根本からの Green IT 化は実現するのか？
『 ARM – データセンターから Intel を たたき出せ！』 と 『 ARM サーバーについて – 日本語記事のマトメ･ページです 』でご紹介してきた ARM のサーバー･チップですが、ついに具体的なビジネス･レベルで動きが出てきました。 昨夜に、@eunosuke さんから教えていただいたのですが、今朝になって 『 Smooth-Stone 』でググると、たくさんのニュースが拾えるようになってきました。 ーーー A.C.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Smooth-Stone today announced it is raising $48 million from a unique syndicate of investors comprising industry leading venture capital firms and semiconductor innovators. The capital will be applied directly to the final development and market delivery of high performance, low power chips that will change the server market and the makeup of data centers. Smooth-Stone funding partners include ARM, Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Texas Instruments Inc.
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) － 本日、Smooth-Stone は、先進的なベンチャー投資会社や、半導体ビジネスのイノベータで構成されるユニークなシンジケートから $48 million を調達したと発表した。この資金は、サーバー市場とデータセンターの構造を変革する高性能／低電力チップの、最終的な開発および市場への供給のために費やされるだろう。Smooth-Stone のファンド･パートナーには、ARM／Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC)／Battery Ventures／Flybridge Capital Partners／Highland Capital Partners／Texas Instruments Inc などが含まれる。
IDG News Service – A new startup funded by major chip makers and investment firms is taking aim at electricity bills, the biggest cost in data centers. Smooth-Stone, which on Monday announced it secured US$48 million in new funding, plans to use mobile phone microprocessors inside the high-powered computer servers used in data centers to lower their electric bills. The chips will be an alternative to server chips such as those based on x86 technology from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The headlines Smooth-Stone has already garnered, Start-up Aims to Slay Chip Goliath, and, An atom bomb aimed at Intel, suggest the technology will be available soon and effortlessly.
IDG News Service － 主要なチップ･メーカーや投資会社から資金を調達したスタートアップ企業が、データセンターで最も大きなコストである電力消費量を引き下げようと狙っている。 月曜日に US$48 million の資金調達についてアナウンスした Smooth-Stone は、モバイル･フォンのマイクロプロセッサを、HPC サーバーやデータセンターに提供することで、その電力使用量を引き下げようとしている。そのチップは、Intel や AMD から提供されている、x86 テクノロジーに対する別の選択肢となる。 すでに、Smooth-Stone テクノロジーは、時間をかけずに利用できるところまできている。（Start-up Aims to Slay Chip Goliath — An atom bomb aimed at Intel）
この他にも、たくさんのニュースで溢れかえっています ･･･
News
Smooth-Stone Plans Low-Power Server Chips
PC Magazine – Mark Hachman – 29 minutes ago
Smooth-Stone said it raised $48 million Monday for its work in developing a low-powered, ARM-based chip that may someday be used in servers. …
ARM server chip startup gets big backers
Register – Timothy Prickett Morgan – 8 hours ago
There are a number of ways to create a power-efficient server chip for hyperscale applications like …
Smooth-Stone Secures $48 Million to Complete Development of Semiconductors for …
MarketWatch (press release) – 11 hours ago
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Smooth-Stone today announced it is raising $48 million from a unique syndicate of investors comprising …
Chip startup seeks to lower electric bills in data centers
Computerworld – Dan Nystedt – 11 hours ago
IDG News Service – A new startup funded by major chip makers and investment firms is taking aim at electricity bills, the biggest cost in …
Investors help Smooth-Stone chip away at Intel
San Francisco Chronicle – Ashlee Vance – 16 hours ago
A group of investors, including companies from the United States, Europe and the United Arab Emirates, has formed in a bid to disrupt one of Santa Clara …
Blogs
A Chip Start-Up Aims to Slay Intel
New York Times (blog) – 17 hours ago
A group of investors, including companies from the United States, Europe and the United Arab Emirates, has formed in a bid to disrupt one of Intel’s most …
Smooth Stone to Take ARM Energy Savings to Data Centers
Greentech Media (blog) – 7 hours ago
Can a startup begin to edge out Intel in servers? History tells us it won’t be easy. Smooth-Stone, which came out of stealth mode for $48 million dollars …
Smooth-Stone Gets $48M For Low-Power Data Centers
Texas Tech Pulse (blog) – 8 hours ago
Austin-based Smooth-Stone, a developer of semiconductors targeted at the data center and server market, announced today that it has raised $48M in a funding …
United States
Green chip start-up gets $48 million in funding
CNET – Brooke Crothers – 17 hours ago
Silicon start-up Smooth-Stone has received $48 million from a syndicate of investors including ARM, Texas Instruments, and Highland …
Unusual Chip Start-Up Raises $48 Million From Investors
Wall Street Journal – Don Clark – 22 hours ago
AUSTIN, Texas—Smooth-Stone, a start-up with an unusual plan to target the market for chips used in server systems, said it had raised $48 …
Texas Based Low-Power Server Chip Start-up Raises $48 Million
TMCnet – Ashok Bindra – 2 hours ago
A two-year old Austin, Texas-based startup Smooth-Stone is working on developing low-power processors for server applications. …
Austin, TX
Chip startup Smooth-Stone raises $48M in backing
Austin American-Statesman – James Brosher – 18 hours ago
Smooth-Stone CEO Barry Evans was involved in Intel’s development of the low-power Xscale family of processors — the same Intel that looms as one of …
Smooth-Stone raises $48M
ABJ Enrepreneur (blog) – 9 hours ago
Austin-based Smooth-Stone, a developer low-power server technology, plans to use the capital for the final development and market delivery of its low-power …
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ARM により、いったいどれほどのグリーン化がもたらされるのでしょうか？ とても楽しみな展開になってきましたね。 ーーー A.C.
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