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Mythology & Potential of the ARM Server Christian “kiko” Reis [email protected] Linaro Connect USA 2014 2014-09-17 Burlingame, CA
Mythology & Potentialof the ARM Server
Christian “kiko” [email protected]
Linaro Connect USA 20142014-09-17 Burlingame, CA
SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: This presentation contains mildly creative thinking, some degree of speculation and carbon monoxide.
MythStandards drive innovation
MythStandards drive innovation
No 3GNo GPSNo MMSNo FlashNo BT file transferNo copy & pasteNo 3rd party appsNo video recording
MythThe IT buyer Is a Rocket Scientist
MythWorkloads require 64-bit Xeon E7
MythWorkloads require 64-bit Xeon E7
Over 50%2-core
7.5 GB RAMor smaller
MythWorkloads require 64-bit Xeon E7
32-bit onlyuntil March 2012
MythWindows Matters
Myth “Enterprise” Matters
A brief historyof disruption
1981
1988
1989
1994
1995
2001
2004
What changed since 2004?
For x86,not that much
What changed since 2004?
Elsewhere,almost everything
What changed since 2004?
1. Linux
2. Cloud Computing
3. Mobile userbase explosion
4. High-performance ARM SoCs
5. Software transition to scale-out
6. Software transition to open source
7. ODM direct and bare-bones server design
How you winwith ARM Server
Dramatic
So much better thatthe IT buyer can't ignore us
Dramatically CHEAP?
So much cheaper thatthe IT buyer can't ignore us
Linux Only
Because ARM Servers willonly ever run a free Linux
Open Source Scale Out
Only horizontal-scalingopen source applications matter
Less Baggage
Drop everything a Linux serverdoes not absolutely require
(Hint: stop worrying so much about firmware)
Think System, not CPU
Don't play on terms dictatedby the x86 ecosystem
