Forrest Norrod, EVP and GM of AMD’s Data Center Solutions Business Group, described the new offerings as boundary-pushing additions to the data center technology ecosystem.AMD has added two high-performance, workload-optimized processors to its 4th Gen EPYC CPU lineup, extending its reach into cloud computing and technical computing markets. The announcement came at the ‘Data Center and AI Technology Premiere,’ as the tech giant underscored its commitment to enhancing data center operations and meeting the needs of demanding technical workloads.
The two new processors, the AMD EPYC 97X4 and the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology, capitalize on the advanced ‘Zen 4c’ core architecture to deliver the highest performance in the world of cloud computing and high-end technical computing.
Forrest Norrod, Executive Vice President and General Manager of AMD’s Data Center Solutions Business Group, described the new offerings as boundary-pushing additions to the data center technology ecosystem. He emphasized that these processors aim to deliver impressive levels of efficiency, scalability, and performance.
The AMD EPYC 97X4 is specifically optimized for cloud native computing, a rapidly expanding category of applications designed and updated with cloud architecture in mind. It boasts up to 128 cores, offering up to 3.7x throughput performance for cloud native workloads compared to its competition. Its energy efficiency would be improved by up to 2.7x, thanks to the ‘Zen 4c’ cores, while supporting up to 3x more containers per server, propelling the deployment of cloud-native applications at a tremendous scale.
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The tech behemoth Meta, who partnered with AMD in the ‘Data Center and AI Technology Premiere,’ discussed the suitability of these processors for its flagship applications like Instagram and WhatsApp. The company reported remarkable performance improvements with 4th Gen AMD EPYC 97X4 processors over their 3rd Gen counterparts, translating to significant total cost of ownership (TCO) benefits. Moreover, the optimization of the EPYC CPUs was also highlighted, meeting Meta’s specific requirements for power-efficiency and compute-density.In the realm of technical computing, which accelerates design iterations and enhances simulations for business product development, the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology make their mark. They handle demanding tasks such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), electronic design automation (EDA), and structural analysis. They would offer up to 96 ‘Zen 4’ cores and an industry-leading 1GB+ of L3 cache. This would result in a significant acceleration of product development by delivering up to double the design jobs per day in Ansys CFX.
At the same event, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure HBv4 and HX instances, powered by the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache. These instances, optimized for high-performance computing applications, would offer up to a 5x performance boost compared to the previous generation HBv3, and can scale to hundreds of thousands of CPU cores.
The expanded 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor lineup is available now. Notably, they are feature and socket compatible with existing AMD EPYC 9004 Series CPU-based systems, offering customers a straightforward upgrade path. This would mark AMD’s dedication to continuous product development aimed at meeting the increasingly complex needs of modern data centers and technical computing applications.
