AMD released its latest roadmap for embedded systems is shown. The company has four different product families, all four with 28nm technology, are shown, including an ARM cpu with eight cores.
The ARM processor is composed of eight A57 cores on 28nm to be produced. The soc consists of A57 core with the ARMv8 architecture, with 64bit support, 10Gb ethernetconnectiviteit and support for pci-express 3.0 interfaces. The code name of the soc reads Hierofalcon and should be used in data centers for storage, network and communications equipment. The Hierofalcon-series in the second half of 2014.
AMD had also three other product families for 2014, with code names Eagle, Bald Eagle and Steppe Eagle. First, the Eagle, is a gpu for embedded systems with gcn-architecture and 2GB of gddr5 memory. Eagle comes in three variants and should be from the first half of 2014.
The company also comes with two apu’s: the Steppe Eagle and Bald Eagle. Steppe Eagle is a further development of the G-series apus and has improved Jaguar cores on board. High-end apu’s perform better, and to the economical side of the spectrum to the soc’s something more than that from the G-series. The frequencies of the cpu and gpu are also increased.
Bald Eagle is the successor in the R-series cpus and is the top end for embedded systems. The cpu cores are enhanced Steamroller cores and also the gpu is based on an improved gcn architecture. The apu’s also have support for ecc memory and the tdp’s can customers be adjusted.
AMD wants to use the four new embedded product groups the lucrative market for embedded systems tap into. In addition the company is focussing on, among others, merchandising systems, interactive displays, industrial automation, and thin clients. The x86 and ARM market share in those markets in the coming years is expected to slightly grow: from 80 to 82 percent of the total $ 16 billion in 2016 in that market will be converted.
