EPYC
Coming out of the dark times that preceded the launch of AMD's Zen CPU architecture in 2017, to say that AMD has turned things around on the back of Zen would be an understatement. Ever since AMD launched its first Zen-based Ryzen and EPYC processors for client and server computers, it has been consistently gaining x86 market share, growing from a bit player to a respectable rival to Intel (and all at Intel's expense). The first quarter of this year was no exception, according to Mercury Research, as the company achieved record high unit shares on x86 desktop and x86 server CPU markets due to success of its Ryzen 8000-series client products and 4th Generation EPYC processors. "Mercury noted in their first quarter report that...
Cray Adds AMD EPYC Processors to CS500 Cluster Supercomputers
Cray this week announced plans to offer AMD’s EPYC-based CS500 cluster supercomputers later this year. The Cray CS500 clusters will be based on ultra-dense 2-way servers each featuring up...
10 by Anton Shilov on 4/19/2018
Our Interesting Call with CTS-Labs
In light of the recent announcement of potential vulnerabilities in Ryzen processors, two stories have emerged. Firstly, that AMD processors could have secondary vulnerabilities in the secure processor and...
122 by Ian Cutress on 3/15/2018
More EPYC Servers: Dell Launches 1P and 2P PowerEdge for HPC and Virtualization
One of the many questions about AMD’s EPYC processor line related to AMD’s ability to reengage with OEMs since the Bulldozer era. Recent announcements from Microsoft Azure and Baidu...
19 by Ian Cutress on 2/6/2018
Baidu Announces An EPYC Deployment: Single Socket Scorpio Systems
As part of the end-of-year news melee, Baidu and AMD have announced the next phase of EPYC in the cloud, with a large scale deployment of single socket servers...
3 by Ian Cutress on 12/15/2017
Microsoft Announces Azure VMs with Dual 32-core AMD EPYC CPUs
Microsoft is the first cloud container provider to formally announce a new range of VMs based on the AMD EPYC platform. These VMs will be called the Lv2 Series...
12 by Ian Cutress on 12/5/2017
Dissecting Intel's EPYC Benchmarks: Performance Through the Lens of Competitive Analysis
Although the AMD EPYC is definitely a worthy contender in the server space, AMD's technical marketing of the new CPU has been surprisingly absent, as the company not published...
105 by Johan De Gelas & Ian Cutress on 11/28/2017
HPE Unveils ProLiant DL385 Gen10: Dual Socket AMD EPYC
In a video on YouTube, which has since been hastily removed, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) opened the can a little early on announcing a new dual socket AMD EPYC...
20 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 11/14/2017
AMD Announces Wider EPYC Availability and ROCm 1.7 with TensorFlow Support
Earlier this year AMD announced its return to the high-end server market with a series of new EPYC processors. Inside is AMD’s new Zen core, up to 32 of...
20 by Ian Cutress on 11/13/2017
Best CPUs for Workstations 2017
In our series of Best CPU guides, here’s the latest update to our recommended workstation CPUs list. All numbers in the text are updated to reflect pricing at the...
3 by Ian Cutress on 10/2/2017
Best CPUs: August 2017
Our newest CPU Guide can be found here: https://www.anandtech.com/show/9793/best-cpus Best CPUs, August 2017 Sometimes choosing a CPU is hard. So we've got you covered. In our CPU Guides, we give...
0 by Ian Cutress on 8/30/2017
AMD Announces Q2 2017 Results: Ryzen Makes An Impact
This afternoon, AMD announced their second quarter results for their fiscal year 2017, and the news is promising. AMD still has some work to do in order to get...
60 by Brett Howse on 7/25/2017
Sizing Up Servers: Intel's Skylake-SP Xeon versus AMD's EPYC 7000 - The Server CPU Battle of the Decade?
This morning kicks off a very interesting time in the world of server-grade CPUs. Officially launching today is Intel's latest generation of Xeon processors, based on the "Skylake-SP" architecture...
219 by Johan De Gelas & Ian Cutress on 7/11/2017
TYAN Announces AMD EPYC TN70A-B8026 Server: 1P, 16 DIMMs, 26 SSDs, OCuLink
TYAN introduced its first server and its first motherboard for AMD’s new EPYC processors. The company decided to take a cautious approach to AMD’s EPYC, and the initial machine...
37 by Anton Shilov on 6/22/2017
AMD's Future in Servers: New 7000-Series CPUs Launched and EPYC Analysis
The big news out of AMD was the launch of Zen, the new high-performance core that is designed to underpin the product roadmap for the next few generations of...
131 by Ian Cutress on 6/20/2017
AMD EPYC Launch Event Live Blog (Starts 4pm ET)
I'm in Austin for AMD's launch event for their new server parts, named EPYC. Come back at 4pm ET (3pm Austin) for the Live Blog on the official announcement!
22 by Ian Cutress on 6/20/2017
AMD CPU Updates: 16 Core ThreadRipper w/64 PCIe Lanes This Summer, Epyc Launching June 20th
Wrapping up just a bit ago was AMD’s annual Computex press conference. AMD brings their A-game to Computex, and for a good reason: as a PC focused show, it...
71 by Ryan Smith on 5/30/2017
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