A1100 development kit is packaged in a microATX form factor and
includes:



An AMD Opteron A1100-Series processor with 4 cores 
2 Registered DIMM with 16 GB of DDR3 DRAM 
PCI Express(R) connectors configurable as a single x8 or dual x4 ports 
8 Serial-ATA connectors 
Compatibility with standard power supplies 
Standard UEFI boot environment 
Linux environment based on Fedora technology from the Red Hat-sponsored Fedora
community 

Standard Linux GNU tool chain, including cross-development version 
Platform device drivers 
Apache web server, MySQL database engine, and PHP scripting language for
developing robust Web serving applications 

Java 7 and Java 8 versions to enable developers to work in a 64-bit ARM environment 


Complete developer kits are available for $2,999 USD.

Supporting Resources 


Apply for the development kit and learn more about the AMD Opteron A1100-Series
processor 

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About AMD 
AMD (NYSE: AMD) designs and integrates technology that powers millions of
intelligent devices, including personal computers, tablets, game consoles and
cloud servers that define the new era of surround computing. AMD solutions
enable people everywhere to realize the full potential of their favorite devices
and applications to push the boundaries of what is possible. For more
information, visit www.amd.com.


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their respective owners.




FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Kristen Lisa
AMD Public Relations
(512) 602-6020
kristen.lisa@amd.com
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