Introducing AMD-QC-LN.ppt

The Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Leif Nordlund AMD Commercial Manager Nordic Region

Introducing the new Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor
Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors… designed for the datacenter’s most pressing challenges and priorities
EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10
Why the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor changes the game :
Most significant launch since AMD Opteron processors introduced in 2003
Market is ready and hungry for the world’s most advanced x86 processor
Performance-per-watt leadership
Showcases the most relevant datacenter innovations for energy-efficiency, virtualization, investment protection and performance

Built for the Datacenter EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10 HVAC Backup generators UPS Control room Energy Efficiency
Thermal envelope consistent
Better performance per watt
HVAC costs matter
Virtualization Performance
Resource consolidation
Security improvements
Rapid Virtualization Indexing
Optimal Performance
Native Quad-Core
Cache enhancements
HyperTransport™ technology
Upgraded cores
Investment Protection
Scalable architecture
Socket compatibility
Designed for upgradeability
Server room

“Barcelona” Changes the Game in Four Dimensions 7/19/06

Investment Protection: Stable Platform Progression Long-term success for partners and end-customers
Stable platforms deliver better long-term value and logical transitions for partners and customers
7/19/06 1 st Generation Platform 2 nd Generation Platform 3 rd Generation Platform 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 New Core 130nm Single Core 90nm Dual Core 90nm Dual Core 65nm Quad-core “Barcelona” 45nm Quad-core “ Shanghai”

AMD Opteron™ Processors (‘Barcelona’) 7/19/06 Proven Experience! Second-Generation AMD Opteron™ processor-based computing platforms available now support tomorrow’s quad-core technology
More than just four cores
Significant CPU Core Enhancements
Significant Cache Enhancements
World-class performance
Native Quad-Core
AMD Virtualization™ enhancements
Reducing total cost of ownership
Performance/Watt leadership
Designed for upgradeability
Common Core Architecture

AMD Power Efficiency Innovation EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10 Low-Power DDR2 Memory Dual Dynamic Power Management™ Independent Dynamic Core Technology AMD CoolCore™ Technology Same Power And Thermal Envelopes As Dual-Core!

Average CPU Power Creating a more useful metric EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10 Customers prefer a more accurate way to account for power than the engineering Thermal Design Power (TDP)
AMD Opteron™ processor TDP represents theoretical limits
TDP methodologies differ between manufacturers
Not representative of “real world” peak work loads
Over-estimating power budgets can lead to wasted data center space and inefficiencies AMD has defined a new metric for a more useful way to evaluate processor power consumption - Average CPU Power (ACP)

Introducing Average CPU Power EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10 Average CPU Power (ACP) - Measuring processor power draw on all CPU power rails while running accurate and relevant commercially useful high utilization workloads* TDP will continue to be leveraged for engineering thermal design maximum limits ACP values are considerably lower than TDP
Because AMD’s TDP values are conservative engineering design limits
ACP includes workloads such as TPC-C, SPECcpu2006,
SPECjbb2005, STREAM
Each ACP value includes power for Cores, Memory Controller, and HyperTransport™ links *See slide “Details around testing” SPEC® and the benchmark names SPECcpu2006, SPECjbb2005 are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. ACP TDP 55W 68W ACP TDP 75W 95W ACP TDP 105W 120W Overall platform power is most important

Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor 7/19/06 Optimal Virtualization AMD Features Business Value Direct Connect Architecture Greater efficiency on memory intensive workloads like virtualization, helps host more virtual machines per server and improve resource utilization. AMD-V™ with Rapid Virtualization Indexing (NPT) Increased performance and efficiency for certain virtual workloads, allowing for a higher performing, more flexible IT environment. AMD Balanced Smart Cache Improves core efficiency for better support of multi-threaded virtualization environments. Offers the most efficient x86 virtualization platform, enabling highly flexible and scalable IT support Extended Migration Enables virtualization software to migrate running virtual machine across the entire family of AMD Opteron processors

AMD Virtualization™ Leadership 7/19/06
Performance
Direct Connect Architecture
Rapid Virtualization Indexing
Security
Device Exclusion Vector
Software Support
AMD-V™
Live Migration
64-bit Guest OS Support
2009 Enhancements
IOMMU for Security and Performance

Comparing Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Technologies 7/19/06 Feature Silicon-assisted x86 virtualization AMD-V™ VT-x Direct Connect Architecture  Planned Virtualization-aware memory controller  Planned Device Exclusion Vector  Planned Tagged TLB  Planned Functionality for Extended Migration  Planned Support for 64-bit Guest OSes  Requires VT Rapid Virtualization Indexing (Nested Page Tables) Available with Quad-Core Planned

7/19/06 AMD Virtualization™ Technology

AMD Design Goals for Virtualization June 18, 2007 Near native application performance for virtual machines Satisfying and consistent user experience for remote access and application virtualization

7/19/06

Memory Management Basics 7/19/06 Processor Virtual Memory extends physical memory so a computer can run larger programs or more programs concurrently Operating system maps virtual to physical memory, storing the mapping information in “page tables” Processor includes hardware (ex, translation lookaside buffer) to support virtual memory management To run multiple virtual machines on a system, another level of memory management is required Operating System Virtual Memory Physical Memory

Rapid Virtualization Indexing Translating Virtual to Physical Memory 7/19/06 Without Virtualization Hardware (in CPU silicon) Hardware (in TLB) Translations take place in Translations are stored in Shadow Page Tables Rapid Virtualization Indexing Hardware (in CPU silicon) Hardware (in guest TLB) Software (in Hypervisor) Virtual Memory (DRAM or disk) With Virtualization VM1 VM2 Virtual Memory 1 Virtual Memory 2 Physical Memory Physical Memory Virtual Memory

Software Virtualization: Shadow Page Tables 7/19/06 App App Memory Virtual Machine Guest OS Host / Guest Page Tables Shadow Page Tables (address translations in software) Shadow Page Tables Hypervisor
Provides the guest OS with the illusion that it is managing memory
Shadows Page Tables are kept up by the hypervisor in software
Hypervisor management can reduce performance
Requires more software intervention from the hypervisor

Enhanced AMD-V™ with Virt.Indexing Reduced Overhead for More Efficient Switching 7/19/06 Guest Cache App App Memory Virtual Machine Guest OS Nested Paging Nested Paging (address translations in hardware) Hypervisor (lightweight)
Each guest physically has their own world to manage
Guest TLB Caching Reduces time for Translations
Memory look ups done in hardware which can be faster than software management
Hypervisor no longer maintains shadow copies of page tables
Requires less hypervisor intervention

Rapid Virtualization Indexing Uplift 7/19/06 Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Model 2350

7/19/06 Live Migration

Live Migration with AMD-V™ Extended Migration 7/19/06
Live migration refers to the migration of a live VM from one physical server to another while maintaining continuous availability
Often used for server upgrades , high-availability solutions, disaster recovery solutions
Virtualization Layer Virtualization Layer Virtualization Layer Operating System Application Operating System Application Operating System Application Operating System Application Operating System Application Operating System Application Operating System Application Hardware Virtualization Layer Operating System Application Operating System Application Operating System Application

AMD-V Extended Migration
AMD has provided the necessary technology for VMware and other virtualization software vendors to implement a solution to enable VMotion between AMD processor revisions E, F, Barcelona and beyond
This technology has been available since Rev C
AMD is working extensively with our ISV partners on this solution
Vmware, Microsoft, XENSOURCE, RH, NOVELL
Vmware // not there yet :
AMD published white paper at developer.amd.com
Describes a process used to set CPUID and MSRs for all VMs running on a physical server and enable seamless migration between processors
7/19/06

Dual-Core to Quad-Core Uplift EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10 Dual-Core AMD Opteron TM 2200 Series vs. Quad-Core AMD Opteron Model 2350 2 Socket Performance Scaling 57% 59% > 124 % 57% 49% SPEC and the benchmark name SPECint, SPECfp and SPECOMPM are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Benchmark results stated above for Dual-Core AMD Opteron™ processor Model 2222 reflect results published on www.spec.org as of Sep 9, 2007. The comparison presented above is based on results for Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 2350 under submission to SPEC as of Sep 9, 2007. For the latest results visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/ and http:// www.spec.org/omp/results / . Stream and VMmark results based on internal measurements at AMD performance labs. 54% Average Performance Increase > 124 % 57% 49% 17% 23% 100% = Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processor Performance

Rapid Virtualization Indexing Uplift Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Model 2350 OLTP Terminal Services 14% 23% 94% 100% = Without Rapid Virtualization Indexing Under Embargo until 12:01 am EDT, Sept. 10, 2007

Performance-Per-Watt Leadership Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ Processor Model 2350 (75 Watt ) vs. Intel Xeon 5345 (80 Watt, without Additional Watts of Memory Controller and FBDIMM) 67% 36% 30% 27% 12% 9% -5% 26% Average Performance Increase Fluent 6.4.3 (sedan_4m) SPECint_rate_base2006 Both on gcc SPECompMBase2001
SPECfp_rate_base2006
Both on gcc
SPECfp_rate2006 Intel compiler vs. PGI compiler LSDyna 3 Vehicle Collision SPECint_rate2006 Intel compiler vs. PGI compiler SPEC and the benchmark name SPECint, SPECfp and SPECOMPM are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of Sep 9, 2007. The comparison presented above is based on results for Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor Model 2350 and Xeon 5345 (specint_rate2006 gcc and SPECompM2001 base) under submission to SPEC as of Sep 9, 2007. For the latest results visit http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/results/ . Fluent and LSDyna result based on internal measurements at AMD performance labs. Under Embargo until 12:01 am EDT, Sept. 10, 2007 100% = Intel Xeon 5345

Expanding Ecosystem EMBARGOED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10 … and integration partners to put it all together Leading OEM Platforms… … regional choices… … the best in software partners…

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