<story><title>AMD Will Build 64-bit ARM based Opteron CPUs for Servers, Production in 2014</title><url>http://www.anandtech.com/show/6418/amd-will-build-64bit-arm-based-opteron-cpus-for-servers-production-in-2014</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zdw</author><text>AMD is no stranger to using busses and sockets that are compatible with &quot;other&quot; hardware.&lt;p&gt;The original Athlon was bus-compatible with DEC Alpha chips - some logic boards could take either with a firmware upgrade.&lt;p&gt;Also, there have been FPGA&apos;s that slot into Opteron logic boards (Celoxica made one around 2006), and various other chips that connect directly to the hypertransport bus as accelerators.&lt;p&gt;It remains to be seen what they&apos;ll do with this.  Will it be a Xeon Phi competitor (lots of cores, high thermal footprint) or something aimed at lower end uses.</text></comment>
<story><title>AMD Will Build 64-bit ARM based Opteron CPUs for Servers, Production in 2014</title><url>http://www.anandtech.com/show/6418/amd-will-build-64bit-arm-based-opteron-cpus-for-servers-production-in-2014</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>stefantalpalaru</author><text>Shut up and take my money! Give me 64+ cores at an affordable price and my next build will keep you in business, AMD.</text></comment>