Intel to extend custom processor business

August 27th, according to foreign media reports, Intel has focused its great attention on expanding its custom processor and chip business, aiming to establish a server within its organization to meet specific workloads or data centers. This trend is consistent with the increasing design.

Diane Bryant, Intel’s senior vice president and general manager of the data center and interconnect systems division, said: “Intel provided customized processors for 18 companies last year, most notably eBay and Facebook. This trend is growing. ."

Boanna also said that the growth of the custom processor business will supplement the development of the company’s chip business. Server infrastructure is changing with the widespread adoption of cloud computing, big data and other applications, which will directly translate into the demand for customized processors.

In addition, when you work with end users who have technology as their core business, they are very clear about what they need. They know what their workload is and what their diverse applications are.

The level of processor and chip customization varies with workload, data center design, and cooling solutions.

Users often give information such as the applications they run, accelerators, processor performance, and power consumption levels. Intel based on this information to customize the processor and chip they need to meet the appropriate specifications. Some customers of technology or data center commerce will give specific information on server infrastructure.

Intel will release Xeon server chips based on the Broadwell processor core next year, which will replace Haswell. Bernard said that this type of server SOC also helps to optimize the chip's workload and become analytical or cloud processing capabilities.

In a sense, Intel is repeating AMD's path, which provides customers with custom chip services based on its CPU and graphics architecture, but mostly for non-server products. AMD's custom chips will be used in the upcoming Sony PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One game consoles.

Intel is also investing in software development with a view to integrating applications directly with chip development. The company has released its own Hadoop, and it is also actively providing OpenStack with an orchestration layer and resources that can be efficiently allocated to servers, storage space, and network levels in a distributed computing environment.