Amd launches its new epyc 7000 processors with up to 32 cores

AMD has unveiled in Austin its new family of EPYC 7000 processors based on the Zen microarchitecture and with a configuration that reaches a maximum of 32 cores, 128 PCIe lanes and support for up to 2 TB of RAM memory to offer impressive potential.

AMD EPYC 7000 is now official

AMD EPYC 7000 offers a maximum of 32 Zen cores alongside an eight-channel memory controller that supports a maximum of 2TB, which is truly impressive. Its features continue with 128 lanes PCIe, a dedicated subsystem for security and the need for a chipset on the motherboard. AMD ensures that motherboards will be compatible with the next generation of EPYC processors.

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There will be a total of nine dual-socket solutions ranging from 8 cores and 16 threads to 32 cores and 64 threads to offer a wide variety of options to users. The maximum frequencies will reach 3.2 GHz with a TDP of 150-180W, so it is very efficient chips for the large number of transistors they hide. These new AMD EPYC will fight with the new generation Intel Xeon based on the Skylake architecture, AMD has a simpler socket as well as lower power consumption and a smaller size.

Despite the impressive numbers of EPYC, AMD is cautious and compares them to the generation of Xeones based on the Broadwell architecture so we do not really know how they look compared to the most modern Skylake. Surely the Intel options are more powerful but much less attractive in relation to quality / price.

AMD offers cutting-edge technologies like hardware-based memory virtualization as well as the dedicated security ecosystem we've discussed before. Security and performance are equally important in data centers, which is the market for these processors.

Source: tweaktown