AMD has admitted, though, that the processors with the architecture Zen first appear in the desktop segment, its ambitions on the use of related processors in the server hardware has never concealed. So at a meeting with analysts, organized by investment bank Credit Suisse, CEO Su Lisa paid enough attention to the issue of promoting Zen architecture in the server segment.
Let's start with the fact that the strengthening of AMD position in the segment of the data center has been named one of the priorities in the medium term, but first, the company hopes to win market share from competitors in the segment of consumer systems. The presence of the basic architecture of the central processor, which provides a sufficient performance level , AMD said one of the two factors for success. The second is considered to be an opportunity to accelerate compute - presumably meant to use for this purpose graphics processors..
One of the priorities for the next few years, said Lisa Su investing in thedevelopment of CPUs with high performance levels . Even the development of Zen architecture is multi-year projects, and media architecture Zen + and their followers should ensure continuity in the next three to five years. Lisa Su believes that AMD has sufficient resources to produce processors with high-speed.
The segment of x86-compatible CPUs, AMD is considered the dominant and most profitable in terms of the rate of financial return. Create ARM-processor server application - is the work of a more distant prospect. AMD is making every effort to encourage the transfer of server software infrastructure platform ARM. However, in terms of performance, it will not soon be equal to the x86-compatible solutions, but Lisa Su is convinced that such a day will come sooner or later.
Development of Zen architecture processor , says Lisa Su, bring dividends not only in the desktop and server segments, but also on the market "custom" solutions.