Speech by the head of AMD at the conference Credit Suisse helped to understand that the server segment continued importance for the company's business, and the same Zen processors can compete in it in the 80% of proposals range. In addition, due to the CPU and GPU to accelerate the sharing of computing, AMD expects to receive some unique advantages in this segment.
The answer to the question about the place of ARM architecture AMD server strategy was predictably terse. Lisa Su has once again made it clear that the market for mass server solutions demonstrates the great demand for x86-based processors and computing accelerators based on the GPU, so the company all bets are doing in these areas. In the end, in a situation of limited resources. However, Lisa Su recognizes that ARM architecture is important in certain market segments, and the company is willing to use it in a "custom-made" solutions. By the way, it proves once again that one of the future "contract" AMD solutions will use the ARM architecture, and the testimony of Lisa Su suggests that this product will be used in the server segment.
In addition, Lisa Su admitted that plans to offer customers a "custom-made" solutions based on processors with Zen architecture in the years 2018-2019, but first, this architecture will find application in the desktop, server and mobile market segments.