Wilco (Wilco.Dijkstra.delete@this.ntlworld.com) on August 10, 2014 6:38 am wrote:
> 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

Nope, Samsung has canned the ARM server cpu:

http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1323243

About Apple: no news, only old voices likely broken.
About Broadcom: it is not a credible server cpu maker.
About AMD: all depends on money and time, IMO a 2017/2018 thing. A new x86 cpu is the first thing to do. In this moment Amd is pressing hard for a 20 core x86 server cpu on 14nm out at the end of 2016.

Other contenders are out of the games; no experience means----->failure in server space