Michael S (already5chosen.delete@this.yahoo.com) on August 10, 2014 6:23 am wrote:
> Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on August 10, 2014 4:50 am wrote:
> > carop (carop.delete@this.somewhere.org) on August 10, 2014 2:01 am wrote:
> > > >
> > > > AMD has already announced a custom ARM64 server core for 2016, so yes it will be like
> > > > one of those little companies such as Broadcomm designing Haswell-class server CPUs.
> > > >
> > >
> > > It is a bit misleading to label Broadcom as a little company. They
> > > are one of the top 10 semiconductor companies by revenue:
> > >
> > > http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/MediaTek-AMD-And-SK-Hynixs-1H14-Sales-Surge-By-20/
> > >
> > > They have a number of MIPS based processors that are used in their data networking and wireless
> > > equipment. Their custom ARMv8 core appears to build on the XLP CPU which is 4-context 4-issue.
> >
> > Apple, QC, Samsung, AMD, Broadcomm, Cavium or NVidia are all doing custom ARM64 cores, and
> > yeah Alberto is absolutely correct in claiming these are all "very little companies"...
> >
> > /sarcasm
> >
> > Wilco
> >
> >
>
> Are you sure about AMD?
> As to Samsung, according to my understanding it is likely, but not yet confirmed.

Yes there was a big article about it on AnandTech. As for Samsung, this looks pretty official to me (page 25).

Wilco