Microsoft Azure also will support mainstream Epyc chips later, including their new confidential computing ability to keep customer data private with virtual machines. (That's available in preview mode, says AMD CEO @LisaSu.) 7/ pic.twitter.com/8wnnUr4X6S
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) March 15, 2021
Oh, there's AWS on an AMD slide, though I didn't hear anyone actually voice a commitment to 3rd-gen Epyc systems. 9/ pic.twitter.com/16dmRMHi35
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) March 15, 2021
Google Cloud and Tencent also will offer AMD's Epyc processors. No Amazon Web Services, the biggest cloud computing service out there? 8/ pic.twitter.com/NLp0uhL3no
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) March 15, 2021
Cray's Frontier supercomputer, powered by third-gen Epyc processors, will break the exaflop performance barrier with performance of 1.5 exaflops. 5/ pic.twitter.com/cC65CddTo9
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) March 15, 2021
HPC (high-performance computing, aka geared for supercomputing) versions of AMD third-gen Epyc processors are now available on Microsoft Azure cloud computing infrastructure. 6/ pic.twitter.com/KYo02W9NaC
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) March 15, 2021
Zen 3-based third-gen Epyc chips (code-named Milan) are here now built with 7nm manufacturing. 5nm Zen 4 chips "on track to come to market in 2022," Papermaster says. "Zen 5 is in design phsae. The AMD product development team is hitting on all cylinders." 15/ pic.twitter.com/YfoVXP7awu
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) March 15, 2021
Let me re-write that headline for you..
— Sean Kerner (@TechJournalist) March 15, 2021
AMD Continues EPYC Gains https://t.co/17bxaitM5i
AnandTech with a detailed $AMD Milan review. 20%-25% single-thread performance gains often reported, with the enterprise/HPC-focused F-series a standout. Higher power draw for non-core parts affects full-load, multi-thread, performance gains some.https://t.co/lbItxi39nu pic.twitter.com/3gWAOg3HQe
— Eric Jhonsa (@EricJhonsa) March 15, 2021
Some details about the new @AMD Epyc 7003 series of server chips using the Zen 3 core. Here's CTO Mark Papermaster talking about it. From @AMDServer division. thread/ pic.twitter.com/5sTlCOBNTs
— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) March 15, 2021