Facebook數據中心或將使用ARM架構服務器芯片

　　1月16日消息，據外媒稱，ARM服務器芯片經銷商 Applied 微電路公司的高管將會在這次峰會上將和ARM服務器芯片廠商Calxeda討論確定數據中心服務器和其他設備的計劃書，主要為服務器主板和系統。

　　Calxeda稱它已成為開放式計算項目的一個成員，并在這次峰會上亮相。基于ARM架構的主板成為硬盤矩陣的一個控制器，此硬盤矩陣位于OCP的開放庫規格存儲中。

　　另外，Calxeda和Avnet還將展出他們共同開放的其他數據中心的設計產品。這些設計將會在今年秋季被開放式計算團體共享。

　　作為峰會的一部分，Applied確認它的CEO Paramesh Gopi將會在這次峰會上發言。

　　這個社交網站巨頭的一位主管在去年年底稱Facebook有意于低功耗的32位ARM芯片，但是現在看起來這種架構在主機服務器芯片上還沒有普及直到64位處理器出現，這可能會在2014年或者更晚的時候。

　　當前，Calxeda 正運作一款32位ARM服務器芯片并計劃在2014年上市64位版本的服務器芯片。Applied稱為關鍵用戶開發64位ARM服務器芯片樣品的項目正在進行，預計這個季度末完成。(元器件交易網劉光明 譯)

　　外媒原文如下：

　　ARM friends Facebook at summit

　　SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Expect ARM and Facebook to become data center friends at the Open Compute Project’s summit here Wednesday (Jan. 16).

　　Executives from ARM server SoC vendors Applied Micro Circuits Corp. and Calxeda will speak at the event. OCP is a Facebook-led project to define common specifications for data center servers and other gear, mainly at the board and system level.

　　Calxeda said it has become a member of the Open Compute Project and will show at the event its Project Knockout. The ARM-based board is geared to act as a controller for the hard disk arrays in the OCP’s Open Vault storage spec.

　　Separately, Calxeda and Avnet will show other data center designs they co-developed. The designs will be shared with the Open Compute community in the fall.

　　For its part, Applied confirmed its chief executive, Paramesh Gopi, will speak at the event.

　　An executive for the social networking giant told EE Times late last year that Facebook might find some low volume roles for 32-bit ARM SoCs, but it sees no widespread use of the architecture in host server processors until 64-bit parts are available, probably in 2014 or beyond.

　　Currently, Calxeda is shipping a 32-bit ARM server SoC and plans to ship a 64-bit version in 2014. Applied said it is on track to sample its 64-bit ARM server SoC to key customers by the end of the quarter.