The two new virtual machines are aimed towards Azure HPC customers, promising cost efficiency as well as higher performance. Dubbed HX and HBv4, the new series' leverage AMD's latest processors.
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As promised, AMD today took the wraps off its third-generation EPYC CPUs for servers. Among them, the new EPYC 7763 promises to be the world's fastest server CPU, with 64 cores and 128 threads.
AMD today announced its earnings for Q3 2020, reporting $2.8 billion in revenue, a 45% increase over Q2. Strong Ryzen and EPYC processor sales led to a 148% increase in net income this quarter.
The AMD-powered C5a instances offer high performance while consuming 10% less cost compared to its competitors. They come in eight sizes and are generally available starting today.
AMD has introduced a handful of new processors aimed at the server market with up to 24 cores and 48 threads, promising the highest performance per core of any server CPU on the market.
AMD has launched two new EPYC processors; the AMD EPYC 7662 and the AMD EPYC 7532. They're available in Dell and Supermicro servers with HPE and Lenovo launching products in the coming months.
With virtual computing solutions targeting a variety of workloads such as enterprise applications, visualization, and machine learning, Microsoft has announced updates to its Azure VM solutions.
At its Next Horizon event, AMD shared a few details about its upcoming Zen 2 7nm process micro architecture. Among others, the firm also announced the availability of EPYC CPUs for Amazon EC2.
The software giant has announced a preview of its Lv2-series Azure virtual machines which support AMD's EPYC processors. Specifically, the one highlighted is the dual-socket EPYC 7551.
The war of words has begun between the two chipmakers after Intel called the AMD EPYC processor 'glued together and inconsistent'. AMD didn't take this lying down, responding in a recent presentation.
During a presentation promoting their new line of Server processors, Intel took shots at the new line of hardware from AMD and didn't mince words when it comes to its opinion of its biggest rival.
