StyM
11-14-2017, 01:39 AM
https://www.techpowerup.com/238756/amd-expands-epyc-availability-introduces-rocm-1-7-with-tensor-flow-support
AMD has been steadily increasing output and availability of their latest take on the server market with their EPYC CPUs. These are 32-core, 64-thread monsters that excel in delivering a better feature set in 1P configuration than even some of Intel's 2P setups, and reception for these AMD processors has been pretty warm as a result. The usage of an MCM design to create a 4-way cluster of small 8-core processor packages has allowed AMD to improve yields with minimum retooling and changes to its manufacturing lines, which in turn, has increased yields and profits for a company that sorely needed a a breakout product.
Now, AMD is announcing that it's pushing wider availability of EPYC-powered solutions: OEMs, distributors, and system integrators are expanding their EPYC-touting portfolios. ASUS, BOXX, GIGABYTE, HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Penguin Computing, Supermicro and Tyan all have some manner of new products that they are introducing to market: ASUS is betting heavily in HPC and Virtualization through its RS720A-E9 and RS700A-E9 1U/2U servers; BOXX chose to combine EPYC CPUs with Radeon Instinct accelerators for multi-GPU and deep learning compute solutions; GIGABYTE is forging ahead with rackmount servers; and Supermicro is moving from its well-known tower form factors to 1U, 2U and 4U for HPC and storage.
https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hR7G3sW7j1LsM5s2.jpg
AMD has been steadily increasing output and availability of their latest take on the server market with their EPYC CPUs. These are 32-core, 64-thread monsters that excel in delivering a better feature set in 1P configuration than even some of Intel's 2P setups, and reception for these AMD processors has been pretty warm as a result. The usage of an MCM design to create a 4-way cluster of small 8-core processor packages has allowed AMD to improve yields with minimum retooling and changes to its manufacturing lines, which in turn, has increased yields and profits for a company that sorely needed a a breakout product.
Now, AMD is announcing that it's pushing wider availability of EPYC-powered solutions: OEMs, distributors, and system integrators are expanding their EPYC-touting portfolios. ASUS, BOXX, GIGABYTE, HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), Penguin Computing, Supermicro and Tyan all have some manner of new products that they are introducing to market: ASUS is betting heavily in HPC and Virtualization through its RS720A-E9 and RS700A-E9 1U/2U servers; BOXX chose to combine EPYC CPUs with Radeon Instinct accelerators for multi-GPU and deep learning compute solutions; GIGABYTE is forging ahead with rackmount servers; and Supermicro is moving from its well-known tower form factors to 1U, 2U and 4U for HPC and storage.
https://www.techpowerup.com/img/hR7G3sW7j1LsM5s2.jpg