Intelligent Data Centres Issue 07 | Page 51

AMD announces launch of 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors A MD has introduced its 2nd Generation AMD EPYC family of processors that deliver across a broad number of enterprise, cloud and high- performance computing (HPC) workloads. At the launch event, Google and Twitter announced new 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processor deployments and HPE and Lenovo announced immediate availability of new platforms. “Today, we set a new standard for the modern data centre with the launch of our 2nd Gen AMD EPYC www.intelligentdatacentres.com “Adoption of our new leadership server processors is accelerating with multiple new enterprise, cloud and HPC customers choosing EPYC processors to meet their most demanding server computing needs.” Designed for modern workloads: Enterprise, cloud and HPC Second Gen AMD EPYC processors are specifically designed for modern data centre workloads, providing customers Issue 07 51 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors feature up to 64 “Zen 2” cores in leading-edge 7nm process technology to deliver record-setting performance while helping reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) by up to 50% across numerous workloads. processors that deliver record-setting performance and significantly lower total cost of ownership across a broad set of workloads,” said Dr Lisa Su, President and CEO, AMD.