The document introduces the AMD Opteron A1100, a new 64-bit ARM-based CPU for datacenters. Key features include up to 8 cores, integrated 10Gb Ethernet, support for up to 128GB of memory, and long term support for 10 years. It is targeted at applications like storage, networking, web serving and software development. AMD partners like SoftIron will offer solutions based on the A1100.

1. DAN BOUNDS
SENIOR DIRECTOR, DATACENTER PRODUCTS
AMD ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS
INTRODUCING THE
AMD OPTERON™ A1100
FOR THE DATACENTER
 Under Embargo Until January 14, 2016 @ 9 AM Eastern Standard Time

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ACCELERATING DATA CENTER INNOVATION
AMD OPTERON™ A1100 SERIES PROCESSOR
CHOICE
 Promotes innovation
 Helps to lower cost
 Tailor solutions to workloads
RIGHT-SIZED
PERFORMANCE
 High-speed I/O integration
 Dense storage design
 Energy-efficient Cortex®-A57 cores
ACCELERATE TIME TO
DEPLOY ARM
 Mainstreaming 64-bit ARM
 Enterprise-class features
 Robust and developing ecosystem

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A1100 High Performance 64-bit ARM® CPU with Integrated Dual 10Gb Ethernet
8MB
L3 Cache
Up to
128GB 2X10GbE 10
Years Planned Longevity
8
Cortex®-A57 Cores Highly Integrated IOSystem Memory

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ACCELERATING DATA CENTER INNOVATION
AMD OPTERON™ A1100 SERIES PROCESSOR
COMPUTE
 Up to 8 ARM Cortex®-A57 cores
 Up to 4MB shared L2 cache
 8MB L3 cache
MEMORY
 Dual channel DDR3/4 w/ECC up to 1866 MHz
 SODIMM, UDIMM, RDIMM 2DIMMs/channel
 Memory capacity 64GB/channel
INTEGRATED I/O
 PCIe® Gen3 | 8 lanes (x8, x4, x2 support)
 SATA3 (6Gb/s) | 14 ports
 10GbE (KR) | 2 ports
OTHER INTEGRATION
 ARM TrustZone® compliant
 System co-processor (Secure boot)
Crypto/Compression Coprocessor
SPI
UART
I2C
SATA 3
SATA 3
10GbE KR
PCIe Gen3DDR-3 /4 Memory Controller
1MB L2
1MB L2
8MB L3
1MB L2
1MB L2
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core
Cortex A5 System Control Processor
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core
64-bit
Cortex-A57
Core

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ACCELERATING DATA CENTER INNOVATION
AMD OPTERON™ A1100 SERIES TARGET MARKETS
Single, low cost platform
for 64-bit ARM SW
development
Power-efficient Cortex-A57
cores enabling dense form
factors for scale-out
workloads
14 port SATA3 integration with
balanced I/O, memory, and
compute for large data sets
STORAGE WEB SERVING SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT
Multi-core ARM 64-bit SoC
with dual integrated 10GE
controllers
NETWORKING

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AMD/SoftIron PRODUCT COLLABORATION
A NEW GENERATION MADE REAL
SoftIron Overdrive3000
Enterprise class ARM64 developer system
Range of Software Defined
Storage products
Early Adopter program for storage line-up
Available today!

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OTHER HARDWARE PARTNERS
NFV Platform Dense, Fabric-Based Designs Low-Cost Enterprise
Development
Look for upcoming announcements!
A NEW GENERATION MADE REAL

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OS AND APPLICATION OPTIMIZATIONS
LEAD SOFTWARE PARTNERS

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AMD OPTERON A1100 SKUs
Base frequency with TDP = 15W; Base frequency is higher when TDP > 15W
Model Number OPN TDP
Core
Count
L2
Cache
L3
Cache
CPU
Clock
GHz
Max
DDR3
Rate
Max
DDR4
Rate
Temp
Range
(Tdie Max)
ECC
A1170 OA1170AQD8NAD 32W 8 4M 8MB 2.0 1600 1866 0C – 80C Yes
A1150 OA1150AQD8NAD 32W 8 4M 8MB 1.7 1600 1866 0C – 80C Yes
A1120 OA1120ARD4NAD 25W 4 2M 8MB 1.7 1600 1866 0C – 80C Yes
All information provided for reference only and subject to change. Always refer to latest AMD’s technical
documentation for support details.

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A1100 High Performance 64-bit ARM® CPU with Integrated Dual 10Gb Ethernet
CHOICE RIGHT-SIZED
PERFORMANCE
ACCELERATE TIME TO
DEPLOY ARM

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ARM, Cortex and TrustZone are registered trademarks of ARM Limited in the UK and other countries. PCI-e is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG Corporation.

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AMD OPTERON™ A1100 SERIES SOLUTION STACKS
AMD OPTERON A1100 SERIES SERVER PLATFORM
COMPILERS: GCC, LLVM
JAVA: Oracle JDK, OpenJDK
SCRIPTING LANGUAGES: PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby
OS: CentOS, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Red Hat, SUSE
HYPERVISORS: KVM, Xen
SOC DRIVERS: SATA | 10GE | PSP | UART | USB | PCIe
LAMP STACK
– Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP or Python
JAVA APPLICATION SERVING – TomCat, Jetty
WEB SERVING - Apache HTTP Server, NGinX
BLOG PLATFORM – Wordpress
CACHING – Memcached, Squid
NFV – Open Data Plane, Virtual Function IO,
Openstack, vEPC, Deep Packet Inspection
STORAGE APPLICATIONS - Ceph (Object, Block),
OpenStack Swift (Object)
BIG DATA INFRASTRUCTURE - Hadoop
Distributed File System, Apache Cassandra,
Hbase
PLATFORM SOFTWARE: OS and hypervisor
kernels, device drivers, utilities, management;
dev tools
APPLICATIONS: ARM64 client and server
TEST/VALIDATION INFRASTRUCTURE: Linaro
LAVA, OpenJDK test bed, regression test beds
3RD PARTY DRIVERS: NICs | Storage | Memory | Interconnects
NETWORKING & STORAGE WEB SERVING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPER TOOLS
OS & HYPERVISOR
FIRMWARE UEFI, ACPI, SMBIOS

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AMD OPTERON A1100 SP1 PACKAGE DETAILS
SP1 Package
27mm x 27mm BGA
Opteron A1100 SOC
Package SP1
Type of package 27 x 27mm BGA
Lidded / lidless Lidless
Nominal thickness after re-flow
(From motherboard to top of die)
Nominal 2.46mm
Max 2.71mm
Ball size before re-flow 0.45 mm
Ball pitch 0.65 mm
Approximate ball count 1021
27 mm
2.46-2.71 mm
27mm

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MEMORY SUPPORT OVERVIEW (DDR3)
UDIMM RDIMM SO-DIMM
Frequencies 800, 1066,1333, 1600 800, 1066,1333, 1600 800,1066, 1333, 1600
Ranks Supported 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2
Capacity per DIMM1 Up to 8GB Up to 8GB Up to 8GB
Max # DIMMs per Channel 2 2 2
Voltage 1.35V 1.35V 1.35V
DRAM Technology x8 x8 x8
ECC Yes Yes Yes
Address Parity No No No
All information provided for reference only and subject to change.
Always refer to latest AMD’s technical documentation for support details.
1- Based on 4Gb DRAM Densities

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MEMORY SUPPORT OVERVIEW (DDR4)
All information provided for reference only and subject to change.
Always refer to latest AMD’s technical documentation for support details.
1- Based on 8Gb DRAM Densities
UDIMM RDIMM SO-DIMM
Frequencies 1333, 1600, 1866 1333, 1600, 1866 1333, 1600, 1866
Ranks Supported 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2
Capacity per DIMM1 Up to 16GB Up to 32GB Up to 16GB
Max # DIMMs per Channel 2 2 2
Voltage 1.2V 1.2V 1.2V
DRAM Technology x8 x4 or x8 x8
ECC Yes Yes Yes
Address Parity Yes Yes Yes