IT decision-makers looking for mainstream performance are facing a technological gap as a result of the rush to offer AI and high performance computing, according to AMD. With the release of six new models, AMD has now expanded its line of 3rd generation AMD EPYC processors, giving a comprehensive range of data center CPUs to satisfy the demands of mainstream computing and general IT.
For less technically demanding business vital operations, the whole line of 3rd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs would offer remarkable price-performance, contemporary security features, and energy efficiency, which may further enhance the performance and efficiency of the most recent 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors.
AMD is expanding the 3rd Gen EPYC CPU portfolio to deliver value, performance, energy efficiency, and security features for business-critical applications - to satisfy the rising need for extensively deployed, reasonably priced, and tried-and-true mainstream solutions in the mid-market and in the IT channel. A vast range of widely used corporate server solutions are made possible by the 3rd generation AMD EPYC CPU portfolio, which is backed by IT channel partners and OEMs including Cisco, Dell Technologies, HPE, Lenovo, Gigabyte, and Supermicro.
Cisco UCS Rack Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Servers
Dan McNamara, Senior Vice President and General Manager, AMD's Server Business Unit, said that "Today's CIOs and IT decision makers leveraging aging data center infrastructure need a straightforward, seamless upgrade path toward next-generation technologies at a pace that meets their needs. We see a clear potential to provide our clients with additional solutions that enable EPYC's leading performance and efficiency to be applied to workloads that are less technically demanding but nonetheless vital to the company. 3rd generation AMD EPYC CPU-powered servers provide outstanding price-performance on widely used, reasonably priced, and well-proven mainstream technology.”
Utilizing the ‘Zen 3’ core architecture, 3rd generation AMD EPYC CPUs would provide highly-performant solutions for cloud service providers, financial services, government, and major corporations.
A range of systems powered by the 3rd generation EPYC family of CPUs are available from a number of well-known companies among which Cisco and Lenovo.
“Cisco’s long-term relationship with AMD and our commitment to deliver world-class UCS rack servers, as well as future EPYC-based blade servers, will help continue to meet our customers’ data center design needs,” said Jeremy Foster, General Manager and Senior Vice President, Compute at Cisco. “Cisco UCS servers, powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors, provide a unique combination of performance, sustainability, and efficiency, allowing our customers to run any workload at scale and optimize the value of their IT infrastructure as they transition to next generation technologies.”
“Combining the industry-leading reliability of Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and the 3rd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs, we are providing increased value for customers looking for effective price-performance servers for enterprise applications,” said Kamran Amini, Vice President and General Manager of Server & Storage, Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group. “These offerings provide the availability of right-size options and value for our global channel partners to offer as we work together to enable intelligent transformation.”
3rd generation AMD EPYC processors would provide great performance throughout the range and support for up to 128 lanes of high throughput PCIe Gen 4 and up to eight channels of fast DDR4 memory. The whole range of 3rd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs is now globally available while offering a smooth upgrade path with current AMD EPYC 7003 Series CPU-based systems.
