AMD has launched its 4th Gen EPYC 8004 series of workload-optimised processors, bringing the ‘Zen 4c’ core into a purpose-built CPU, enabling hardware providers to create energy efficient and differentiated platforms that can power applications from the intelligent edge to the data centre and cloud services.
► Purpose-built for cloud services, intelligent edge and telco
► Exceptional energy efficiency and strong performance in an optimised, single-socket package
► Supported by Dell, Lenovo, Supermicro and others, and validated for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
The AMD EPYC 8004 series deliver strong performance and enhanced energy efficiency, as well as meeting requirements for higher platform density and quiet operations. Key features include:
- Excellent energy efficiency for the intelligent edge – the efficient “Zen 4c” core and new SP6 socket deliver streamlined memory and I/O and superior performance per system watt
- Balanced performance – for demanding workloads such as video and IoT, they provide higher aggregate frames/hour/system watt and throughput performance
- Optimising savings for intelligent edge deployments – in small server deployments, EPYC 8004-based servers can reduce costs significantly over a five year period due to improved core density and throughput
- Robust and innovative ecosystem – numerous OEMs and partners have unveiled systems and solutions that make use of EPYC 8004 series to support a broad power and temperature needs – for dense data centres, telco buildings, and to extreme physical environments such as factory floors.
Products already announced that use the EPYC 8004 include the Dell PowerEdge C6615 server, which is designed for high performance with low TCO for scale out workloads, like containers and microservices.
Lenovo’s newest flagship edge-optimised server, the ThinkEdge SE455 V3, also makes use of the EPYC 8004 to deliver energy efficient operation, best-in-class performance, storage and expandability for AI applications at the edge.
Microsoft noted that customers running Azure services at the edge in industries like retail and manufacturing will benefit from the unique power, performance, and environmental capabilities that the EPYC 8004 series provides.
Supermicro has introduced new edge platforms using AMD EPYC 8004, based on the Supermicro H13 generation of WIO Servers, to deliver strong performance and energy efficiency for edge and telco data centres.
