diff --git a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
index a93ba27f48a7a..3cb6f18333146 100644
--- a/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/validation/validation_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/errors"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/capabilities"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/registry/registrytest"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
@@ -372,8 +373,8 @@ func TestValidateManifest(t *testing.T) {
 					Image:      "image",
 					Command:    []string{"foo", "bar"},
 					WorkingDir: "/tmp",
-					Memory:     1,
-					CPU:        1,
+					Memory:     *resource.Q("1"),
+					CPU:        *resource.Q("1"),
 					Ports: []api.Port{
 						{Name: "p1", ContainerPort: 80, HostPort: 8080},
 						{Name: "p2", ContainerPort: 81},
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@ func TestValidatePodUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 					Containers: []api.Container{
 						{
 							Image: "foo:V1",
-							CPU:   100,
+							CPU:   *resource.Q("100m"),
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -634,7 +635,7 @@ func TestValidatePodUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 					Containers: []api.Container{
 						{
 							Image: "foo:V2",
-							CPU:   1000,
+							CPU:   *resource.Q("1000m"),
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -1300,8 +1301,8 @@ func TestValidateMinionUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Spec: api.NodeSpec{
 				Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-					"cpu":    util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(10000),
-					"memory": util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(100),
+					api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.Q("10000"),
+					api.ResourceMemory: *resource.Q("100"),
 				},
 			},
 		}, api.Node{
@@ -1310,8 +1311,8 @@ func TestValidateMinionUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Spec: api.NodeSpec{
 				Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-					"cpu":    util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(100),
-					"memory": util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(10000),
+					api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.Q("100"),
+					api.ResourceMemory: *resource.Q("10000"),
 				},
 			},
 		}, true},
@@ -1322,8 +1323,8 @@ func TestValidateMinionUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Spec: api.NodeSpec{
 				Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-					"cpu":    util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(10000),
-					"memory": util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(100),
+					api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.Q("10000"),
+					api.ResourceMemory: *resource.Q("100"),
 				},
 			},
 		}, api.Node{
@@ -1333,8 +1334,8 @@ func TestValidateMinionUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Spec: api.NodeSpec{
 				Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-					"cpu":    util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(100),
-					"memory": util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(10000),
+					api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.Q("100"),
+					api.ResourceMemory: *resource.Q("10000"),
 				},
 			},
 		}, true},
diff --git a/pkg/client/client_test.go b/pkg/client/client_test.go
index b6180fc17aedf..4283d5217aa01 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client_test.go
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/latest"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/testapi"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/resources"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/version"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (c *testClient) Setup() *testClient {
 func (c *testClient) Validate(t *testing.T, received runtime.Object, err error) {
 	c.ValidateCommon(t, err)
 
-	if c.Response.Body != nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(c.Response.Body, received) {
+	if c.Response.Body != nil && !api.Semantic.DeepEqual(c.Response.Body, received) {
 		t.Errorf("bad response for request %#v: expected %#v, got %#v", c.Request, c.Response.Body, received)
 	}
 }
@@ -734,8 +734,8 @@ func TestCreateMinion(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		Spec: api.NodeSpec{
 			Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-				resources.CPU:    util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(1000),
-				resources.Memory: util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(1024 * 1024),
+				api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.Q("1000m"),
+				api.ResourceMemory: *resource.Q("1Mi"),
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go
index 991b49186bde6..5916918f9cbe6 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/gce/gce.go
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
+
 	"code.google.com/p/goauth2/compute/serviceaccount"
 	compute "code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client/compute/v1"
 	container "code.google.com/p/google-api-go-client/container/v1beta1"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/resources"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
@@ -338,11 +338,12 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) List(filter string) ([]string, error) {
 	return instances, nil
 }
 
-func makeResources(cpu float32, memory float32) *api.NodeResources {
+// cpu is in cores, memory is in GiB
+func makeResources(cpu float64, memory float64) *api.NodeResources {
 	return &api.NodeResources{
 		Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-			resources.CPU:    util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(int(cpu * 1000)),
-			resources.Memory: util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(int(memory * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)),
+			api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.NewMilliQuantity(int64(cpu*1000), resource.DecimalSI),
+			api.ResourceMemory: *resource.NewQuantity(int64(memory*1024*1024*1024), resource.BinarySI),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -359,6 +360,7 @@ func (gce *GCECloud) GetNodeResources(name string) (*api.NodeResources, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// TODO: actually read machine size instead of this awful hack.
 	switch canonicalizeMachineType(res.MachineType) {
 	case "f1-micro":
 		return makeResources(1, 0.6), nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 2cc6ae01273d4..bc16d9f5ea98e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ func makePortsAndBindings(container *api.Container) (map[docker.Port]struct{}, m
 	return exposedPorts, portBindings
 }
 
-func milliCPUToShares(milliCPU int) int {
+func milliCPUToShares(milliCPU int64) int64 {
 	if milliCPU == 0 {
 		// zero milliCPU means unset. Use kernel default.
 		return 0
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) runContainer(pod *api.BoundPod, container *api.Container, pod
 			ExposedPorts: exposedPorts,
 			Hostname:     pod.Name,
 			Image:        container.Image,
-			Memory:       int64(container.Memory),
-			CPUShares:    int64(milliCPUToShares(container.CPU)),
+			Memory:       container.Memory.Value(),
+			CPUShares:    milliCPUToShares(container.CPU.MilliValue()),
 			WorkingDir:   container.WorkingDir,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/predicates.go b/pkg/scheduler/predicates.go
index 6768016b832b0..9e4aa2ec738d3 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/predicates.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/predicates.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/labels"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/resources"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
@@ -89,15 +88,15 @@ type ResourceFit struct {
 }
 
 type resourceRequest struct {
-	milliCPU int
-	memory   int
+	milliCPU int64
+	memory   int64
 }
 
 func getResourceRequest(pod *api.Pod) resourceRequest {
 	result := resourceRequest{}
 	for ix := range pod.Spec.Containers {
-		result.memory += pod.Spec.Containers[ix].Memory
-		result.milliCPU += pod.Spec.Containers[ix].CPU
+		result.memory += pod.Spec.Containers[ix].Memory.Value()
+		result.milliCPU += pod.Spec.Containers[ix].CPU.MilliValue()
 	}
 	return result
 }
@@ -113,17 +112,16 @@ func (r *ResourceFit) PodFitsResources(pod api.Pod, existingPods []api.Pod, node
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
-	milliCPURequested := 0
-	memoryRequested := 0
+	milliCPURequested := int64(0)
+	memoryRequested := int64(0)
 	for ix := range existingPods {
 		existingRequest := getResourceRequest(&existingPods[ix])
 		milliCPURequested += existingRequest.milliCPU
 		memoryRequested += existingRequest.memory
 	}
 
-	// TODO: convert to general purpose resource matching, when pods ask for resources
-	totalMilliCPU := int(resources.GetFloatResource(info.Spec.Capacity, resources.CPU, 0) * 1000)
-	totalMemory := resources.GetIntegerResource(info.Spec.Capacity, resources.Memory, 0)
+	totalMilliCPU := info.Spec.Capacity.Get(api.ResourceCPU).MilliValue()
+	totalMemory := info.Spec.Capacity.Get(api.ResourceMemory).Value()
 
 	fitsCPU := totalMilliCPU == 0 || (totalMilliCPU-milliCPURequested) >= podRequest.milliCPU
 	fitsMemory := totalMemory == 0 || (totalMemory-memoryRequested) >= podRequest.memory
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/predicates_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/predicates_test.go
index 106efbcb426fc..5fe556207f10d 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/predicates_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/predicates_test.go
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/resources"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 )
 
 type FakeNodeInfo api.Node
@@ -32,17 +31,11 @@ func (n FakeNodeInfo) GetNodeInfo(nodeName string) (*api.Node, error) {
 	return &node, nil
 }
 
-func makeResources(milliCPU int, memory int) api.NodeResources {
+func makeResources(milliCPU int64, memory int64) api.NodeResources {
 	return api.NodeResources{
 		Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-			resources.CPU: util.IntOrString{
-				IntVal: milliCPU,
-				Kind:   util.IntstrInt,
-			},
-			resources.Memory: util.IntOrString{
-				IntVal: memory,
-				Kind:   util.IntstrInt,
-			},
+			api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.NewMilliQuantity(milliCPU, resource.DecimalSI),
+			api.ResourceMemory: *resource.NewQuantity(memory, resource.BinarySI),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -51,8 +44,8 @@ func newResourcePod(usage ...resourceRequest) api.Pod {
 	containers := []api.Container{}
 	for _, req := range usage {
 		containers = append(containers, api.Container{
-			Memory: req.memory,
-			CPU:    req.milliCPU,
+			Memory: *resource.NewQuantity(req.memory, resource.BinarySI),
+			CPU:    *resource.NewMilliQuantity(req.milliCPU, resource.DecimalSI),
 		})
 	}
 	return api.Pod{
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/priorities.go b/pkg/scheduler/priorities.go
index c2ec09bbdec7f..dc3250cb8a2c7 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/priorities.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/priorities.go
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ package scheduler
 
 import (
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/resources"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
 // the unused capacity is calculated on a scale of 0-10
 // 0 being the lowest priority and 10 being the highest
-func calculateScore(requested, capacity int, node string) int {
+func calculateScore(requested, capacity int64, node string) int {
 	if capacity == 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -32,30 +31,39 @@ func calculateScore(requested, capacity int, node string) int {
 		glog.Errorf("Combined requested resources from existing pods exceeds capacity on minion: %s", node)
 		return 0
 	}
-	return ((capacity - requested) * 10) / capacity
+	return int(((capacity - requested) * 10) / capacity)
 }
 
 // Calculate the occupancy on a node.  'node' has information about the resources on the node.
 // 'pods' is a list of pods currently scheduled on the node.
 func calculateOccupancy(pod api.Pod, node api.Node, pods []api.Pod) HostPriority {
-	totalCPU := 0
-	totalMemory := 0
+	totalMilliCPU := int64(0)
+	totalMemory := int64(0)
 	for _, existingPod := range pods {
 		for _, container := range existingPod.Spec.Containers {
-			totalCPU += container.CPU
-			totalMemory += container.Memory
+			totalMilliCPU += container.CPU.MilliValue()
+			totalMemory += container.Memory.Value()
 		}
 	}
 	// Add the resources requested by the current pod being scheduled.
 	// This also helps differentiate between differently sized, but empty, minions.
 	for _, container := range pod.Spec.Containers {
-		totalCPU += container.CPU
-		totalMemory += container.Memory
+		totalMilliCPU += container.CPU.MilliValue()
+		totalMemory += container.Memory.Value()
 	}
 
-	cpuScore := calculateScore(totalCPU, resources.GetIntegerResource(node.Spec.Capacity, resources.CPU, 0), node.Name)
-	memoryScore := calculateScore(totalMemory, resources.GetIntegerResource(node.Spec.Capacity, resources.Memory, 0), node.Name)
-	glog.V(4).Infof("Least Requested Priority, AbsoluteRequested: (%d, %d) Score:(%d, %d)", totalCPU, totalMemory, cpuScore, memoryScore)
+	capacityMilliCPU := node.Spec.Capacity.Get(api.ResourceCPU).MilliValue()
+	capacityMemory := node.Spec.Capacity.Get(api.ResourceMemory).Value()
+
+	cpuScore := calculateScore(totalMilliCPU, capacityMilliCPU, node.Name)
+	memoryScore := calculateScore(totalMemory, capacityMemory, node.Name)
+	glog.V(4).Infof(
+		"%v -> %v: Least Requested Priority, AbsoluteRequested: (%d, %d) / (%d, %d) Score: (%d, %d)",
+		pod.Name, node.Name,
+		totalMilliCPU, totalMemory,
+		capacityMilliCPU, capacityMemory,
+		cpuScore, memoryScore,
+	)
 
 	return HostPriority{
 		host:  node.Name,
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/priorities_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/priorities_test.go
index 327d877f44d57..1081709d90c49 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/priorities_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/priorities_test.go
@@ -21,17 +21,16 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/resources"
-	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api/resource"
 )
 
-func makeMinion(node string, cpu, memory int) api.Node {
+func makeMinion(node string, milliCPU, memory int64) api.Node {
 	return api.Node{
 		ObjectMeta: api.ObjectMeta{Name: node},
 		Spec: api.NodeSpec{
 			Capacity: api.ResourceList{
-				resources.CPU:    util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(cpu),
-				resources.Memory: util.NewIntOrStringFromInt(memory),
+				api.ResourceCPU:    *resource.NewMilliQuantity(milliCPU, resource.DecimalSI),
+				api.ResourceMemory: *resource.NewQuantity(memory, resource.BinarySI),
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -57,14 +56,14 @@ func TestLeastRequested(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cpuOnly := api.PodSpec{
 		Containers: []api.Container{
-			{CPU: 1000},
-			{CPU: 2000},
+			{CPU: *resource.Q("1000m")},
+			{CPU: *resource.Q("2000m")},
 		},
 	}
 	cpuAndMemory := api.PodSpec{
 		Containers: []api.Container{
-			{CPU: 1000, Memory: 2000},
-			{CPU: 2000, Memory: 3000},
+			{CPU: *resource.Q("1000m"), Memory: *resource.Q("2000")},
+			{CPU: *resource.Q("2000m"), Memory: *resource.Q("3000")},
 		},
 	}
 	tests := []struct {