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AMD launches dev kit with 64-bit ARM-based server chips

Chip maker AMD is launching its first processors based on ARM technology this year. The first ARM chips from the company are aimed at servers rather than desktops, notebooks, or tablets. But software and hardware developers can now apply for a development kit which is basically a microATX PC motherboard with a quad-core AMD Opteron A1100-Series […]

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AMD’s first ARM chip is a 64-bit, 8-core doozy (aimed at servers)

As expected, chip maker AMD is launching its first processor based on ARM technology. And as expected, it’s aimed at servers rather than smartphones, tablets, set-top-boxes, or the other places you usually find ARM chips. That said, for a first entry, the AMD Opteron A1100 Series is no joke. It’s one of the first 64-bit […]