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It Begins: AMD Announces Its First ARM Based Server SoC, 64-bit/8-core Opteron A1100by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/28/2014 6:35 PM EST
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quiksilvr - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkI am so sorry but I couldn't resist.
http://cdn0.dailydot.com/uploaded/images/original/... Reply
eanazag - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkI saw part of this a week ago in the AMD center on this site when reading the Kaveri article. I was hoping you could buy these already. Ubuntu has an ARM distro already, but not for any hardware I plan to own. These specs are perfect for what I want to do.
This wouldn't be a comment about AMD if I didn't gripe, so here it is: how hell do you release integrated 10 GbE in ARM servers a before x86? All AMD needs to do is include 10GbE into the x86 Opteron platform to have some reason to purchase. Intel won't because they're still making too much money in add-on cards. With Netgear selling a 10GbE switch for around 1K we are now just waiting on AMD and Intel to integrate copper ports. Reply
BMNify - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkit the perfect reason at last to finally buy AMD IF and only IF they do include as standard these 2x integrated 10 GbE in their 64bit ARM SOC and you can actually make a full ARM PC for their regular current x64 high end systems price...
im not impressed with the usual DDR3 or DDR4 data throughput potential as AMD have always provided far lower ram speed throughput and slower L1/L2 than was needed to maximize the given cores potential, if it right that they are using "one" single channel though and not at least two 128bit channels?(half the Wide IO 512bit spec)
"The memory interface is 128-bits wide and supports up to 4 SODIMMs, UDIMMs or RDIMMs."
by the end of 2014/15 id expect Samsung to be thinking about using their integrated 512bit Wide IO/Widcon to get an easy x4 the potential of the best DDR3, and OC there's its sibling HMC going into production end of 2014 for an estimated x7 times DDR4 throughput at lower power etc Reply
Spoelie - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - link128bit *is* dual channel, one DDR3 DIMM has a 64bit interface. So it has the same setup of the mainstream Intel/AMD platforms. Reply
soaringrocks - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI would be very interested to know what kind of LAN performance AMD can get with ARM driving the ports in Linux. Two 10G ports can generate a ton of interrupts and depending on the app/configuration could consume the lion's share of the CPUs, especially if you need to configure to small packet sizes. It's easier to drive full speed with jumbo frames, but this isn't the best configuration for a lot of uses. I can't wait to see how they do. Reply
insanemal - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkInterrupt handling I don't think will be the issue. If the AMD chips are anything like the Calxeda (which were A7 based and had a single 10GbE) the 10GbE will have a lot of 'offload engine' silicon.
Just to point out something, you can't even saturate a 10GbE on X86_64 if the packet size is too small. If memory serves, you can only get around 2 million packets per second on 10GbE on a powerful X86_64 running linux anyway. I think there have been some multi-threading patches as well as other things to improve this, but I don't think an ARM is going to do too much worse at standard packet sizes than an X86_64 box.
Also, for some reference:
http://blog.erratasec.com/2013/10/whats-max-speed-... Reply
Eloff - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThat limitation is a limitation of the Linux kernel. You can do 80 million packets per second (64 byte packets) on Linux with a single measly 8-core Xeon Processor E5-2600 @ 2.0 GHz. That's with dual 40gbps NICs. The way the Linux kernel handles networking is so 1990's. Reply
Eloff - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkSorry, I meant to say you can do that if you bypass the kernel, e.g. with Intel DPDK, which is where those benchmark numbers come from. Reply
lwatcdr - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkI am sure they will get to this. I can so see this as a platform for a NAS or SAN server. With the PCI slot for a RAID card or JABOD and the up to 128 GB it is a perfect fit for storage. It is also a great option as a development system for ARM developers. It would also be a good system for VOIP as well. Seems like we will see ARM for storage and possibly front end web servers and X86 for VMs and database servers.
AMD should donate come of these to FreeBSD, FreeNAS, and OpenNAS. Reply
Conficio - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThat is what I thought too. with 8 SATA III and some software RAID that would be good to go.
I wonder if they would actually make a dual core version for that market. Seems like that would be enough for this purpose.
You could also use the PCIE lanes to make a decent HPTC + NAS box as well. Reply
tuxRoller - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThe problem with software raid would be that the parity code is almost certainly written in assembler. Reply
insanemal - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkCeph OSD's.
These would make KILLER OSD's.
6 spinning rust and 2 SSD's... Reply
hoboville - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAn indirect answer: adding 10GbE to consumer MBs would increase the price too much. I think what you're not understanding is that the "Southbridge"/PCH/whateverAMDcallstheirs is the secondary controller concentrator on motherboards. The primary is the MCH, which is CPU on-die. Typically, what you see with processor manufacturers like Intel is that they portion away part of their PCI-E lanes into the PCH, so that PCH devices can have enough throughput to run at max speed without being bottlenecked and fighting for bandwidth when the PCI-E slots are full.
So, for this motherboard, it runs 8x PCIe 3.0 instead of 16x, which is what most consumer MBs use. Why? Because these PCIe slots are typically going to be used either for more RAID cards or more network cards, not vid cards. These cards are typically 8x and 4x. So, to answer your question, the half of the normal PCIe bandwidth has been allocated to the PCH to run: 8x SATAIII ports at full speed, along with dual 10GbE ports, all while allowing those potential PCIe cards to run at full bore.
Adding 10GbE to consumer boards would mean adding an expensive controllers to mobos (the PCH doesn't actually run the Ethernet controller, so you can have any Ethernet controller you want on a motherboard, including WiFi). Present mobos can support integrated 10GbE fine, but the board makers just have to add in the 10GbE controllers, and have enough bandwidth to support this design. Reply
chizow - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkGreat name for the series, just rolls right off the tongue and meshes great with the rest of their A-series line-up. Some marketing exec definitely earned his salary right there. Reply
chizow - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkAll kidding aside, I guess this is the culmination of their Sea Micro acquisition a few years back? I guess it will all depend how well AMD executed ARM's v8 ISA relative to the rest of the industry, but I do believe Qualcomm and Nvidia (along with IBM and Google via their OpenPower Consortium) were also targeting this market. Reply
FwFred - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThey didn't really execute the v8 ISA since they are taking the same A57 microarchitecture as others. I'm sure AMD's memory hierarchy will differentiate as will the GF process vs. TSMC/Samsung/Intel.
Question is if any ARM server vendors will be using 20nm. Intel already seems to have the A1100 beat in perf/W launching one year earlier. AMD will have to win sockets for other reasons. Reply
Frenetic Pony - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkApple seems to have bought exclusive use of 20nm for all of 2014. Nothing but Apple seems to be coming with 20nm that I've heard of, and there's cancellations of plans for 20nm from other vendors. EG Nvidia's "Maxwell" GPU architecture was announced as being 20nm awhile ago, and is now supposedly 28nm. Their "Denver" CPUs are the same.
I think its safe to say that if Intel pulls off 14nm with a performance per watt drop this year they will officially be 3 years ahead of everyone else rather than just their previous lead of 2. Reply
Frenetic Pony - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkErr, performance per watt increase... was going to do TDP drop but then they could just lower the clockspeed and... anyway. Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMaxwell will include both 20nm and 28nm chips. Reply
fteoath64 - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkDo not forget that Samsung has 14nm in risk production and could pull out a flagship SoC using that tech at a limited quantity. They way Sammy uses SoC in their handsets makes it more difficult for consumers to "pick and choose" what is inside in some cases. ie more than 1 supplier for SoC. While TSMC is in fully booked capacity, they also are close in 14nm process and could well shift when the 20nm contracts finish early (maybe ?) ?. TSMC seemed very efficient in their production facilities to date managing so many customers with different solutions and delivering whatever they do. Sammy is one that speaks the least about their fab capacities. Reply
Mondozai - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThe name's fine, at least for those of us with grasp of English higher than that of a high schooler ;) Reply
meacupla - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkso wait... presumably the airflow is front to back, but they are using RAM and heatsink that is lined perpendicular to the airflow? Reply
npz - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkThat's just the board for developers, a standard microATX which can be used in a regular case. AMD does not sell any motherboards. Reply
nofumble62 - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - link25W chip. Where is the performance per watt or power saving that make people want to switch? Reply
BMNify - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkits assumed (i know you shouldn't with AMD PR) that that 25W is the total average amount at full speed using all the 8 cores and including all the internal integrated 10 GbE and the rest of the IP in use Reply
mczak - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkThe comparison to X2150 is slightly unfair though. Because the X2150 includes a gpu (for compute purposes if you can leverage it). Its power consumption when not using that part is likely lower than those quoted 22W.
The chips are different enough though that you can't really easily compare them, clearly indicating their different focus. The A1100 has more i/o, twice the memory channels - good for server market. Unlike the X2150 which is really a side-product of a chip intended for a different market. (Though I guess it's possible A1100 might also have a gpu in it without amd telling anyone just yet, but it seems unlikely.) Reply
twotwotwo - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI doubt perf/watt will be the deciding thing for buyers since power for a server isn't much of its cost. (If someone used power-efficiency to get great *density* maybe that'd help, not sure.) Might have a secure niche as a cheap front-end to 128GB RAM and a pile of disks, though. Reply
watersb - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMost data centers I've seen recently are limited by their cooling capacity, not necessarily cores per rack. Perf/Watt matters. Reply
Krysto - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI think I've read somewhere that power consumption if 30 percent of the maintenance cost of a data center. So I think it matters. Reply
DarkXale - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkPower Consumption = Heat output
And its keeping the heat under control thats challenging most data-centres. Reply
RoggerRabbit - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkYou obviously don't run many servers :) The opex on power alone is double what the capex is for most servers, especially in the 2 CPU arena. Reply
dealcorn - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkThe comparison to high-end Xeon sounds fanciful. Low-end Xeon (Avoton/Rangerly) is already at 20/21 watts which is substantially lower that Seattle's 25 watts. The target market is sensitive to efficiency. Unless AMD can identify specific niches where Seattle efficiency reigns, this sound like a pipe dream. Reply
npz - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkAvoton vs Seattle:
- 64GB DDR3 unbuffered vs 128GB DDR3 or DDR4, unbuffered or registered
- x16 PCIE 2.0 vs x8 PCIE 3.0 (same total bandwidth, but Seattle will have twice the bandwidth from an add-on PCIE 3.0 x8 card)
- AES-NI vs dedicated hardware accelerators for encryption and compression
- 4x GigE vs 2x 10GigE
- 6 SATA vs 8 SATA Reply
nofumble62 - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkNot surprise to look at these spec numbers because they have to add at least one year for OEM to qualify their platform before they can ship product, this is typical for server. Reply
KenLuskin - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkSeaMIcro is an OEM! AMD does NOT have to rely upon outside OEMs!
AMD will sell SeaMicro servers with Seattle chips DIRECTLY to Facebook, Amazon, Baidu, MSFT, Verizon, etc.. Reply
Khato - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkAyup, in terms of the rest of the SoC AMD wins the battle against Avoton in almost all areas. (PCI-E is at best a wash - sure Seattle will have twice the bandwidth available to a PCI-E Gen3 card, but it'll have half the total bandwidth of Avoton if using Gen2 cards.)
But will Seattle be going up against Avoton by the time it's actually available? Or will it be competing against Denverton and whatever updates Intel brings to the table with it? Could easily be that Intel will have matched or bested AMD in all of the above with Denverton, or that it's just a 'straight' die shrink of Avoton with no new features. Reply
KenLuskin - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAMD has UN announced partnerships with large CLOUD players. The Seattle chip will be customized to the exact needs of each partner.
Using ARM cores, AMD can quickly iterate different versions of Seattle.
Intel takes 2 years to build a new chip!
Even if all things are equal, CLOUD players want alternatives to Intel monopoly!!!!
Cloud players will support AMD's ARM server chips, because they can get a customized product at a lower price!
FwFred - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - link4x 2.5G. You also fail to mention:
- 20W TDP vs 25W TDP
- 106 vs. 80 spec_int_rate_2006
- Launch Q3'2013 vs Q4'2014/Q1'2015?
- x86 SW compatibility (seems AMD is losing one of their big advantages with ARM)
As Khato says, I'm not sure the competition will be Avoton Reply
iwod - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkExactly my thoughts. These AMD SoC aren't cheap either. They are priced similar to Intel Atom, while offering little benefits in its targeting area. And Intel are already lining up Broadwell Xeon SoC as well as Denverton Server SoC.
Yes Pref / Watts matters A LOT. But at which Watts usage region? At mW ARM wins, At 10 - 20W? Intel still wins, and by quite a large margin. Reply
gruffi - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThat's nonsense. Intel chips are expensive, very expensive. Their 22nm FinFET fabrication is very expensive. Not even close to a mainstream 28nm bulk ARM design. Except peak performance, and even that might not be the case, AMD seem to have a clear winner. Especially their feature set is vastly superior in server space. Intel cannot hide that Avoton is based on a client design, just like the Jaguar Opterons. Which is only useful in niche markets. Reply
FwFred - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI challenge you on pricing. Intel has shown in the tablet market that they won't be beat on price. Could be the same in microservers if there was a perceived strategic threat.
Avoton is no more a client design than Seattle is a phone SOC. 8 cores, 4x GBE, 64GB RAM, no GPU. Come on, can you be any more of a shill? Reply
KenLuskin - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkFred, Intel has almost ZERO market share in Tablets, so they can LOSE money on every chip sold in order to BUY market share.
Intel has 95% server chip market share.. If they discount, the DESTROY their biggest profit center!!!
Nice try... but you get an F= FAIL! Reply
FwFred - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIf they hit their 40m target for tablets in 2014, it will not be insignificant.
Do you really think AMD can undercut Intel when AMD and GF both take their margin on a lower volume part? (+ royalties to ARM)
Intel has competed with AMD for years and kept a 60% margin. I don't see what changes here. Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkA57 is also a 'Client Design' here. At least call a spade a spade man. Reply
iwod - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkExpensive? Yes on Mobile. Did you just read the AMD SoC chip cost $100+? The Intel Avoton cost less then $150. @ Ken, Their biggest profit center are on Xeon, Not Atom Servers.
Again, this would have been great if it came out 1 year earlier. But with Xeon SoC and Denvonton on the flag AMD offering doesn't sound too exciting for me. Reply
tcube - Saturday, August 02, 2014 - linktry again that atom is "TRAY: $171.00" on intels site about the chip. Yeah sure if you buy 1000 you get a discount but so you do also for any AMD.
BTW: Don't compare with tables prices with it's newest form of Intel bribes called "contra-revenue" (because "marketing-funds" was already taken from some years before). Intel is a crime syndicate and has been fined as such by the EU courts(1.5bn$ - highest fine ever in EU history).
Buying Intel chips is just as dangerous as buying natural fur or blood diamonds, you feed a crime syndicate!! Get informed & get educated and buy an alternative if there is one if not sustain the creation of alternatives. Never in the history of IT was there a company as crime involved and as toxic to the environment and fair and open markets as Intel is right now! Get informed and understand the risks and don't give into any of this! You see a tablet powered by Intel - don't buy it! Same goes for anything Intel else but at least don't feed this "contra-revenue" thing or you'll feed a new monster! Show intel it can't bribe itself into any market! You the customer have the final say in this! Reply
Krysto - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAvoton was obsolete from the day they announced it. Intel keeps being behind ARM competition no matter what they do - even when they are AHEAD in process node being utilized. No wonder they're considering getting out of the mobile market in 2015. They're already losing money with Atom, trying to enter a market where they have no chance of even being competitive, let alone "winning". Reply
factual - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThat's completely untrue. When Intel's silvermont core (used in avoton) came out, it beat virtually every ARM CPU in the market in terms of perf/watt.The 14nm atom core will widen the gap even further. The reason why Intel is having problems in the mobile market has little to do with ARM CPUs, and has a lot to do with Intel's ability to put together a well-integrated world-class SOC (with integrated cpu, gpu, lte baseband, sensors, etc.).
I have little doubt that Intel will keep widening the perf/watt gap and destroy ARM CPUs in that regard. What remains to be seen is if intel can design a well-integrated SOC (something that only Qualcomm has been able to do so far). Reply
ancientarcher - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkIntel will destroy this... Intel will destroy that
and how much market share does the bestest of the best mobile chip silvermont have?? It beat all ARM chips but still has a 0.001% market share in smartphones. that's the example you want to trot out? seriously???
The next thing thats gonna get destroyed is Intel's margins and marketshare in servers Reply
factual - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThere is no doubt that Intel is struggling in the mobile market (it only has 3% of the tablet market share and practically has no presence in the smartphones market). But Intel's problems in the mobile market has little to do with ARM and has a lot to do with lack of a leading mobile solution which is a well-integrated, world-class SOC.
Intel faces the same barrier that has prevented Nvidia (which uses ARM) from having a significant presence in the mobile market, the same barrier that forced TI (which used ARM) to drop out of the mobile race and the same barrier that has prevented AMD from entering the mobile market at all. Qualcomm dominates the mobile market because they have the best SOC (which has cpu, gpu, cellular baseband, gps, wi-fi, sensor hub, bluetooth, etc. all on the same die), not the best CPU or even GPU.
If Intel dropped x86 in favor of ARM today, it wouldn't help its chances of penetrating the mobile market, it would probably hurt them.
But in the server space, it's only the cpu performance that matters not the soc! so yes Intel's leading perf/watt cpu solution, will most likely destroy ARM's chances of gaining any significant market share in the low-power server space. Reply
FwFred - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMaybe I missed it elsewhere, but in what metrics is Avoton obsolete? Avoton seems to be the current perf/W leader in microserver space. Reply
HisDivineOrder - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkIt's interesting to read how AMD thinks ARM is going to win out over x86. Thing is, I think the real argument AMD must make is how AMD themselves are going to win out against other companies also going ARM in much the same way.
In x86, there's Intel and then there's AMD (and stories tell of a mythical VIA as well), but when you go ARM, you're one of bajillions. AMD doesn't stand out. Reply
siliconwars - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkYeah I guess AMD doesn't stand out if you don't actually read the article. Reply
davegraham - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkrelatively ignorant, HisDivineOrder. AMD will be one of SEVERAL in the ARM server space. remember, Calexda has actually needed to restructure and others in the space (think: nVidia) are relatively unproven when it comes to server technology. AMD has the ability to be rather agile here and can target devices toward highly scaled and integrated systems like: Moonshot, SeaMicro, etc. this is a first shot in the battle for scaled/dense systems that will most predominantly rely on more SoC style systems than core x86 manus can provide. Reply
pugster - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThese cpu's are designed to replace the servers that are currently used by datacenter farms of the likes of google, yahoo, amazon and facebook. Reply
name99 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThis is the difference between amateurs and professionals. Amateurs think it is all about the specs of the core, professionals know that (for the space of interest) it is all about memory and IO.
Yes AMD are shipping a standard ARM core, like everyone else in this space. BUT they claim they have superior skills in memory controllers and IO and, so far at least, there is no reason to doubt them. Reply
KenLuskin - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIts NOT simply ARM, its ALL the IP sever blocks that AMD owns!
Its the FABRIC for DENSE servers!
Too bad you are CLUELESS Reply
jimjamjamie - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkThere is no need to be upset Reply
mczak - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkSure about that L2 config?
My guess would have been 2MB per 4 cores, not 1MB per 2 cores. Because this is what a basic cluster containing a57 cores straight from arm without any modifications does. Reply
RogerShepherd - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkStraight from the ARM website. A57 can be 1-4X SMP within a single processor cluster (i.e. 1-4 cores with a shared L2 cache). Multiple coherent SMP processor clusters through AMBA® 5 CHI or AMBA® 4 ACE technology.
So, it is perfectly possible that AMD has chosen 4 clusters of 2-cores+L2. Reply
name99 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkHow good is ARM's coherent SMP cluster technology (the AMBA stuff)?
Does it compare favorably with Intel and IBM's equivalents, or is it rather more amateurish (i.e. a lot more coherency traffic, lower frequency, more verbose transactions, not as scalable, etc etc)? Reply
mczak - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkPossible, certainly. But that will require a better interconnect between the clusters (as you have more clusters), and I don't think there's any advantage to a 2-core cluster itself (since it's designed to scale up to 4 cores in the first place).
Looking through all the news though, I haven't seen any mention of the L2 being shared by just 2 cores elsewhere, and it's not in the presentation itself. I guess we'll see. Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkYeah, I thought that was an interesting configuration, however if you think about it, it seems like a good config for a server. Especially with the limited external memory bandwidth, this configuration, which allows for more L2 overall, may be superior. Reply
futrtrubl - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - link"AMD ensured me that the on-chip fabric" "Ensured" should be "assured". Reply
Krysto - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIt seems like MUCH better performance (3x more) than its Jaguar ones at the same TDP.
That being said, I wish they made them at 20nm, especially since they're coming out in Q4 this year. Sometimes I feel like AMD has some kind of weird fetish about using old weak-sauce process nodes. It's like even when they COULD hit out of the park, they're too afraid to do it, and play the "conversative/cheap" card. It's a shame. I guess they don't feel like they have much greatness in them anymore, and they project that in the market, too. Reply
gruffi - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkFetish? How can you use 20nm when it's not ready yet? You won't see 20nm from Glofo before 2015. New processes are always very expensive. It's better to use known processes for a new design. It minimizes costs and risks. By the way, 28nm from Glofo is quite good. It has a similar density as Intel's 22nm process. And Kaveri shows that power consumption <3 GHz is quite good as well. Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkAMD has volume contracts with GloFo, and they've just switched to 28 nm. Their 20 nm will take quite some more time. Reply
iwod - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkGF wont have 20nm, it will be straight to 16nm Reply
nutjob2 - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkI think the fetish is on the Intel side, because they have billions to spend on each node. Just keep in mind who pays for those billions. Reply
geoxile - Monday, August 25, 2014 - linkIt's closer to 4x the performance of Jaguar, but how? How are 2x Silvermont cores achieving 4x the score? Avoton chips are clocked higher, sure, but they lose some of that advantage due to lower IPC. Reply
Klug4Pres - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI am confused by the article. Your "What does the Future hold" graphic shows a prediction that ARM (not AMD) will get 25% of the server market by 2019. But you then say this:
"Predicting 25% of the server market by 2019 may be feasible, but I'm not fond of making predictions for what the world will look like 5 years from now.
The real question is what architecture(s) AMD plans to use to get to 25% of the server market and a substantial share of the x86 CPU market. We get the first hint with the third bullet above: "smaller more efficient x86 CPUs will be dominant in the x86 segment"."
Where do you get the bit about AMD planning to capture 25% of the server market?
My take on what AMD is actually saying:
1. Total ARM share of server market will be 25%. AMD will be the leading supplier of ARM server chips.
2. Within the x86 part of the market, smaller and more efficient CPUs will take share from today's bigger less efficient CPUs. AMD will have a substantial share of the x86 segment.
3. AMD is not making any prediction (e.g. it is not saying 25%) on its total share of the server market. Reply
name99 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkTo me it seems like a dog whistle to Wall Street.
What it's saying, translated, is "You guys might think Intel has better tech than us, and maybe they do, but Intel's prices are on the wrong side of history and you need to ask yourself what happens to Intel as a BUSINESS as this pricing disparity becomes ever more obvious". Reply
coder111 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkInteresting times. x86 compatibility doesn't matter that much if you are running Linux, and Linux rules on server-side. I think these CPUs have a chance. If they actually succeed or not will depend on many things- price, performance, features, power usage, software support from commercial vendors, hardware support from OEMs and availability. I wonder how fast is Java on ARM compared to Java on x86? JVM on x86 has been very heavily optimized. How about database servers? Language interpreters for PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby? They will all run on ARM, but how fast compared to x86? Reply
name99 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThat's the whole reason for the existence of Linaro. One package at a time, they are going through the standard LAMP stack and trying to fix whatever issues slow down the ARM compiled version of a program vs the x86 compiled version.
They've been held back, to some extent, by ARM's taking its sweet time to get to 64-bit, but they have been working at it for a few years now, and you can go to their web site, see the various conference proceedings, and get a feel for the kind of thing they do. Reply
sakthibruce - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkLove to c a beagle bone running linux under 100usd Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkBeagle Bone Black. Reply
ddriver - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkToo bad it has terrible graphics and only up to 720p output. ODROID-U3 Community Edition makes a bit more sense, a little more expensive at 59%, plus about 10$ you will have to add a microcontroller to it, in case you want GPIO. Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkDepends on what your goals are. Not every app needs graphics. Reply
KenLuskin - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkGraphics is a whole other area that AMD is now DOMINATING because it is based upon success in gaming.
Graphics is becoming more important, and this is the reason that AMD will be successful with X86 server chips that are optimized for Video/Graphics/GPGPU. Reply
hetzbh - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkOne thing that I don't see anywhere: What about virtualization? I see the graph includes Hypervisors in the OS level, but no hardware virtualization anywhere.. Reply
tuxRoller - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkKVM has been ported since, iirc, 3.11. Xen was ported a bit earlier. Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkWith a dual channel RAM interface and DDR4 these will be limited to 2 modules. I doubt there'll be 64 GB DDR4 modules anytime soon. But then 8 cores of moderate performance should be fine with DDR3 bandwidth.
Anyway, it's a shame they didn't introduce this memory controller for Kabini (either 2 channels DDR3 or with DDR4 at least a single channel), as its GPU needs more bandwidth. And for Kaveri, as its GPU desperately needs bandwidth! Reply
maxi2mc - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkActually they have this controller for Kaveri, but for some reason it's not activated/functional, or not yet. See this article about using only channel 0 and 3 for DDR3 http://www.anandtech.com/show/7702/amd-kaveri-docs... .
On Phenom II they had a memory controller that supported both DDR2 and DDR3.
The real problem is having a different socket to support another kind of DDR, maybe DDR4, or DDR3 + GDDR5 soldered. Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMay be a similar memory controller but not the exact same one. The kaveri one has 128bit DDR3 (2x64) and an optional 256bit GDDR5 (4x64) controller mode, where as the memory controller here is always 128bit (2x64), however can do DDR3 or DDR4. Reply
extide - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkWith registered modules you can have more than 1 per channel with DDR4. Reply
SpaceRanger - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkSever Market?? Hope it's a clean cut at least! Reply
BSMonitor - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIn the server space, compatibility will always be a major factor. VLIW IA-64 was never able to penetrate the x86 market mostly because x86 emulation was never very good. Getting companies away from their legacy software is always a huge challenge to any new CPU architecture that might rival x86. Reply
factual - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkGiven the existence of Intel Avoton, I really don't see the point of merchant chip designers competing in the server space using ARM-based CPU chips. Here's why:
1. Almost all of the software in the server space was developed/validated for x86, so ARM ISA in server space is at a huge disadvantage.
2. Even of all the software was ported to ARM, Intel's Silvermont core (used in Avoton) currently beats all ARM-designed CPU cores as well as all ARM-compatible cores design by merchant designers like Qualcomm, in terms of perf/watt.
3. Intel's 14nm atom core will further widen the perf/watt gap between atom and ARM CPU cores. And give Intel's huge process technology advantage and it's recent focus on low-power design, I see this trend continuing in the future.
AMD would be much better off focusing on developing a low power x86 core and trying to compete Intel on price. Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMost Linux servers could migrate from x86 to ARM and never know the difference. More than that, if you were told to set up a LAMP stack on two servers, one being x86 and one being ARM, you wouldn't even realize which was which unless you specifically checked. Because distros have the relevant software for both ISAs, and your install process is going to be identical. Reply
factual - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMany of the enterprise distros are not actively supporting ARM or are supporting ARM with a lag. Also, I was primarily referring to apps rather than the os itself. For example, More than 90% of the apps used by the company I work for (version control, engineering design CAD tools, etc.) are not available for ARM ISA. Reply
tuxRoller - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkYou wouldn't run cad tools on these.
There's no reason to target an isa when writing a VCS.
Also, there's a reason why fedora is the go to distro on these boards: RH is going to get into this space pretty soon. In the meantime you simply don't use them for mission critical activities. Reply
factual - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkCAD tools' performance is mission-critical so they are not written in Java, they are written in C or even assembly for best performance. VCS which is a Synopsys tool does not currently have an ARM-compatible version available, neither does any other Synopsys, Cadence, Ansys, Mentor, .. tools. Reply
tuxRoller - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkI've no idea what kind of crap codebase these cads are based upon but I doubt they would be in assembler. If you could provide an example of a cad operation where assembly is necessary I'd be grateful. My point was not that they are written in java (I've no idea what they are written in since I don't see that as something they would advertise) by r that the company can perform a recompile if their toolchain isn't useless.
My point, in general, is that as long as you aren't making use of assembler, which I can't see any of these programs doing, the companies can recompile to armv8. Reply
factual - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkI remember reading a paper about critical parts of CAD programs being written in assembly for maximum performance (http://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/www/subsection2_3...
That being said, they are mostly written in C/C++ (http://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/6473323) and most people who've tried porting complex c code to a different ISA know that it's not as easy as using a different compiler. There are many x86-specific syntax/optimizations that need to be completely re-written (things like endian-ness, atomic read/write/lock, etc.). Reply
tuxRoller - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkNeither of those links worked.
I'm also not taking about changing compilers only changing the target arch. Reply
BMNify - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkfor the VERY limited assembly you talk about its only antiquated SSE2 for some small machine interface routines for some implementations, so its not even hard to beat that on the NEON SIMD that's in these 64bit cortex, any competent arm dev writes assembly in his sleep as is the custom for many arm cores for years now
you can use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.... on android :) Reply
nutjob2 - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkNo one writes in assembler anymore because it's next to impossible to write better code than a decent compiler can generate, for instance GCC. The link you provide is very old.
C (and C++) is a horrible language which does cause problems with porting, but those issues (platform dependencies) are generally handled in a library, and not really a huge problem.
How difficult it is to port code depends very much on how it was written, just like almost any other thing you want to do with code. Reply
factual - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkWell, C is the most popular programming language in the world and for good reason!
porting a complex c program with thousands of ISA specific optimizations to a different ISA is not a trivial task. x86 is ubiquitous in both the PC and server space , so a lot of apps have tons of x86 specific syntax and optimization, especially in cases were performance is critical.
AMD's decision to design an ARM-based server chip is a marketing move more than anything else. An ARM chip in the server space will be crippled software-wise. Reply
BMNify - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkyou are aware of the actual linaro membership right ?
that the enterprise hardware vendors have their top software teams working inside the Linaro collaborative initiative
Linaro Networking Group
Linaro Enterprise Group etc...
not only that Linaro have become one of the largest providers of up-streamed patches to the linux core code base since its initiation
zero copy and many more of their patches migrating to x64 and ppc etc... Reply
nutjob2 - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkFunny that you don't mention the price advantage of this part.
1. You're mistaken, software is not written for a processor, it's written to be independent of the processor. It's not 1990 anymore. The obvious example is Linux. Most decent software has been ported to many platforms and ARM is just another one, a very good one.
2. That's great but this is a different product to those competitors, and a better product. If it even gets near Intel in power efficiency (which it seems to have done) it will thrash it in cost.
3. You're jumping the gun. Leakage is a big problem and new process nodes are not delivering huge power gains. It may be smaller but it won't be cheaper, which, again is the point. AMD is only one or two process nodes behind.
You're missing the whole point of moving to ARM. The x86 arch is a dog with fleas. It's bloated and a dead end. Intel keeps it alive with its huge process advantage and massive R&D, both very costly. AMD, as smart as they are, can't make a purse from a sow's ear and rightly are moving to other archs. ARM is an open arch which will spur competition which is sorely lacking in the x86 world due to Intel's monopolistic practices, and that competition will deliver lower cost, higher performance and more choice. That's what the computing industry has been built on. Reply
factual - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkThere is nothing to discuss regarding the price since AMD has not released any official prices.
1. Many mainstream apps (written as recent as 2014!) have ISA-specific code and optimizations, that's a well known, undisputed fact! The failure called Windows RT is a proof of this. Majority of x86 software (e.g. adobe CS6) are not available for Windows RT. As a person who works in an enterprise Linux environment, I know first hand that majority of linux pro apps are not available for ARM and will not be available anytime soon! Even the enterprise distro that we use (SLES) is not available for ARM!
2. According to this article, AMD claims that their upcoming ARM-based Opteron A1100 scores 80 in SPECint_rate benchmark at 25W TDP; now this is just a claim for a product that hasn't been released yet, in the mean time, Intel's already released Avoton scores 106 in SPECint_rate benchmark at 20W TDP! So basicaly, by the time this chip comes out, Intel's older generation chip will have a 60% perf/watt advantage over it!! By that time, Intel will have release a newer 14nm atom chip which will have an enormous perf/watt advantage over this AMD chip
3. No, I am not. Intel already demonstrated a 14nm broadwell chip with over 30% power reduction compared to 22nm haswell. According to Intel, 14nm will also bring huge density reductions which translates into cheaper chips; and unlike TSMC and other foundries, Intel has a pretty good record of making accurate claims about their upcoming process technology.
ARM is not an open ISA! it's 100% proprietary same as x86. The only difference is that, unlike Intel, ARM is willing to license it's ISA (architectural license) as well as its soft and hard IPs to any company who pays the license fee. The claim that ARM ISA is somehow inherently superior to x86 in terms of power consumption is patently false! these claims are marketing bs often made by people who have little or no technical knowledge. You keep repeating the word "arch", I think you don't understand the difference between ISA and uarch (microarchitecture). What determines the Reply
factual - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkYou keep repeating the word "arch", I think you don't understand the difference between ISA and uarch (microarchitecture). What determines the performance and power efficiency of a cpu core is it's microarchitecture and manufacturing technology; The ISA the cpu core was designed for, has negligible effect on its perf/watt. Reply
ScouserLes - Saturday, February 01, 2014 - linkAccording to Intel, the SPECint_rate for Avoton is an estimate. They did not use the SPEC 2006 benchmark software. Instead, they used a range of different benchmarks, including Antutu, and calculated a geomean. Software and workloads may have optimised.
I wonder why Intel didn't just run the SPEC 2006 benchmark suites, and publish them. In view of the Antutu fiasco last year, I'm taking this estimate with a pinch of salt until a verified SPEC 2006 result is available. Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkIsn't this basically an admission that AMD can't design low-power parts with competitive performance? Keveri's terrible CPU performance is mitigated by good graphical performance, but graphical performance has no relevance for enterprise use, leaving you with simply a terrible CPU. Releasing low-power server CPUs with CPU cores designed by ARM instead of AMD seems to me to be admitting to this. Reply
KenLuskin - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkMaybe you should read about MULLINS chip that AMD will be delivering in Q2.
It is better than Baytrail as measured by PCmark 8, and is 250% better in graphics! Reply
Guspaz - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkOK, then... why are they using a Cortex A57 instead of an in-house CPU? Reply
darkich - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkAnd they are both embarrassed by nvidia.
The K1 reaches over 350GFLOPS, compared to ~ 65 GFLOPS of the Bay Trail !
Other ARM GPU's are also superior to both AMD and Intel solutions. Read about Mali t760 and PowerVR series 6 XT Reply
tuxRoller - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkWhat are you taking about?
For one thing that GFLOPS is almost certainly for the GPU. The CPU is apparently not even armv8 but a cortex a15 r3 (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/tegra-k1-keple... So they are going to be slower, clock for clock, than the cortex a57. Reply
darkich - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkI was talking about the GPU :p
As is clearly stated in my post Reply
tuxRoller - Saturday, February 01, 2014 - linkIt was a bit ambiguous given the thread context (CPU), but I see you did say in the second paragraph "Other ARM GPUs...". I suppose I needed to analyze it a bit more.
Still I'd expect nvidia to be trailing both IMG and Qualcomm as usual, especially in power consumption.
The problem is that IMG had been doing this for so long and make amazingly capable GPUs (along with owning tons of mobile graphics related patents) and Qualcomm had been hugely improving the bit boys designs they bought from amd with their tremendous engineering talent (and SUBSTANTIALLY larger budget given the company is more than an order of magnitude larger than nvidia).
It's going to be hard for nvidia to compete, and this far that's how its been. Reply
BMNify - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkwhat has amd's lowest grade of x86/64 at so called 2W (if you believe their PR people) and lowest grade of cgn gfx got to do with server's, beema is next lowest, then OC theres their best effort quad Kaveri that doesn't make the grade for AVX SIMD as it cant beat dual core i3/i5 in fully hand optimised assembly code for that set of SOC's Reply
nutjob2 - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkNo, the "admission" is that you can't make a low power part with x86 without spending many billions on chip R&D and process, driving up costs. ARM is a much more efficient architecture and AMD is absolutely correct in moving it to the server sphere, where power usage is critical. The sooner we get rid of x86 the better. Reply
peterfares - Thursday, January 30, 2014 - linkI want 10GbE in an x86 board at a reasonable price. Reply
honestann - Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - linkMe too! This chip has a lot of great capabilities and features at the same time as great price/performance (assuming the estimated price is close to correct). So many of the comments in this forum ignore the stated target market, and I intend to adopt this chip for a couple entirely different embedded device purposes. Reply
ScouserLes - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkIt's worth pointing out that the Opteron 1100 "benchmark" presented by AMD, and the Intel Silvermont "benchmark" it is being compared to, are estimates, not benchmarks. I have no idea how AMD arrived at their estimate, but a slideshow presented at IDF gives some details about how Intel does it. The SPEC 2006 benchmark suites play no part in the estimate released by Intel. The Antutu benchmark does, though. Reply
loony - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkI assume AMD is trying to compete with Intel as always... x86, integrated graphics, desktops, laptops, servers... They go toe to toe in all but one aspect: Intel has the Itanic. Guess AMD now finally matched Intel on that front too... Reply
fteoath64 - Wednesday, February 05, 2014 - link" I assume AMD is trying to compete with Intel as always... x86.." Yes definitely in this case targetting Avoton but with way improved I/O set in 10Ge and Sata support plus 128GB RAM space. So in terms of total system cost and effective total system power vs perf vs cost, this chip will win out. This design also gives many ways for system builders to target very different configurations for their target market servers they wanted. Some systems could be SSD tiered cache servers, some hybrid RAM cache/HDD array caches. Certainly down to the home NAS is a possibility. There will be variants of this chip with different I/O mixes in order to cater for a even more diverse set of products, priced very competitively. It is time the server space innovate way beyond large numbers of cores and huge cpu cores. Reply
hooflung - Friday, February 07, 2014 - linkI would really like to have one of these things for Java 8 development. I wonder how much the initial motherboards are going to cost with that 100$ SoC on there. Toss a GCN card on it and Aparapi and it is the perfect solution for some parallel workloads with a budget on power. Would really be disruptive to the PaaS and SaaS markets for compute for certain markets. Reply
ramuman - Monday, February 10, 2014 - linkI get Apple isn't playing in servers right now - but they announced the first mass production 64 bit ARM server processor. I wouldn't be surprised if they would expect to transition the Mac Pro or a next generation device of that class to ARM and RISC. Reply
-wooki- - Saturday, February 15, 2014 - linkThey get spanked in the x86 market and now they fall back to ARM? A market soaked with competition! It reeks of desperation. All for what, power efficiency? Reply
-wooki- - Saturday, February 15, 2014 - linkI love their slides, "Megadata centers" "commands"...hahahaha "smaller more efficient x86 cpu's" thanks captain obvious.
Stick with what you know AMD, improve your x86 processors and take back market share. While my speculation is worthless here, ARM has little place in the market and even less soon when they are being dominated by 32,64 core x86 processors. I just struggle see the strategy here. Reply
texadactyl - Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - linkThe ARM strategy is not aimed at gaming desktops. They already have Android (Linux kernel) pretty much locked up and it is natural for them to evolve to other GNU/Linux system environments. For example, Redhat Enterprise Linux and other back-end GNU/Linux systems are seriously supporting ARM architectures because they see economic benefits in hardware competition. As a side-note, the open-hardware hobbyist community has moved completely to ARM because of support and cost reasons.
In any case, time will tell what happens to Intel, AMD, and ARM. It should be interesting to watch the product evolutions as competition for our attention and $$ increases. Reply
editorsorgtfo - Thursday, March 06, 2014 - link> Anand said: "AMD assured me that the on-chip fabric is capable of ..."
Apparently the first Chip has no clothes (much like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New... ), the next Chip will.
Source: http://www.enterprisetech.com/2014/01/30/amd-appli... . Reply
CNCJoe - Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - linkThis really cant come soon enough. I have been dying each day since I saw these specs. I really hope they skip DDR3 and just go straight to DDR4. The second these are released I am picking up three of them. (router, NAS, desktop) specs:
-A PF box with one nic to the modem, the second nic as DHCP to a managed switch, that pcie will be married to an AC1900 card, perhaps some SSD caching if my wallet allows
-A freeNAS box (hopefully) with teamed ports to the switch. 5-6 6TB drives (yeah right, 3 for now), again SSD caching as future option
-The desktop. I might have to put down the old horse they call windows and hook up a mule *cough* BSD *cough*. Who knows I might even try a diskless desktop, but most likely a pair of cheap SSDs (if win: raid 1; if BSD: raid z;) Again both ports to the switch, 20Gbps of glory.
Its been a while since I bought any new tech, I'm twitchy, restraining myself from buying new gigabit stuff. Its time to retire the noise-spewing space heaters.
Hurry up! I'm get'n grey over here! Reply


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GAME 21 - PENN (4-16, 1-2) vs. YALE (7-14, 1-3)
Friday, Feb. 8, 2013 * 7 p.m.
The Palestra (Philadelphia)
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GAME 22 - PENN (4-16, 1-2) vs. BROWN (8-10, 2-2)
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The Palestra (Philadelphia)
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The Yale-Brown Home Weekend
Penn has hosted Yale and Brown on the same weekend 52 different times. The Quakers have swept this weekend 37 times-including each of the last two years-and split it 15 times (including three straight years from 2008-10). Penn has never been swept by the Bulldogs and Bears here at The Palestra.
The Yale Series
*The Quakers and the Bulldogs have met 216 times previously, with Penn holding a 146-70 lead in the series.
*The teams split this series last season, with each winning on its home court. Yale claimed a 60-53 victory in New Haven, but Penn returned the favor with a 68-47 romp on Senior Night at The Palestra.
*The Quakers have won 14 of the last 15 games played between the two at The Palestra going back to the 1997-98 season (Yale won 87-79 on Feb. 27, 2009).
The Brown Series
*The Quakers and the Bears have met 122 times, with Penn holding a 101-21 series lead.
*Penn won both games last year, taking a 65-48 decision in Providence before fighting for a 54-43 victory here at The Palestra. The Quakers have won four in a row and 13 of the last 16 against the Bears, but two of those three losses have come at home (66-61 on Feb. 15, 2008 and 80-73 on Feb. 19, 2010).
Quaker Notemeal From Cornell
*Penn had 24 assists, a team high in the Jerome Allen coaching era, on its 28 baskets.
*Penn had more assists (24) than turnovers (17) for the third time in four games; prior to that, the Quakers had accomplished the feat just twice in the first 16 games this season.
*Penn shot 28-of-56 (50.0 percent) from the field, its third time shooting 50 percent or better in a game this season.
*Penn shot 12-of-24 on three-pointers, its fourth time shooting 50 percent or better from beyond the arc in a game this season; the 12 treys were a season high, and one shy of the team best in the Allen era.
*Sophomore Patrick Lucas-Perry had 14 points, one shy of his career high, and tied his season/career best with four three-pointers. Lucas-Perry entered the weekend leading the Ivy League in overall three-point field-goal percentage (24 of 47, 51.1 percent).
*Freshman Darien Nelson-Henry had 10 points, his seventh straight double-figure scoring game (13.6 ppg in that span).
*Junior Miles Cartwright set a new season/career high with nine assists.
*Sophomore Camryn Crocker had six assists and one turnover; in the last eight games his assist/turnover ratio is 3.57 (25/7).
Quaker Notemeal From Columbia
*Penn set season highs in free throws made (26) and blocked shots (7).
*Penn improved to 21-5 in the Allen era when holding an opponent under 60 points (3-1 this season).
*Penn's 26-19 halftime lead was its largest at the break this season. Columbia's 19 points also marked an opponent low for any half this season.
*Penn shot 26-of-29 from the foul line; in the last three games, the Quakers are 42-of-48 (87.5 percent) from the charity stripe.
*Cartwright scored 22 points, his season high and the most points by a Penn player in a game since Fran Dougherty scored 31 against Fairfield on Nov. 13.
*Nelson-Henry set a season/career high in steals (3) and tied a season/career high with four blocked shots; he had seven blocks in total last weekend, and currently leads the Ivy League in that category in conference play.
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The site is proposed for a 1.4 hectare field off Heath Lane, Shenstone, where there would be four residential caravans, six touring caravans and one static caravan along with storage space, vehicles and access.
Planning officer Paul Round, however, has recommended councillors on Wyre Forest District Council's planning committee refuse the application when they make the decision at tonight's meeting at Wyre Forest House.
In a report, the officer said: "The proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the green belt and would cause harm to its openness and visual amenity as well as the character of the landscape."
The council has received objections to the application from Stone Parish Council, Chaddesley Corbett Parish Council and Wychavon District Council and planners have received 96 letters from residents opposing the plans.
Concerns included loss of amenity, unsuitable highway infrastructure and another said the "whole structure of the village would be compromised".
A statement submitted to planners by applicant Mr N Jennings said: "Mr Jennings has spent 10 years engaging not only Wyre Forest District Council but also Shropshire Council. He had proactively identified sites and put them to the council for consideration."


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Sony's launch of its first tablet devices is bound to excite unflattering comparisons with revolutionary Sony products of the past – particularly because it falls in the same week as the death of Norio Ohga, the Japanese company's former chairman and chief executive.
As every retrospective of Ohga's extraordinary life has pointed out, he was the Sony executive who helped establish and drive the compact disc. By contrast, Sony's "S1″ and "S2″ (their temporary names, thank goodness), already seem doomed to be mere "iPad rivals". Read more


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Blind Barber has two barberships in New York City and Los Angeles. The interactive advertisements placed in Bullett Magazine allow it to reach an audience of young, hip, urban men. This ad uses Digital Publishing Suite to allow readers to change the hair, mustache, and beard of a model, and see how the different styles change his look.


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Thank you longjidin
Nice ......maybe can be ebook next time!!
Thank you longjidin
Excellent work, very clean documentation.
Every newbie should take a look.
Thanks Psychopath.
That was my objective from the beginning. Help those who want to start, as i started with documents like this one and they really helped me.
Thanks for reading.
Working already on my Exploitation paper also to be release in this forum
Now getting back to your tutorial, hats off. Thoroughly enjoyed. I wish that you had published this tutorial 6 months earlier, nah just kidding
Well done.
N.B.: I have learned a thing or two re: pyrit from your tutorial.
Thanks Hannah. Well I've started this tutorial long ago, since i was learning and writing the things i was learning so i could read later and also help others. Pyrit was used back than, not anymore i guess, but still i wrote about it. I'm also watching those videos i downloaded the whole megaprimer and they are really good, and i also read the book Backtrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing also written by Vivek Ramachandran. Very good.
Thanks for reading my Paper.
Same here I read Vivek's book first and then did the megaprimer..
great document. every network rat should have archived.
it helped me to do my homework when the internet company cut off the internet last evening.
Talking about that collection there is also "Backtrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing". Also very good. And there are two new books in that collection about Hacking that will be released very soon.


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All buildings are subject to lateral loads caused by earthquakes and wind events such as hurricanes. In Fairfax County, lateral load producted by wind governs the lateral design for residential construction.
The publications for "Classic" Wall Bracing and Virginia Practical Wall Bracing provide guidelines for complying with the wall bracing provisions of the residential code so that your new house, addition or sunroom can adequately resist lateral loads imposed by wind.
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UF roundup: Florida women's tennis back in final four
Published: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10:42 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10:42 p.m.
ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 8-seeded Florida women's tennis team upset top-seeded and host Georgia, 4-1, Saturday in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Florida (23-5) won the doubles point and took three singles wins to stop Georgia.
In doubles, Brianna Morgan and Olivia Janowicz raced to an 8-2 win over Lilly Kimbell and Caroline Brinson. After a late surge fell short, the No. 27 ranked pair of Sofie Oyen and Belinda Woolcock outdid the No. 19 duo of Kate Fuller and Silvia Garcia. Lauren Herring and Maho Kowase, ranked No. 2 in the country, led 7-6 when their match was suspended.
In singles, the Bulldogs got off to a quick start by winning four first sets, but couldn't maintain the momentum. After No. 15 Silvia Garcia evened the score with a 6-1, 6-2 win over No. 14 Janowicz, Florida's Alexandra Cercone, ranked No. 28 in the country, beat Kimbell 6-4, 6-2 to put the Gators back up 2-1.
After falling 6-4 in the first set, Morgan used a late second set break to beat Herring, 6-4, 7-5 and put Florida to within one match of advancing. With the three remaining matches in third sets, No. 20 Kowase, who was handicapped by cramping, lost to No. 70 Sofie Oyen, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.
The Gators will face No. 5 seed UCLA in the NCAA tournament semifinals on Monday at 1 p.m. Monday's other semifinal pits defending national champion and current No. 11 seed Stanford against No. 7 seed North Carolina. The winners of the two semifinals meet for the championship on Tuesday in Athens.
This is UF's fifth consecutive NCAA semifinals appearance, and 24th semifinal trip in the last 28 years.
"I thought we played an absolutely outstanding match," said Florida's Roland Thornqvist, who captured his 400th career coaching victory. "This Georgia team is really good from top to bottom, and all year their doubles have been the best in the country. ...
"When we played here two months ago, the doubles point was over in 10 minutes and we were not going to let that happen today. Credit to these guys. They bought in and were flying left and right. I'm just really, really proud. This win ranks way, way up there."
SEC TRACK AND FIELD: Florida junior thrower Fawn Miller used a PR, the second-best performance in school history and a meet record of 57.10m/187-4 to capture the SEC javelin title on the third day of the league's outdoor championships at the Kentucky Track and Field Complex in Lexington.
Sophomore Marija Vucenovic joined Miller, now a two-time javelin champ and the NCAA leader, on the podium with a runner-up finish in the event (54.51m/178-10), sophomore Robin Reynolds was the SEC runner-up in the long jump (6.36m/20-10.5) and junior Taylor Burke tied for third in the high jump (1.77m/5-9.75), as the Gator women's squad moved into fourth place (39.5 points) with nine events scored entering the final day of competition.
The UF men are tied for sixth in the team race (11 points) after six events.
A total of 23 Gator finals events will be contested Sunday between UF's men and women. Florida qualified 19 athletes, 10 men and nine women, for finals following all preliminary races, while eight athletes will run the 5K final and another eight will compete in field events.
"I'm very proud of Fawn for being SEC champion in the javelin and very proud of both Marija and Robin for being SEC runners-up," UF coach Mike Holloway said. "I thought we did a great job of qualifying. I questioned our focus and passion the first two days, but I think we overcame that and set ourselves up for a great competition tomorrow."
MEN'S GOLF: Junior J.D. Tomlinson's hopes of advancing to the NCAA Division I championship came to an end at Auburn University Club, where individual Marco Iten of Austin Peay ran away with medalist honors.
Tomlinson concluded round three in the East Regional by improving one stroke, carding rounds of 75-75-74 to end play at 8-over (T34). He sunk just four birdies over the course of the weekend, making only one Saturday on the par-5, 7th hole.
Despite not being the best individual finisher, Tomlinson remained the second low-round player with his 224. Iten fired a 67, propelling him to the top of the leaderboard and solidifying his win with a tournament score of 208 (-8), finishing four strokes ahead of Alabama's Cory Whitsett (212).
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Al Baghdadia TV, 30 April 2008
Adnan Oktar:We need to look for a direct solution. The solution is for the entire Islamic world to come together, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GREAT TURKISH-ISLAMIC UNION UNDER TURKISH LEADERSHIP, Turkey punching its weight as a super state in the region, protecting the whole Islamic world as its brother and making possible their economic and political development, its taking the whole Turkic world, which is almost entirely Muslim, under its protection, and putting a complete end to terror in the region as a super power. The solution is for us to strive for a step up in terms of civilization, like that in the time of the Prophet Solomon (pbuh).
Tokat Gece TV, 15 September 2008
Adnan Oktar: TURKEY WILL BE THE LEADER OF TURKISH ISLAMIC WORLD AND A GREAT TURKISH ISLAMIC UNION WILL BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, INSHA'ALLAH.Everyone will see this. Turkey will take the lead of this union and remove the anarchy, terror and disorder in the world, Insha'Allah, by the leave of Allah.
Patronlar Dunyasi, October 13-2008
Adnan Oktar: Turkey is moving towards the Turkish-Islamic Union. Our moral values will be strengthened and we will also be more powerful in monetary terms, and become the super state of the region; then there will be no Kurd problem or no Armenian problem or no Israel problem; all will be solved right from the root insha'Allah. Iraq will be under the control of Turkey insha'Allah, Syria will be under the control of Turkey insha'Allah, Azerbaijan will be under the control of Turkey; meaning Turkey will be their spiritual elder brother insha'Allah. Turkey will be their spiritual elder brother and assume a moral responsibility. Turkey will ensure the stability, peace and security of the region completely. Being the elder brother is the attribute of Turkey, SINCE THE OTTOMAN PERIOD SHE HAS BEEN THE ELDER BROTHER OF THE REGION, SECURING PEACE AND TRUST IN THE REGION. However, this time it will be perfect, it will be very beautiful, very auspicious and very good insha'Allah.
Milli Gazete, 18 July 2011
Ankara- Mustafa Kamalak, Chairman of Felicity Party, said: "They say we will freeze the relationships if EU's perspective against Cyprus persists. Such a mindset would not solve the problem. Turkey needs to define a route for itself. According to National View, a great Turkey needs to be reestablished. Then, Islamic Union has to be formed. It is impossible for Turkey to challenge Europe without establishing the Islamic Union and developing D-8 countries."


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As new figures show a rise in UK liver disease, leading Midlands alcohol charity Aquarius is shining the light on the potential of financial stress as a factor in harmful drinking, as it asks the public: are you drinking this recession away?
As research shows that people drink more in economic downturns, Aquarius believe the theme of Alcohol Awareness Week 2012– 'Let's Talk About It' – is the right opportunity to highlight potential causes of heavy drinking.
Further, with a continued tough financial climate, an increased amount of stress-related hospital admissions, and thousands of Midlanders already at immediate risk of developing an alcohol problem through hazardous drinking, Aquarius argues that the potential role of financial stress needs to be highlighted and discussed.
Sharon Mitchell, who delivers a Drive Course for convicted drink-drivers at Aquarius, sad: 'If we are to tackle drinking-related diseases, we have to tackle the causes of that drinking in the first place. Many people on my courses had turned to drink due to financial problems and stress at home.' Annette Fleming, Chief Executive, Aquarius, added: 'Alcohol Awareness Week 2012 is an opportunity for the public to really start the conversation going about harmful drinking, its consequences, but its causes too. Considering and talking about the financial factor in drinking and drinking-related diseases has never been more opportune, more important or more relevant.'


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Q My wife and I are in our late 70s, fit and active, and hope to last at least another 10 years. We retired in 2008, but by now our savings have shrunk to $80,000, earning 3 per cent interest.
We receive a pension of $1200 each a month, own our home outright, but have no superannuation or other investments. We feel the only way to avoid outliving our savings is to sell our home and rent an apartment. What is your advice?
A The problems with selling the home are sale costs, rent costs and the uncertainty of being a tenant, as well as forgoing any future capital gain on your current property. If you sell and rent, the proceeds from the sale will be an assessable asset and may result in a reduction of your pension entitlements. You'll have to do the sums and make your own decision. Alternative strategies maybe be downsizing, or investigating a small reverse mortgage on which you draw down progressively.
Q I am 27, live at home and work for a family business. I have $70,000 in a term deposit, originally intended as a deposit on an investment property. I am no longer convinced this will provide me with the best return and recently bought $2000 of ANZ shares, which outperformed the term deposit. What are my best options for the term deposit - property, shares or something else? I am not opposed to riskier options.
A I agree that shares have been giving much better returns than term deposits in the past year, but remember the adage ''Wherever there is a chance of capital gain, there is a chance of capital loss.'' This is why I have long recommended that anyone buying shares has at least a five-year timeframe in mind. Provided you are aware that it is normal for shares to have four negative years in every 10, I would have no problems with your investing the bulk of your $70,000 in a good share trust.
Q Is there a formula for the best time to move into an investment property held for 15 years, with a view to minimising the capital gains tax eventually payable?
A Any capital gains tax will be apportioned on a pro rata time basis. For example, if you owned the property for 18 years and it was rented for 15 of those years, capital gains tax would be payable on 15/18 of the capital gain. The impact would be softened by the 50 per cent discount because you've had the asset for over a year. Obviously you would need to live in it for a long time to reduce capital gain, which suggests there are more important factors, such as the potential of the property and where you would prefer to live, that should influence your decision.
Q Do you think borrowing for blue-chip shares is a worthwhile tax minimisation strategy, or is it better to pay off our mortgage first?
A I think borrowing for investment can be a great strategy for accumulating wealth, but any tax benefit should be seen as the cream on the cake. In any case, with interest rates at 6 per cent and yields at 4 per cent, little tax would be saved. For example, if you borrowed $100,000 to invest in shares returning $4000 a year, and the interest was $6000 a year, the taxable loss would be $2000 and the tax saved would be just $930 if you were in the highest tax bracket. Remember, too, that a good investment will see the income rise over time and the negatively geared position will eventually become a positive one.
Q My wife and I are self-funded retirees in our late 70s. We both have Commonwealth Seniors Health Cards, but no pensions or other entitlements. My wife will soon go into high care in a nursing home, which will cost $26,000 each year. Is any proportion of this cost able to be claimed as a tax deduction? My health fund offers no benefits.
A Aged care expert Rachel Lane advises that while the cost of your wife's care is not a tax deduction, there is a tax offset that can be claimed in relation to the expense. The key difference between a tax offset and a tax deduction is that an offset can only be used to reduce your liability to pay tax (limited to the point at which $0 tax is payable), whereas a deduction can go beyond the point of zero, creating a refund.
The tax offset applicable to your wife's care is the net medical expenses tax offset. If your combined taxable income is below $168,000 a year, the tax offset will be applied at 20c per dollar above $2120 a year.
Noel Whittaker is the author of Making Money Made Simple and numerous other books on personal finance. His advice is general in nature. Readers should seek their own professional advice before making decisions. Email: email@example.com.


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Annie Hamel was named to the Saint Leo Women's Soccer coaching staff prior to the 2009 season and brings a wealth of international soccer knowledge and recruiting talent to the Lions.
Hamel is entering her four year on O'Connor's sidelines having been an integral part of one of the best teams in Saint Leo women's soccer history during the 2011-12 season. In posting the team's third NCAA Tournament appearance, the Lions reached a program-best No.5 ranking in the NSCAA top-25 poll. In total, she helped guide the team to six All-Sunshine State Conference selections, one SSC Freshman of the Year honor, and a SSC Player of the Year award. In addition, the squad posted six NSCAA All-Region members en route to the region's top spot and the program's best overall record (15-3-1).
Hamel came to Saint Leo after concluding a professional playing career in the United Soccer League W-League where she played four years for both FC Indiana and the Ottawa Fury. During her career in the USL she was a league finalist twice and a member of the US Open Cup Championship team in 2008 while with FC Indiana.
Hamel's entire collegiate playing career was spent in the far Northeastern part of the US as she was a member of the University of Maine's women's soccer team. During her stint at the Division I school in Orono, Maine, Hamel was a First Team All-Conference member in both 2002 and 2003, while also taking home All-Northeast Region honors in 2003. Her career also included a conference All-Rookie Team selection in 2000.
After graduating in 2004, Hamel moved into the coaching ranks as she assumed a graduate assistant role at her Alma Mater. After spending a year with the Black Bears, Hamel would focus on her playing career and would not take another coaching role until October of 2006 when she was named the head coach of the Ottawa Fury Under-20 W-League team. Her final instructional stint prior to SLU came with the North Shore Soccer Development Center in October of 2007. She helped with the U-12 player development and also helped to observe, assess and assist new coaches.
A native of Magog, Quebec, Hamel is a French-Canadian who is fluent is both English and French. She will look to use her bilingual abilities to help expand the Saint Leo Women's Soccer recruiting base to the non-English-speaking parts of Canada and internationally.
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This article was published 11/5/2012 (1926 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
If ever beleaguered Mexico needed an enthusiastic ambassador, it is now. And it has found one in Canadian Madeline Milne.
Like many visitors, the 36-year-old Vancouverite's first trip to Mexico was a holiday to Los Cabos as a child. More trips to different destinations followed and as she saw more of the country, she couldn't get enough.
"It's the diversity. I'm blown away about how wonderful it is. The people are wonderful, the food is great," she says.
But it wasn't until she was laid off from a real estate marketing job in Vancouver in 2009 that she decided it was time to make a big change. She had a freelance client in Los Cabos, and realized she could still do the same type of real estate work, only south of the border. In August, Milne moved to Bucerias, a small city of about 10,000 30 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta. Her son and husband have since joined her.
Meanwhile, she's been doing a lot of travelling around her adopted country, trying to educate herself on all things Mexico as fodder for the magazine she's started, called Mexi-Go. It's published four times a year and is aimed at educating Canadians who are interested in living, retiring, investing or moving to Mexico.
Milne describes her mission as the chance to share with people that "Mexico is so much more than beaches and beer."
Here's what else Milne has learned about Mexico.
How did you settle on moving to Bucerias?
Mostly just logistics. I thought I needed to be close to an international airport and be able to get back to Vancouver within four hours. I wanted something smaller and to get to know my neighbours and my local grocery store.
What helped you integrate into Mexican culture, or do you still feel like an expat?
I catch myself sometimes saying, 'I'm going home,' when I go back to Vancouver, but I'm trying to change that. I love what Mexico offers. I've made a lot of friends. I mean to make Mexico my home.
How did your 10-year-old son feel about the move?
He's making friends and he's learning how to surf. The all-Spanish school is frustrating for everyone. I'm trying not to put too much pressure on him. I have almost no Spanish. Now that I'm down here, I almost never need to speak it. People want to learn English here rather than listen to me speak Spanish.
Tell me about your magazine, Mexi-Go.
It's a lifestyle magazine about life in Mexico. It has a real estate focus and talks about great places to invest, the legalities of buying in Mexico and how you can rent your property for income.
Crime is a big issue here, so we discuss that, too. We try to inform people about all the different areas about Mexico. So when people are considering retirement in Mexico they have all the information they need. The subscriptions are growing slowly.
What are your three favourite places in Mexico for holidays?
Playa del Carmen is a really fun town, it's quite sophisticated and has a more cosmopolitan feel. Lots of Europeans and South Americans. Merida in the Yucatan. It's amazing. It's this wonderful colonial city that has the most beautiful architecture. Almost every day there is something free going on in the city. Streets are closed on Sundays in centro and around the main cathedral, shops open and family rides their bikes and walk their dogs.
One of my absolute favourite places is La Paz in the Baja on the Sea of Cortez. It's a Mexican city with a population of 100,000. It has the most amazing sea life. The water and sand is just like the Caribbean. You drive along the road and around every corner, there's another beach. There's giant squid, sea lions, tons of fish, and it's all protected. The quality of water and sea life has not been damaged, like a lot of other places. There's hundreds of little islands you can sail around.
What's the best place in Mexico for a first-timer?
It would depend on the type of person. I would fly into one of the major destinations like Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta or Cancun. From those three airports, you can find something for everyone.
Party in Cabo or get a quieter vibe in San Jose (del Cabo). In Puerto Vallarta, you have an older crowd, or a little north to Sayulita is a fantastic town with a great energy. I call it the Nelson (B.C.) of Mexico. It's got surfers and hippies.
For Cancun, you're an hour to Playa del Carmen or Merida. You can play at the beach or take in a sophisticated colonial city.
What are some of the best places/activities for boomer-age travellers?
I would say Puerto Vallarta. It has everything a boomer is looking for. It's got art and culture, great food, high-quality accommodations, it's got hospitals, Lake Chapala and the town of Ajijic.
It's got amazing birds and butterflies and natural flora and fauna. There's lots of hiking; it's never too hot or too cold. Facilities there are geared to boomer generation.
What places do you recommend for families?
I actually just did a tour in Playa del Carmen. That's very family-friendly. There are a bunch of wonderful places to visit. There are cenotes and pyramids and the most wonderful diving and snorkelling. It's all very traveller-friendly. Everyone speaks English.
There also Xcaret. It's like the Disneyland of Mexico. You go for a day or two and it has an aquarium and beach and cultural shows. You can snorkel with dolphins or manta rays. You can watch Mayan rituals. You can tour cenotes, and there's a zoo with animals indigenous to Mexico.
It's got everything from Mexico in one place.
What are the real estate prices like these days?
You can get something for $10,000 or for millions of dollars. In the beaches outside of Merida, you can buy oceanfront lots for less than $50,000.
You can build a $200,000 home, about 2,000 square feet with top-of-the-line finishings. In PV you can buy a one-bedroom condo with ocean views from $180,000 to $220,000.
If you sell something in Calgary for $800,000, you can buy in Mexico for $400,000.
Where is the best value in real estate?
I think the Yucatan is becoming more popular. So it's not going to last forever. There you can buy oceanfront for $50,000. It's still a buyers' market. It's just a matter of finding a place you really connect with.
What do you tell people who might be afraid to travel to Mexico these days?
They're being ridiculous. Crime against tourists in Mexico is almost non-existent. I've been travelling here for 30 years and have never had anything stolen or put in a position of danger.
The crime that we mostly hear about is taking place between gangs and the military and the police and it has nothing to do with tourism.If it does happen, it's wrong place, wrong time.
Mexico knows (its) economy relies on tourism. They go out of their way to see that you are respected and treated well.
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I posted this over on the BGE forum so some of you might see it twice. Thought it would be worth posting here as well...
Thought I'd share my experience of trying a different charcoal recently.
I was in our local wallyworld last week to pick up some Royal Oak when I saw several 10 lb bags of B&B Oak lump and decided to try a couple of bags. I'd just cleaned my egg out and dumped in a load that came mid way up into the fire ring. First cook with it was a couple of pizzas at 500. The stuff sparked and spit and never really did settle down. Never really got clear smoke either. When I went to light it up again the next day I found that well over half of the charcoal had burned - never had that happen with ROcooking pizzas. The next cook burned through most of the rest the remnants along with most of the rest of the bag. (Burned 10 lbs of lump on 2 cooks? sheesh!)
This past Monday I dumped in part of the 2nd bag. Lit it up and it acted just like the first bag...but this time it smelled like coal...not charcoal...COAL. Again, it never cleared and our burgers ended up tasting 'coaly' as well. Now we love the flavor bood charcoal imparts but this stuff was just nasty. I still have half of the 2nd bag left and the remnants that are in the egg will be going back in the bag for disposal. Fortunately I had a chance to swing back by wallyworld yesterday to pick up some tried and true Royal Oak.
Anyone else here using B&B Charcoal? Whats your experience with been?


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Members of NUAAP are key liaisons between a prospective undergraduate student and Norwich University. This is the start of the bond that can help a student become a member of the Norwich family.
Recruiting is a top priority for Norwich University, and our President, Dr. Richard W. Schneider, has given the Admissions Office an ambitious goal—increase our applications by 50 percent in the next four to five years. To make this vision a reality, we need the help and support of great people like you!
On behalf of the entire Norwich family, I want to thank you in advance for a great job during this recruitment cycle. I am proud to have you as members of the Admissions team, and I look forward to working with you. Please call on me any time I can be of assistance.
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The New York Mets today announced that lefthanded pitchers Johan Santana and Oliver Perez each underwent successful surgery this morning at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan.
Santana had successful arthroscopic removal of multiple bone fragments from his left elbow. Perez underwent successful removal of scar tissue from the patella tendon of his right knee.
Santana and Perez are both expected to make full recoveries and be ready for 2010 Spring Training.
Mets Medical Director Dr. David Altchek performed both procedures.


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HARNIMAN Photographer - Large Book - £55.54
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Nigel has been asked many times to put together a book of images, so from a photographic career spanning the last 20 years or so, he has made a selection of his current favourite images.
My wife was diagnosed with cancer recently, so the profits from this book will go to the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Arte y fotografía
Apaisado grande, 33×28 cm
80 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación mar. 02, 2011
- Etiquetas Nigel Harniman, AirCgi, 3D, CGI, Photography, People, Landscape, Automotive
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HARNIMAN PHOTOGRAPHER has shot worldwide for many major international advertising agencies & brands both on location, in studio & CGI. He has been commissioned to shoot concepts, through to prototypes & production cars for most of the premier brands including Bentley, Jaguar, Volvo, Mercedes Benz, Lexus, Cadillac, Chrysler, Buick etc. From single press ads through to complex major projects involving shooting on several continents, on location CG pre-viz, CGI rendering & retouching of multiple cars back in the UK studio.
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Tiny Giants 3D
Through jaw-dropping drama, Tiny Giants 3D reveals the great courage and skill that our planet's smallest creatures need to succeed in the titanic battle of survival. Featuring groundbreaking cinematography and cutting edge 3D, see and feel what life is like when you're under one foot tall in North America's mysterious Wild Wood. Meet a plucky young chipmunk who is forced to grow up fast when he is alone for the first time in this enchanting forest. Facing experienced rivals and huge predators, follow our chipmunk hero as he races against the clock to gather enough acorns before the winter frost sets in. And see how our tiny giant's ingenious 'superpowers' not only help keep him alive, but also help him become master of his universe.
BBC Earth Productions and Giant Screen Films present Tiny Giants 3D. 3D Theater sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP.